Reference Sources
Indexes
Sacred Texts
Associations, Organizations, Departments
Additional Web Sites
This is only a sampling of the many sources available in the Miller Library Reference Collection. Browse the stacks in the following call number areas and ask a Reference Librarian for help if you can't find what you need.
Reference Sources
REF BL 31 .E46 1987
Eliade, Mircea, ed. The Encyclopedia of Religion. NY: Macmillan, 1987
REF BL 82 .S58 1995
Beversluis, Joel D., ed. A Source Book for Earth's Community of Religions. NY: Global Education Associates, 1995.
REF BL 1005 .L4813 1989
Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion. Boston: Shambhala, 1989.
REF BL 311 .G6
Grimal, Pierre, ed. Larousse World Mythology. NY: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1965.
REF BL 458 .E52 2006
Keller, Rosemary Skinner & Ruether, Rosemary Radford, eds. Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Bloomington: Indiana U.P., 2006.
REF BL 631 .E63 2000
Johnston, William M., ed. Encyclopedia of Monasticism. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
REF BL 795 .H6 C65 1998
Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit. NY: Cassell, 1998.
REF BL 2525 .L49 2002
Lewis, James R. The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. 2d ed. NY: Prometheus Books, 2002.
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Specific Religions
REF BL 2462.5 .E53 2001
Glazier, Stephen D. Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions. NY: Routledge, 2001.
REF BP 327 .A33 1998
Adamson, Hugh C. & Philip Hainsworth. Historical Dictionary of the Baha'i Faith. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
REF BQ 130 .K46 2003
Keown, Damien. Dictionary of Buddhism. NY: Oxford, 2003.
REF BS 440 .A54 1992
Freedman, David Noel. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. NY: Doubleday, 1992.
REF BR 95 .E8913 1999
The Encyclopedia of Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999.
REF BS 491.2 /M484 1994
The New Interpreter's Bible. Ashville: Abingdon Press, 1994.
REF BX 841 .N44 2001
New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2d ed. NY: McGraw Hill, 2001.
REF BL 2003 .W47 1994
Werner, Karel. A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism. Richmond: Curzon Press Ltd., 1994.
REF DS 37 .E523
Gibb, H.A.R., ed. Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill, 1960.
REF BP 40 .O35 2003
Esposito, John L., ed. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. NY: Oxford, 2003.
REF DS 35.53 .O95 1995
Esposito, John L. Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. NY: Oxford, 1995.
REF DS 102.8 .E496 2007
Encyclopaedia Judaica. 2d ed. NY: Macmillan, 2007.
REF BM 50 .O94 1997
Werblowsky, R.J. Zwi, ed. The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. NY: Oxford, 1997.
REF BM 50 .R43 2000
Terry, Michael, ed. Reader's Guide to Judaism. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
REF BX 8605.5 .E62 1992b
Ludlow, David H., ed. Encyclopedia of Mormonism. NY: Macmillan, 1992.
REF BL 2017.3 .D64 1995b
Dogra, Ramesh Chander. Encyclopedia of Sikh Religion and Culture. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1995.
REF BL 2017.3 .E63 1992
Singh, Harbans, ed. The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Patiala: Punjab University, 1995.
REF BL 1923 .P37 1998
Pas, Julian F. Historical Dictionary of Taoism. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
REF BF 1566 .G85 1999
Guiley, Rosemary Ellen The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft 2nd ed. NY: Facts On File, 1999.
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Indexes
- ATLA Religion Database
Available: CBB Only
Access: Ebsco
Coverage: 1949 - present
Includes five distinct indexes searchable as a combined database:
- Religion Index One: Periodicals, 1949 -
- Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works, 1960 -
- Index to Book Reviews in Religion, 1975 -
- Research in Ministry: An Index to D. Min. Project Reports & Theses, 1981 - present
- Methodist Reviews Index, 1818-1985
This is the primary index for religious studies. Depending upon your research topic, the following indexes may also be helpful:
- Academic Search Premier [Off campus access - click here]
Available: State of Maine
Coverage: variable, most 1990+
Access: EBSCO
Academic Search Premier provides full-text coverage of nearly 3000 journals in most academic areas of study, and provides indexing and abstracts for another 1000. Most journal coverage extends from 1990+ with additional backfiles in progress.
- America History and Life (Online)
Available: Colby Only
Access: ABC CLIO
Coverage: 1964 - present
Article abstracts from more than 2400 journals on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric time to the present.
- Anthropology Plus
Available: Colby only
Coverage: Anthro Lit 1984+; Anthro Index late 19th c.+
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
Available: CBB only
Coverage: 1971 - 1991 complete plus journals since 1991
Updated: quarterly
Access: Assoc. for Asian Studies
Contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published in western languages worldwide from 1971 to the present. Journal articles, conference proceedings and anthologies are included for all years. Monographs, which were included from 1971-1991, have been dropped after 1991.
- Ethnic Newswatch
Available: (Colby Only)
Coverage: 1991 - present (for most titles)
Updated: monthly
Access: ProQuest A full-text database of newspapers and magazines of the ethnic and minority press in America: African-American, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian-American, European/Eastern European, Hispanic/ Latino/Chicano, Jewish, and Native American.
- Gender Studies Database
Includes over 204,000 records drawn from several large women's studies databases including Women Studies Abstracts (1984 - present), Women's Studies Database (1972 - present), Women of Color and Southern Women (1975 - 1995), and NISC's Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. Also includes relevant contributions from NISC's Child Development & Adolescent Studies as well as Family & Society Studies Worldwide databases. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources. Also includes links to selected and websites.
- Historical Abstracts (Online)
Available: Colby Only
Coverage: 1954 - present
Access: ABC CLIO
Coverage includes the world's scholarly literature in history, excluding U.S. and Canada (see America History and Life above) from 1450 to the present. Articles abstracted from over 2,100 journals.
- ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Available: Colby only
Coverage: Beginning publication date of each journal indexed
Updated: daily
Bibliography of articles and reviews drawn from over 300 core journals covering all aspects of the European Renaissance (1300 - 1700).
- MLA International Bibliography
[Off campus access - click here]
Available: CBB only
Coverage: 1963 - present
Updated: quarterly
Access: Ebsco
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, the MLA International Bibliography indexes critical materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Covering literary scholarship, it provides access to over 3,000 journals and series published worldwide, monographs, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies.
- Philosopher's Index
Available: Colby Only
Coverage: 1940 - present
Updated: quarterly
Publisher: CSA
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 300 journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields. It is a major source of information in the areas of aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics: it is also a rich source of material on the philosophy of various disciplines, such as education, history, law, and religion.
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Sacred Texts
TorahNet
Tanakh BS 895 .J4 1988;
Torah, Neviim, Kethuvim BM 497.5 .E5 N48 1988;
The Mishnah REF BM 505 .A3 D3 1938
Bible Gateway
Various translations of Christian Bibles may be found in Reference and on the stacks in the call number range BS 185 to BS 195.
The Koran
The Qur'an REF BP 110 .I78 1985; also look in the stacks under BP 109.
Selected Writings (Sikhism)
The Chaupa Singh Rahit-nama BL 2017.42 .M32 1987
Electronic Resources for the Study of Buddhist Texts
Buddhist Mahayana Texts BL 1410 .B87 1965 v. 49; Buddhist Scriptures BL 1410 .C58
Sanskrit Documents (Hinduism)
Bhagavad-Gita BL 1138.62 .E5 1986b;
Upanishads may be found in the call number range BL 1150.
English Translations of the Tao Teh Ching (Taoism)
Tao te Ching BL 1900 .L26
Sacred Texts: Wicca and Neo-Paganism
Avesta-Zoroastrian Archives
The Zend-Avesta may be found in the call number range BL 1515.
The Baha'I Reference Library
Baha'i scriptures may be found in the call number range BP 360.
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Associations, Organizations, Departments
Additional Web Sites
Academic Info: Religion Gateway
Also an excellent starting place for religious research on the Web.
Adherents.com
Statistics on the size and location of different faith groups around the world.
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Descriptions of religions, spiritualities, and philosophical paths, with a focus on the intersections of religions and societies.
Rutgers University Virtual Religion Index
Religious societies, academic and research organizations, seminaries, research tools, etc.
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Last Updated Date: 10/08/2007
Created by: Pukkila, Marilyn R.
Email: mrpukkil@colby.edu
