Merner Pfeiffer Library: Research Guide - Religion & Philosophy

Databases

Use these print and online resources for finding articles and essays on your topic.
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• ATLA Religion Database with ATLAS Serials – Full text of electronic articles and book reviews from over 1,600 religion journals.
• JSTOR– Full text of 16 scholarly philosophy journals. -ft
• Religion and Philosophy Database (TEL) – Over 250 magazines and journals in religion, philosophy, archaeology, anthropology, history, and the arts (Tennessee Electronic Library)
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• Religion Index One - ATLA (American Theological Library Association) print index to articles in religion 1949 to the present, Periodicals Room
• Project Muse – full text of numerous scholarly journals inreligion and philosophy [includes recent issues.] -ft
• Wilson Select Plus – contains indexing and full text for selected journals from Wilson's "Humanities Index," among others. – Ft.
   

Web Sites

Religion

• ARTstor  [requires library authentication]
• Bible Gateway
• Bible Study Tools on Crosswalk.com
• Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
• Digital Gutenberg Project - Images from the Gutenberg Bible
• New Advent Catholic Website
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Finding God in Cyberspace
• International Religious Freedom Report
• Internet Sacred Text Archive
• Islam Page
• Judaism and Jewish Resources
• New Testament Gateway
• Pluralism Project
• Religion, Religions, Religious Studies
• Religion Online
• Religions of the World
• Virtual Karak Resources Project - An Appalachian College Association project studying the cultural and natural resources of Jordan
• Virtual Religion Index
• Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Philosophy and Religion

Philosophy

• Episteme Links: Philosophy Resources on Internet
• Ethics Updates
• Philosophy Pages
• Philosophy Research Base
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Reference Sources

Use these sources for selecting and narrowing your topic and doing background reading.

Religion

• Anchor Bible Dictionary– R BS440.A54, 6 vol.
• Butler's Lives of the Saints – R BX4654.B8, 4 vol.
• Encyclopedia of Christianity – R BR95.E8913, 2 vol.
• Encyclopedia of Religion, ed. by Eliade – R BL31.E46, 16 vol also online in Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, ed. by Hastings – R BL31.E, 13 vol.
• Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience – R BL2525.E53, 3 vol.
• Encyclopedia of Science and Religion online in Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Encyclopedia of World Methodism – R BX8211.E5, 2 vol.
• Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible – R BS440.I63, 5 vol.
• New Catholic Encyclopedia – R BX841.N44, 16 vol. also online in Gale Virtual Reference Library
• New Interpreter's Bible – R BS491.2.N484
• Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion – R BM50.O94
• Oxford Dictionary of World Religions – R BL31.O84
• Oxford Reference Online
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation – R BR302.8.O93, 4 vol.
• World Religions – R BL82.B68

Philosophy

• Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and Philosophers – R B41.U7
• Dictionary of Philosophy – R B41.L32
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy – R b41.E5, 9 vol.
• Ethics – R BJ63.E54, 3 vol.
• Oxford Companion to Philosophy – R B51.O94
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy – R B51.R68, 10 vol.