Religion Research Guide

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Books  |  Reference  |  Databases  |  Web Resources 

Books

  • Use CLIO to find books, journals, links to online journals, and other materials, in the Columbia or Barnard libraries. Union Theological Seminary's (directions) holdings are included in CLIO. JTS has a separate catalog, Aleph (directions).
  • Barnard Library has a large collection of books and videos serving courses offered by the Barnard Religion Department.

Useful call numbers:
BL, BM, BP, BQ  Religion: Religions, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism

BR - BV  Religion: Christianity, Bible

BX  Religion: Christian Denominations

Examples of  subject heading searches in CLIO:
   catholic church
   catholicism
   episcopal church (note sub-headings)
   india -- religion
   islam
   judaism
   koran
   women and religion
 

Reference
Available in Barnard Library Reference Area

Title Call Number
Anchor Bible Dictionary 6 vols. BS440. A54 1992
Blackwell Companion to Hinduism BL1202 .B72 2002 & online
Blackwell Reference Online- see religion section online
Contemporary American Religion 2 vols. BL2525 .C65 2000 & online
Encyclopedia Judaica 16 vols. DS102.8 E496 & online
Encyclopedia of African American Religion BR563 .N4 E53 1993
Encyclopedia of Buddhism 2 vols. BQ128 .E62 2004
Encyclopedia of Christianity 3 vols. BR95 .E8913 1999
Encyclopedia of Islam 11 vols. + DS37 .E523 & online
Encyclopedia of Judaism 3 vols. BM50 .F63 2002
Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion 2 vols. BL65 .P7 E53 2007
Encyclopedia of Protestantism 4 vols. BX4811.3 E53 2004
Encyclopedia of Religion 16 vols. BL31 .E46 1987 & online
Encyclopedia of the Quran 3 vols. BP133 .E53 2001g & online
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion 2 vols. BL458 .E53
Gale Virtual Reference online
New Catholic Encyclopedia 15 vols. BX841 .N44 2003& online
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church BR95 .08 1999 & concise online
Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion BM50 .094 1997 & concise companion online
Oxford Dictionary of World Religions BL31 .084 1997 & concise online
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation online
Oxford Islamic Studies Online online
Oxford Reference Online- see religion & philosophy section online
Religion Resource Online - Routledge online

 

Databases

ATLA Religion Database
Religion and theology, international in scope. Dates covered vary, some go back to 1949.

America, History and Life
U.S. and Canadian history.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Arts and humanities.

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith.

Historical Abstracts
History worldwide excluding the U.S. and Canada.

Humanities Full Text
Humanities, 1984-present.

Index Islamicus
Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world from periodicals and other sources worldwide.

Index to Jewish Periodicals
Jewish affairs. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988.

JSTOR, the Scholarly Journal Archive
Multidisciplinary, full text articles from many scholarly journals. Inclusive from the beginning of the journal but excluding the most recent 3-5 years.

New Testament Abstracts
New Testament studies, journal articles, monographs, multi-authored books, book reviews, and software.

Old Testament Abstracts
Hebrew Bible studies. Indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, book reviews, and software.

Philosopher's Index
Index of books and articles on philosophy, logic, aesthetics, metaphysics.

Project Muse
Multidisciplinary, full text articles from many scholarly journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. 

Religious and Theological Abstracts
Religion and Theology, scholarly journals.


Other Databases

Please note that there are many Databases which could be useful for your research; including art,
music, anthropology, medieval studies and other databases. Ask a reference librarian for help in identifying additional databases. Also included in the A-Z listing of resources from CUL are: 
Acta Sanctorum
Past Masters: fulltext of selected works of St. Thomas Aquinas, Saint Augustine, John Calvin, Martin Luther
Digital Library of Classical Protestant Texts
Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation
Europa Sacra
Index of Articles on Jewish Studies: RAMBI
Past Masters: fulltext of selected works of St. Thomas Aquinas, Saint Augustine, John Calvin, Martin Luther
Patrologia Latina Database
Routledge Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy, available through CU NetLibrary

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Ut per Litteras Apostolicus.
Vetus Latina
 

Web Resources

Local
Barnard College Religion Department
    see Religion Resources and Departmental Projects

Burke Theological Library
      
Selected Electronic Resources
Columbia University, Religion Department
    see Academic Resources
          Religious Texts Online
          Affiliated Centers and Programs

Columbia University Library Electronic Text Services, Religion
Religious Studies Research Guide from CUL

Jewish Theological Seminary Library

Selected Reference Resources Online
Access to Insight Archive on Theravada Buddhism
Adherents to Faith, adherent statistics, religious geography
Bible Gateway, searches words, passages
Bibliographies for the Study of Theology, by Fr. William Harmless, S.J., Creighton U.
Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
Finding God in Cyberspace; Catholic Web Resources
Glossary for Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Hindu Universe - Hindu Resource Center
International Dalit Solidarity Network

Introduction to Islam, by M. Cherif Bassiouni
Islam Website, Prof. Alan Godlas, University of  Georgia
Jewish Encyclopedia, Kopelman Foundation
New Testament Gateway
Patron Saints Index
United States Commission on Religious Freedom
Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources
TempleNet, the Comprehensive Indian Temple Website

Selected Full Texts Online
Adi Granth from Sandeep Singh Brar
Baha'i Texts from Mark Towfiq
Bhagavad Gita translated by Ramanand Prasad
Bible:King James Edition
Book of Mormon originally published by Joseph Smith in 1832
Christian Classics Ethereal Library Calvin College
Dead Sea Scrolls from Library of Congress
Fathers of the Church
Gita Supersite , multilingual translations of the Bhagavad Gita
Gottingen Gutenberg Bible
Guide to Early Church Documents  from the Internet Christian Library
Hindu Scriptures and Texts including the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads
Internet Sacred Text Archive a compilation of sacred texts from many faiths
Jonathan Edwards Online from Yale University
Koran University of Virginia, Electronic Text Center
Mahabharata from Hindu Universe
Noble Quran, includes the Hadith, from University of Southern California
Online Books Page various texts related to religious studies
Perseus Digital Library classical Greek texts, and more, from Tufts University
Project Wittenberg writings by Martin Luther and Lutherans
Religion Online full texts by recognized religious scholars
Tao Te Ching
Torah from Torahnet
Upanishads from Hindu Universe
Zororastrian Archives

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  Updated 02/17/09, Karen Dobrusky, Reference Librarian 
 

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