Religion (Subject Guides)
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Databases
ATLA
Religion Database with ATLASerials (Full Text)
A collection of major religion and theology journals
selected by some of the major religion scholars in the
United States. Journals representing all major religious
faiths, major denominations, and language groups are
included. Information dates as far back as 1949, and
coverage continues through the present.
Philosopher's
Index
This database covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics,
social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology,
and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy
of law, religion, science, history, education, and language
from 1940. Also in print format up to 1998. You
must set your browser to allow popups in order to use
this database.
Anthropological
Literature
Anthropological Literature indexes articles and essays
on anthropology and archaeology and includes art history,
demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies.
Updated quarterly, Anthropological Literature includes
articles two or more pages long in works published in
English and other European languages from the late 19th
century to the present.
Academic Search Premier (Full Text)
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database providing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated daily.
Infotrac Academic OneFile (Full Text) 
A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
JSTOR
(Full Text)
Full-text archive of scholarly journal literature from
the mid-1800s to the late-1990s. Includes five religion
journals and many from related fields.
Web of Science
Access to the Science Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Please log out when you are finished.
ITER
A bibliography of interdisciplinary journal literature
pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
Citations for articles; bibliographies; catalogues;
abstracts; and discographies are included.
Periodicals Archive Online (formerly Periodical Contents Index - Full Text) (Full Text)
Index to articles from 1802 to 1995 in the humanities
and social sciences. Includes full-text to approximately
140 journals.
Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database includes over 2 million master's theses and dissertations, with over 60,000 titles added every year. It's a great resource for researchers in a wide variety of fields.
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Print and Electronic Resources
King James Bible
The King James or 'Authorized' edition of the Bible (1611) was the standard edition of the Bible for nearly three centuries, drawing heavily on previous editions and providing the principal influence for many subsequent versions.
The text is given in full, with all introductory matter, annotation, calendars, genealogies and tables included.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, Sects, and Cults (Full Text)
Online reference book from netlibrary.
Oxford Reference Online: Philosophy & Religion (Full Text)
Search and access the full text of a suite of Oxford reference books including The Oxford Companion to the Bible, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, and more.
Encyclopedia of Religion Online version (Full Text)
REF BL31 E46 1987
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
REF B51 R68 1998
online version (Full Text)
Daoism Handbook
REF BL 1925 .D36 2000
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend
REF BL 1105 .D35 2002
Encyclopedia of Buddhism
REF BQ 128 .E62 2004
Encyclopedia of Christianity
REF BR95 .E8913 1999
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
REF BP 40 .E525 2004
Encyclopedia of Judaism
REF BM50 .E63 1999
Encyclopedia of Sacred Places
REF BL580 .B76 1997
The Islamic World: Past and Present
REF DS35.53 .I86 2004 1999
How to Be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People’s Religious Ceremonies
REF BJ 2010 M34 1999 (2 vols.)
Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
REF BL 31 084 1997
Encyclopedia of World Faiths
REF BL80.2 E95 1988
Religions of the World
REF BL 80.3 R45 2002
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
REF BL 240.3 E53 2003 (2 vols.)
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion
REF BL 458 E53 1999 (2 vols.)
American Contemporary Religion
REF BL 2525 C65 2000
Encyclopedia
of the American Religious Experience
REF BL2525 E53 1988
Encyclopedia of American Religions
REF BL 2525 M449 7th ed.
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Internet Resources
American Religion Data Archive (ARDA)
“The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) is a project funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and acts to preserve quantitative data on American religion, to improve access to this data, to increase the use of the data, and to allow comparisons across data files. The ARDA collection includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations).”
American Studies Links Recommended by Richard P. Horwitz -- Religion
Richard Horwitz, University of Iowa professor of American Studies, shares an eclectic collection of Web sources on the subject of religion.
The Church in the Southern Black Community
This site collects and indexes texts that “present a collected history of the way Southern African Americans experienced and transformed Protestant Christianity into the central institution of community life.” It is part of is a part of Documenting the American South, a project of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.
Comparative
Religion
An extensive list of Internet resources and religious
sites including newer religious movements.
Concise Dictionary of Religion
Irving Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion contains more than four thousand definitions of concepts and identifications of names, groups, places and important dates in the history of religious movements. The text is available here in conjunction with the efforts of Professor Jeffrey Hadden of the Sociology Department at the University of Virginia.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
This is an electronic edition of an out-of-print reference book that was digitized with a grant and with permission from the publishers and support of the University of Virginia Library. This classic reference source contains hundreds of articles on pivotal ideas and movements in history including religion, philosophy, and sociology.
Librarians Index to the Internet: Religion
High quality "gateway" site.
Religious Worlds: Sources for Religion, Religions, Religious Studies
This Web source compiles information about religious traditions that developed in the Middle East or South, East or West Asia.
Resource
Pages for Biblical Studies
A list of resources focused on early Christian writings.
Virtual
Religion
A comprehensive list of Internet resources and sites
in religion from Rutgers University.
World
Scripture
A comparative anthology of sacred texts .
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