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Welcome to the Religion Research Guide. This guide is designed to support your research process. In this guide, you'll find:

subject-specific materials and resources, such as books, articles, and databases
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Atla Religion
Database of religion and theology journals in all fields of religion.
Index Islamicus
An international bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world.

MENALIB
An information portal for Middle East, North African, and Islamic Studies. It provides access to electronic fulltext materials or electronic bibliographical records of printed materials and manuscripts.

America: History and Life
Index of peer-reviewed articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada
Anthrosource
Scholarly journal articles published by the American Anthropological Association
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)
English language publications in all subject areas, especially the humanities and the social sciences, related to East, Southeast, and South Asia.
EconLIT
Full-text articles in all fields of economics
Historical Abstracts
Journal literature covering world history, excluding the United States and Canada (publications starting in 1955).
Philosophers Index
Scholarly articles & books on philosophy.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Full-text database for Sociology and sub-disciplines.

Arts & Humanities Full Text
Academic and popular titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
JSTOR
Scholarly books and journals in all disciplines.

Credo Reference
Reference sources for all subjects, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles.
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
Compilation of Chinese ideograph-based terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources.
Encyclopaedia Judaica
An exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge. Entries chronicle Jewish history, archaeology, literature, culture, theology, and practice from the distant past to the present.
Encyclopaedia of Islam
Reference source for all topics relating to Islam; only 2nd & 3rd edition online.

Encyclopedia of Religion
Presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture

Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān
An encyclopaedic dictionary of qur’ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur’ānic studies.
Oxford Reference Online - Religion
Reference works covering the Bible, Buddhism, the Christian Church, Islam, the Jewish Religion, Philosophy, Popes, Saints, and World Religions.

America's Historical Imprints
Primary sources (monographs, pamphlets, broadsides, government documents and ephemera) covering 1639-1900.
American Periodicals Series
Periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.