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Research Tools for Religious Studies
Use these research tools to find information related to Religious Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Article Databases and Indexes
Book Review Sources
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Image and Sound Databases
Library and Book Catalogs
Organizations
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include or link to the full text of articles.
Book Review Sources
Listings of book [and film] reviews in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. included in article databases and indexes, book review indexes, or review journals.
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
- Online Resources
- General Directories
See this list for access to general directories such as Global Books in Print, Literary Marketplace, and World of Learning.
- Print Resources
- Melton, J. Gordon. Encyclopedia of American Religions.
Doe Library Reference (Directories) BL2525M45144 2003
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Encyclopaedia Judaica. 16-vol 1972 edition, plus yearbooks
and decennials.
Doe Reference Desk, DS102.8 .E4963 1997 compu/d
Accessible on the Judaica workstation in the Heyns Reading Room, Doe Library
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Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.
- Holm, Jean. Keyguide to information sources on world religions.
Doe Library Reference BL80.2.A12H659 1991
- Starkey, Edward D. Judaism and Christianity: A Guide to the
Reference Literature.
Doe Library Reference BM45.A12S78 1990
Image and Sound Databases
Listings of material in audio or video format, photographs, paintings, or other visual materials. Some of these sources include or link to the actual items.
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
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