This guide is intended as a starting point in your research; the databases and reference tools listed here are a selective list. Remember that you can ask for assistance at the Barnard Reference Desk at any point in your research, or you can always request a consultation. 
 

Reference Books | Searching CLIO
  Online Databases  | Other Library Catalogs 
Subject Guides | Interlibrary Loan | Request a Consultation

Reference Books: Use for getting an overview of a topic, background information, and finding bibliographies.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism	BL1105 .L63 2002
The Blackwell companion to Hinduism	BL1202 .B72 2002
A classical dictionary of India, illustrative of the mythology, philosophy, literature, antiquities, arts, manners, customs, &c. of the Hindus	BL2001.2 .G37 1986g
Women and religion in India : an annotated bibliography of sources in English, 1975-92	BL2015.W6 F35 1994g
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world	BP40 .E525 2004
The Holocaust and World War II almanac	D804.17 .H65 2000
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust	D804.3 .E53 1990
The Columbia guide to the Holocaust	D804.3 .N54 2000
Bearing witness : a resource guide to literature, poetry, art, music, and videos by Holocaust victims and survivors	D804.3 R67 2002g
Europe since 1945 : an encyclopedia	D1051 .E97 2001g
Eastern Europe : a bibliographic guide to English language publications, 1986-1993	DJK93 .B89 1995g
The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world	DS35.53 .O95 1995
South Asian cultural studies : a bibliography	DS339 .L365 1996g
Africa contemporary record; annual survey and documents	DT1 .Af815
Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara	DT351 .E53 1997
American Indians	E76.2 .A45 1995
The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes	E77 .G15 1998
American Indian studies : a bibliographic guide	E77 .W52 1995
The Columbia guide to American Indians	E78
The encyclopedia of Native American religions : an introduction	E98.R3 H73 1992
Countries and Their Cultures	GN307 .C68 2001
Russia & Eurasia facts & figures annual	HA1446 .U17
International encyclopedia of marriage and family	HQ9 .E52 2003
Encyclopedia of sex and gender : men and women in the world's cultures	HQ16 .E53 2003
The International encyclopedia of sexuality	HQ21 .I68 1997

 

Searching CLIO

CLIO (Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for materials added to the Columbia University Libraries since 1981.  

• For a title search leave off the initial article (the, an, le, etc.)
• For an author search put last name, then first name
• For a keyword search you must use and, or or not between the terms, or quotes for a phrase
• In a keyword search with relevancy ranking, do not use and, or or not between the terms, but put + in front of terms that must be in the record; if + is not used, or is assumed
• You can limit to books in the Barnard library using the More Limits or Post Limits options

Databases/Indexes for finding Periodical Articles 
For a more complete list of electronic databases for religion check Databases Humanities & History or Databases: Social Sciences.

• ABSEES: American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies -- citations for North American publications related to Russia, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

• African Studies -- citations and abstracts of African studies materials.

• America: History & Life -- citations for publications related to U.S. and Canadian history.

• American Memory -- a rich collection of images and full-text documents relating to U.S. history and culture from the Library of Congress.

• Anthropological Literature -- citations for articles and essays in anthropology and archaeology periodicals and edited works.

• ATLA Religion Database + ATLAS -- citations, abstracts, and some full-text articles from religion journals and essay collections.

• Bibliography of Asian Studies -- a comprehensive bibliographic index to articles and other published materials on all fields of Asian Studies.

• CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online -- working papers, conference proceedings, journals, books, a schedule of events, and links and resources.

• CountryWatch Forecast -- detailed economic forecasts and models for each country of the world.

• Dissertation Abstracts (Digital Dissertations) -- citations and abstracts for dissertations and theses covering all academic subjects.

• Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800) -- full-text and full-image of works printed in America from 1639-1800.

• Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) -- full text and full image of works printed in the United States 1801-1819.

• Early American Newspapers (1690-1876) -- full text and full image access to American newspapers 1690-1876.

• Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment -- full-text early accounts of peoples, cultures, and exploration in North America.

• East View Universal Database of Russian Publications -- full-text articles of Russian/CIS newspapers and scholarly journals.

• EconLit -- citations and abstracts for articles in economics periodicals and other publications.

• Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) -- full-text collection of British and American imprints, 1701-1800.

• Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) Collection of Ethnography -- full-text materials on the world's cultures.

• Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective -- search journals in the humanities and social sciences back to 1907.

• Humanities Full Text -- citations, abstracts, and full text for articles in humanities periodicals.

• Index Islamicus -- citations for books and articles on Islam and the Muslim world.

• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences -- citations for publications related to the social sciences.

• JSTOR -- full-text articles from more than 322 scholarly journals.

• LexisNexis Academic -- full-text coverage of general news, business, legal, governmental and other topics.

• Oral History Online -- index to oral history collections in English from around the world.

• Project Muse -- full-text articles from more than 100 scholarly journals in history and the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences

• ProQuest Direct -- full-text, citations, and abstracts from periodicals in many disciplines plus major U.S. newspapers.

• Reader's Guide Retrospective -- citations to articles in popular and general-interest periodicals, 1890-1982.

• Readers' Guide Full Text -- citations, abstracts, and fulltext for articles in popular and general-interest periodicals, 1983 to the present.

• Social Sciences Full Text -- citations, abstracts, full text for articles in social sciences periodicals.

• Sociological Abstracts -- citations and abstracts for articles in sociology periodicals.

Other Library Catalogs The following library catalogs may be of interest or relevance to your research. These libraries' holdings are not in CLIO

• ALEPH - Jewish Theological Seminary The holdings of the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
• BobCatPlus (NYU Libraries) This is the online catalog of NYU's Bobst Library.
• CATNYP The online catalog of the New York Public Library research collections.
• LEO The online catalog of the New York Public Library circulating collections.
• WorldCat A catalog of catalogs--contains records for the holdings of 24,000 libraries.

Barnard and Columbia Subject Guides:

• Anthropology
• African Studies Resources
• American Studies
• Cultural Anthropology
• Foreign Countries
• Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs: Information Resources
• Humanities & History
• International Conflict Resolution: Information Resources
• Jewish Studies
• Russian and East European Studies
• South Asian Studies
  
  

Interlibrary Loan/BorrowDirect Books, articles and dissertations unavailable from the Columbia University Libraries may be obtained from other libraries usually without cost to the reader. Request It services. 

Consultation Requests Complete an online form  requesting a consultation on your research, or come to the Reference Desk on the second floor of the library to fill out a paper request. To contact a reference librarian, e-mail refdesk@barnard.edu or call 212-854-3953. 

Created by Karen Dobrusky
Modified 09/27/04 by Jenna Freedman