Databases
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ATLA Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Also covers antiquities and archaeology, Bible, church history, ecumenism, ethics, missions, pastoral ministry, philosophy, religions and religious studies, theology. Dates of Coverage: 1949-to date
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ATLASerials, Religion Collection This link opens in a new window
Full text from more than 100 journals selected by leading religion scholars in the United States.
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Index to Jewish Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 230 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. Covers Jewish and Middle Eastern culture, literature, history, politics, religion, and other areas of study. Dates of Coverage: 1988 to date
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RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies This link opens in a new windowIncludes scholarly articles in all disciplines from journals and collections of articles in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and many European languages. Covers the various fields of Jewish studies and the study of the Southern Levant (roughly Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, and parts of Lebanon). Dates of Coverage: 1966 to date
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Religion and Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides full text from more than 290 journals; covers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Background Information
Search across large collections of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries at once. Entries can be helpful for general understanding, keywords, and mining the reference sections.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedias This link opens in a new windowDesigned to be an authoritative resource of reference content in a wide array of academic fields, including the humanities, social sciences, and science.
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Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative guide to reliable peer-reviewed resources and scholarship in African Studies, Buddhism, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Political Science, and Renaissance and Reformation. Bibliographies are selectively curated and annotated by expert academics and offer high-level overviews that provide non-experts with a point of entry into unfamiliar areas of study.
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Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowHundreds of dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press.
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Sage Knowledge This link opens in a new windowDictionaries, encyclopedias, guides and handbooks from a range of social science fields.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Search dictionaries and encyclopedias for entries that can be helpful for general understanding, keywords, and mining the reference sections.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780199340378Updated regularly, The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion seeks to provide accurate and dispassionate information about the world's many religions and topics of research and debate. -
Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed.)
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Call Number: OnlineISBN: 002865997XPublication Date: 2005The second edition of a resource that is considered a standard reference in the field. Presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture. The original 2,750 entries have been retained, many heavily updated, and approximately 600 entirely new articles have been added by an international team of scholars and contributors. -
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
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ISBN: 9781400848058Publication Date: 2013With more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. It is also the first to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. -
A Dictionary of Hinduism
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Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780198610250Publication Date: 2009Covering all the major Hindu practices, festivals, beliefs, gods, sacred sites, languages, and religious texts, this is the most comprehensive Hinduism dictionary of its kind. -
Encyclopedia Judaica (2nd ed.)
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ISBN: 0028659287Publication Date: 2007Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures. -
Encyclopedia of Islam (2nd and 3rd editions)
Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: 2002-presentLeading reference work which covers all aspects of the Islamic world including religion, history, politics, and culture. Scope includes all time periods and geographic issues. -
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (4th ed.)
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Call Number: OnlineISBN: 0192802909Publication Date: 2005Covers all aspects of the church including theology, churches, and denominations, patristic scholarship, the bible, church calendar, and organization, popes, archbishops, saints, and mystics.
Religious Texts and References
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Patrologia Latina This link opens in a new window
The works of the Latin Fathers from Tertullian in 200 CE to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. Covers most major and minor Latin authors; contains the most influential works of late ancient and early medieval theology, philosophy, history, and literature.