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    Religious Studies Guide     

    Text in BROWN indicates that the item is located in Hoover Library.
    Dewey call numbers for books on Religion: 200-299.9

    Full-Text Articles

    • Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing over 3000 journals and magazines and full text for 1360 titles (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1990 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • Expanded Academic Index ASAP (InfoTrac)
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing about 2000 journals and magazines with about 1000 titles in full text (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1980 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • FindArticles.com
      • Search for articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
      • Note: Text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc. Nor does it provide volume, issue, or page numbers.
    • Science Direct
      • Full-text articles from about covering biomedical sciences, economics, business, law, finance, engineering and material sciences, life sciences, mathematics and computer science, physical and environmental sciences, psychology, and social sciences.
    • JSTOR
      • Full text of 254 journals in 19 academic disciplines.
      • Consists of first issue of journal up to the most current 2 to 5 years, i.e. 1995 to 1999.
    • Project Muse Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Full-text articles from over 100 journals in the humanities and the social sciences.
      • Dates vary widely, mostly 1996 or 1997 to present.
    • Online Serials (Internet Public Librarian)
      • Links to full-text religion and theology journals, magazines, etc.. Cannot search for articles.
    • Social Science Online Periodicals (UNESCO)
      • Links to over 190 scientific periodicals with full text in the social sciences. Cannot search for articles.

    Indexes with Citations

    • FirstSearch (OCLC) - includes the following databases:
      • ArticleFirst - index to items from table of contents of journals, 1990 to present;
      • ECO - index to scholarly journals, 1995 to present;
      • UnionList - list of periodicals held by OCLC member libraries;
      • WorldCat - catalog of all items cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
    • Humanities Index (H.W. Wilson)
      • Indexes about 500 journals and magazines in archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology.
      • 2/1984 to present.
      • Note: this database allows only 4 users at one time. You could get a message saying the database is busy. In that case, try again later.
      • Paper format:  4/1974 to 12/1991; (Call number: Index 001.3 H918)
    • ingenta
      • Search article summaries from over 20,000 publications.
      • Searching is free; viewing the article requires a fee.
    • TOCS-IN: Tables of Contents of Interest to Classicists
      • An archives containing citations (with an occasional link to an abstract or full text) to about 160 journals on Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion.
      • Mostly from 1992 to present.

    General Resources

    The Bible

    • Bible Gateway (Gospel Communications Network)
      • Search the Bible in nine languages plus different translations in English.
    • Online Bible Study Tools (Bible Center)
      • Search through different English translations of the Bible.
    • Religious Texts (University of Michigan)
      • Search or browse several standard translations of the Bible.
    • Gutenberg Bible (British Library)
      • Digital images of 2 copies in the British Museum (one on paper, one on vellum). Only 48 copies are still extant.
    • Gutenberg Digital (State and University Library of Lower Saxony, Germany)
      • Digital images of the Göttingen Gutenberg Bible. From an exhibition celebrating the 600th anniversary of the birth of Johann Gutenberg in 2000. Information about Gutenberg, the early period of letterpress printing and its impact.

    Islam

    The Koran

    • The Koran (University of Michigan)
      • Search or browse The Holy Qur'an, translated by M.H. Shakir and published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc., in 1983.
    • The Koran (University of Virginia)
      • Search or browse The Holy Qur'an, translated by M.H. Shakir and published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc.

    Mythology

    Search Engines on Religions

    Statistics on Religions