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Religious Studies

Major Research Tools

  • Index

    Coverage: 1971-present.

    Index of Western-language publications on topics relating to Asia.

  • Full-text

    Second edition (2007) of a scholarly encyclopedia covering Jewish history and culture.

  • Index

    From the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, this database indexes a selection of journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics.

  • Full-text

    Collection of works on Islam and the Islamic world. Includes scholarly encyclopedia articles, Qur'anic materials, and primary sources.

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    Collection of dictionaries and other reference works on religion and philosophy from Oxford University Press.

  • Index

    Coverage: 1949-present.

    Indexes general-interest and scholarly articles, book reviews, book chapters, and theses relating to religious concepts. Emphasis is on Christianity.

Other Suggested Research Tools

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    Engine which searches the full text of several versions (in several languages) of the Judeo-Christian Bible.

  • Data

    Quantitative data on American religion; includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups.

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    Collection of texts printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700. Includes literary texts, sermons, legal documents, scientific treatises, and many other types of works.

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    Digital collection of 180,000 English language books, pamphlets, essays, and broadsides published from 1701 to 1800. Titles cover history, fine arts, medicine, science, literature, law, philosophy, and religion.

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    Online encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion, including an image gallery and genealogy tables.

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    Online version of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society (AltaMira Press, c1998). Covers world religions, religious perspectives on political and social issues, and religious leaders and scholars around the world.

  • Data
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    Conducts research on churches and congregations in America today. Includes an extensive, ongoing study of megachurches.

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    Encyclopedia covering the history of Jewish women. Includes thematic essays (e.g., abortion, Hadassah) as well as biographical entries.

  • Gateway

    Directory of internet resources of possible interest to New Testament scholars.

  • Full-text

    Coverage: 1226-present

    Provides links to the full text of papal encyclicals and other papal documents.

  • Data
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    Research, opinion polls (national and global), and news coverage on politics, religion, immigration, demography, and the media. Includes daily tracking of policy trends by state. Its Hispanic Center focuses on the U.S. Hispanic population and its growing impact on the nation.

  • Index

    Coverage: 1940-present.

    Index of books and journals in philosophy and related fields. Includes records for book reviews.

  • Data
    Full-text

    For studying religious diversity in the United States. Includes a directory, statistics, and maps of religious communities around the country,

  • Full-text

    Maududi's translation comes with introductory material to aid in understanding the text.

  • Index

    Selective index of thousands of journal articles, articles in collections, and chapters in books from primary and secondary sources in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages, offering worldwide coverage of Jewish studies and the land of Israel. From the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem.

  • Full-text

    Core reference work covers Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.

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    More than 10,000 digitized titles from the National Yiddish Book Center, approximately half of all the published works in Yiddish, including religious texts, poetry, children's literature, songs, travel accounts, dictionaries, and more.

  • Full-text

    Collection of searchable Bibles consisting of 10 English versions, Greek and Hebrew versions, 4 ancient versions, and 42 versions in other languages, as well as lexicons, dictionaries, commentaries, and maps.