• ATLA Religion
• Old Testament Abstracts
• New Testament Abstracts
• Index Islamicus
• JSTOR - dates vary
• Academic Search Complete
• more...

• Encyclopedia Judaica
• Encyclopedia of Buddhism
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
• New Catholic Encyclopedia - Clapp Ref BX 841 .N44
• more...

• The Koran Digital version of M. H. Shakir's translation of the Koran
• BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information Network
• Bible Gateway search the Bible, choose version and language
• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
• Virtual Religion Index large index of religion websites organized by subject

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Religion
  
• Dictionary of the Bible
  
• Oxford Companion to the Bible
  
• Contemporary American Religion - Clapp Ref BL 2525 .C65 2000
  
• more...

• try a subject search in the library catalog such as:

  • Asia Religion
  • Jerusalem History
    
    
• for items we don't own, search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! button)
  

Librarians for Religion

Danielle Boulay
Research & Instruction, x3107

Pamela Bristah
Collections, x2076

Student Library Research Award

Related resources

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

Department of Religion

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