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Religion Subject Guide

Almanacs

The Muslim Almanac: A Reference Work on the History, Faith, Culture, and Peoples of Islam
--Reference Stacks-- BP 40 .M83

Atlases

Atlas of American Religion: The Denominational Era, 1776-1990
--Reference Stacks-- BR 515 .N49

Encyclopedias

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought
--Reference Stacks-- BR 95 .B58; also available online
The Encyclopedia of American Religious History
--Reference Stacks-- BL 2525 .Q44
Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion
--Reference Stacks-- BL 2525 .B45
The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions
--Reference Stacks-- BL 2525 .L49
Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism
--Reference Stacks-- BL 238 .E63
Encyclopedia of Monasticism
--Reference Stacks-- BL 631 .E63 (2 vol.)
The Encyclopedia of Religion
--Reference Stacks-- BL 31 .E46 (16 vol.)
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
--Reference Stacks-- BL240.3 .E53 (2 vol.)
Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience: Studies of Traditions and Movements
--Reference Stacks-- BL 2525 .E53 (3 vol.)
Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements
--Reference Stacks-- BT891 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
--Reference Stacks-- BX 8605.5 .E62 1992 (5 vol.)
The Encyclopedia of Protestantism
--Reference Stacks-- BX 4811.3 .E53 2004 (4 vol.)
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
--Reference Stacks-- BM 487 .E53 (2 vol.)
Encyclopedia of the Qur'an
--Reference Stacks-- BP 133 .E53
The Encyclopedia of Unbelief
--Reference Stacks-- BL 2705 .E53 (2 vol.)
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion
--Reference Stacks-- BL 458 .E53
New Catholic Encyclopedia
--Reference Stacks-- BX 841 .N44 (15 vol.)
Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Polar Expressions
--Reference Stacks-- BL 2525 .R448 (3 vol.)
RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism
--Reference Stacks-- BL 1840 .R68 2003 (2 vol.)

Handbooks & Companions

The A to Z of Buddhism
--Reference Stacks-- BQ 130 .P73
The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
--online-- netLibrary e-book
The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion
--Reference Stacks-- BL 60 .B53
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine
--Reference Stacks-- BT 80 .C29
The Cambridge Companion to Jesus
--online-- netLibrary e-book
A Companion to the Philosophy of Religion
--4th Floor Stacks-- BL 51 .C634; also available online
The Jewish Religion --online-- netLibrary e-book
New Religions: A Guide to New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities
--Reference Stacks-- BP 603 .N492 2004

Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Buddhism
--Reference Stacks-- BQ 130 .K46
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
--Reference Stacks-- BS 440 .E44
The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion
--Reference Stacks-- BL 31 .H37
The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia
--Reference Stacks-- BL 245 .H57
A New Dictionary of Religions
--Reference Stacks-- BL 31 .P48
The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
--Reference Stacks-- BL 31 .O84

Style Manuals

The Chicago Manual of Style
--Ready Reference-- Z 253 .C57
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
--Ready Reference-- LB 2369 .T8
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
--Ready Reference-- LB 2369 .G53

Bibliographies

Religion and American Life: Resources
--Reference Stacks-- BL 2525 .R45

Indexes and Databases

Academic Search Complete-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of articles published in scholarly publications from many disciplines.

AHSearch-- Indexes articles in arts and humanities journals and in selected social science and science journals.

America:History and Life-- Indexes and abstracts articles from scholarly journals, book reviews and dissertations covering the history of the United States and Canada. Includes links to full-text articles in JSTOR, Project Muse and the History Cooperative.

Biography Resource Center-- Provides full-text biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Historical Abstracts-- Indexes and abstracts scholarly journals, book reviews and dissertations covering modern world history from 1450 to the present. Includes links to full-text articles in JSTOR, Project Muse and the History Cooperative.

JSTOR-- Indexes, abstracts and provides full-text of scholarly journal articles in the fields of ecology, economics, education, finance, history, mathematics, political science and population studies.

LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic-- Provides full-text of: U.S. and international newspapers; business, industry and market news; accounting literature; company financial reports and profiles; legal news and reviews; state and federal case law; state, U.S., Canadian, Commonwealth and E.U. codes and regulations; patents; medical news and journals; state and country profiles; biographies and quotations; polls and surveys and a world almanac.

MAS Ultra-- Indexes, abstracts and provides full-text articles from popular magazines, biographies, primary source documents, pamphlets, and reference books and images, maps and flags from archives and photo collections.

Project Muse-- Indexes, abstracts and provides full-text of scholarly journal articles in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.

ProQuest Research Library-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of popular and scholarly periodicals from many disciplines.

Internet Sites

Concise Dictionary of Religion (Irving Hexham) -- Contains more than four thousand definitions of concepts and identifications of names, groups, places and important dates in the history of religious movements. Text provided by The University of Virginia.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society -- Extensive online encyclopedia of religion at Hartford Seminary

Virtual Religion Index at Rutgers University -- This is an extensive listing of organized websites related to many aspects of religion. Maintained by the Rutgers Religion Department.