Barnard College Library Research Guide
BC3974: Hindu Goddesses
Professor Rachel McDermott
Spring 2004

 

Contents
Reference Books | CLIO & Other Library Catalogs | Databases & Indexes 
E-Journals | Electronic Subject Guides 
  Consultation Request

Reference Books

Encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books can provide useful background and factual information. They can also provide bibliographies that lead you to relevant books and articles.  The reference books in this list are available in the Barnard Library reference area on the second floor.  There are many other reference books which may be helpful to you.  Please ask the reference librarian for help in identifying additional reference books.

Encyclopedia of religion. 16 vols. with index volume.
  Overview articles on Hinduism, rivers, pilgrimage, etc. 
  includes bibliographies.   		 BL31 .E46 1987
Women and world religion. 2 vols. 
  Overview articles on gender roles, Durga & Kali, goddesses, etc.
  includes bibliographies.   		 BL458 .E53 1998
Encyclopedia of politics and religion. 2 vols.
  Overview articles on sacred places, nationalism, feminism etc.
  includes bibliographies.		 BL65 .P7 .E53 1998 
Illustrated encyclopedia of Hinduism. 2 vol. BL1105 .L63 2002
Historical dictionary of Hinduism.  BL2015 .S85 1997
Classical dictionary of Hindu mythology, religion, geography, history and literature.  BL1105 .D68 1973g
South Asian folklore; an encyclopedia. GR302 .S68 2002
Harper's dictionary of Hinduism. BL1105 .S78 1984
Oxford dictionary of world religions. BL31 .O84 1997
Women and religion in India; an annotated bibliography. BL2015 .W6 F35

 

CLIO: the online catalog & other library catalogs

CLIO (Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for the Barnard & Columbia Libraries. CLIO can be searched by author, title, subject and keyword.  Help for searching CLIO is available on the Web CLIO opening screen.  Click on: "Connect via WWW". 

 Some Sample Searches:

 title:         encyclopedia of religion
 title:         journal of asian studies
 author:     kinsley david
 subject:    goddesses hindu
 subject:    art indic
 keyword:   hindu? and goddess
 keyword:   women and india and cinema

Other Library Catalogs

Please note that Teachers’ College, Union Theological Seminary and the Law Library’s holdings are not listed in CLIO and that they have their own online library catalogs.  CATNYP is the online catalog of the NYPL research library and has an excellent South Asia collection. The holdings of the Health Sciences Library are listed in CLIO. Click on "Other Library Catalogs" to search these catalogs.

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan will borrow books or obtain photocopies of items that are not available at the Barnard or Columbia Libraries with no charge to the patron. To order an item on Interlibrary Loan click on "Request It" on the BC Library home page or CULWeb. Then click on "Interlibrary Loan" and you may then request it electronically. (Or click here). You may also make a request in person at the Interlibrary Loan office in 307 Butler

 

Databases & Indexes: for locating articles & secondary sources

On the Databases (reference works & indexes) list, which you can access from the Barnard Library home page, there are links for many indexes which give citations, abstracts and some full text for articles in various disciplines.  After using an index you need to search CLIO to locate the journal in the Barnard/Columbia Library system.  Some databases may have an e-link which will search to see if the full-text of a particular item is available online. 

The following indexes and databases will probably be the most relevant to your research

ATLA Religion Database  1949 to present. Major religious studies database providing citations to articles in religion and theology, including social aspects.
try: kali
try: women and hindu*

Bibliography of Asian Studies 1971 to present. Major Asian Studies database. Interdisciplinary.
try: hindu and goddess (use advanced search & use separate boxes)

Humanities Abstracts 1984 to present. General humanities. Includes history as well as archaeology, art classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts and religion.
try: hindu goddess
try: women hindu*

Social Sciences Abstracts 1983 to present. General social sciences. Includes anthropology, sociology and social history.
try: women india politics
try: religion india politic*

Art Index Art history and related fields. 1929 to present, full text articles 1984 to present.
try: temple* and madurai

Women’s studies International 1972 to present. Women’s Studies, interdisciplinary.
try: hinduism
try: hindu and goddess

Please note that there are many other databases that may be relevant to your research.  Anthropological Literature, Anthropological Index Contemporary Women's Issues, Ethnic Newswatch, Historical Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, MLA (literature), PAIS (public affairs and political science), PCI (interdisciplinary), ProQuest Direct and Sociological Abstracts could be possibilities.  Please do not hesitate to ask the reference librarian for help.

 

E-Journals

Many scholarly journals are available full-text on the Web.  In some cases, the library has a subscription to the print version, and then access to the on-line version is free to members of the university community.  In other cases, the library pays for the on-line subscription separately.  Sometimes the journal is included in a searchable collection of journals supplied as a package by the publisher or by another vendor. 

Searchable E-Journal Collections

JSTOR
An archive of full-text articles from more than 350 scholarly journals in anthropology, Asian studies, education, history, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, etc., from each journal’s first issue up to 2 to 6 years ago.  Includes the Journal of Asian Studies 1958-2000, Modern Asian Studies 1962-1998 and many more titles. 

Project Muse
Full-text articles from more than 170 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press in the humanities and social sciences.  Included are Asian Perspectives, Asian Theatre Journal and many more titles.

Lists of E-Journals Available at Columbia

List of e-journals available on Columbia LibraryWeb:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/ejournals/

 

Electronic Subject Guides from Barnard & Columbia University Libraries

Women's Studies  Guide to various resources in Women's Studies

SARAI  Guide to South Asian Resources on the Internet

Subject Guides from CU Libraries Numerous electronic subject guides, various disciplines

 

Consultations with Reference Librarians
Click here to complete a form you can e-mail to the library requesting a consultation on your research, or come to the Reference Desk on the second floor.  To contact a reference librarian, e-mail refdesk@barnard.edu or call 212-854-3953.  We'll be happy to help you find additional information.

 

Last Modified 02/04/04
Karen Dobrusky
Reference Librarian
Barnard College Library
kdobrusky@barnard.edu
X4-8595