Religion Databases
(see also Philosophy and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- ATLA
Religion Database (Ovid)
- Produced by the American Theological Library Association, this
database provides information on theological topics such
as biblical studies, world religions, church history, religious perspectives
on social issues, and more for researchers and students in theology as well
as in the social sciences, humanities, and history. Contains more than 1.1
million bibliographic records from over 1,400 journals, chapters
from over 14,000 books, and book reviews from
Religion Index One, Religion Index Two, and Index to
Book Reviews in Religion. Most coverage spans from 1949 to the present,
with select titles going back into the nineteenth century, and includes publications
in 30 languages.
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
General -
Buddhism -
Christianity -
Hinduism -
Islam -
Judaism -
Magick & Spirituality -
Mythology -
Science & Religion
- General:
- Contemporary
American Religion (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- Encyclopedia
of American Religions (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Religion (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Holidays,
Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Worldmark
Encyclopedia of Religious Practices (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Buddhism:
- Companion
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy (Credo/xrefer)
- Divided into six sections for Persian, Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, and
Islamic philosophy, it explores the philosophical, ethical, and theological traditions
of each, including: the origins of the tradition - its approaches to various topics -
questions of morals and society - lives of the key influential thinkers -
and current trends.
- Critical
Terms for the Study of Buddhism (Credo/xrefer)
- Detailed essays on the following concepts illuminate the practice of Buddhism,
both in traditional Buddhist societies and in the realms of modernity, providing a
nuanced understanding of its traditions and new directions: Buddha, Art, Death,
Economy, Gift, History, Institution, Pedagogy, Person, Power, Practice, Ritual,
Sex, Word, and Modernity.
- Encyclopedia
of Buddhism (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Christianity:
- Atlas
of the Bible, Andromeda (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Book
of Bible Quotations (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Holy
Bible, King James Version, Cambridge University Press (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Macmillan
Dictionary of the Bible (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- New
Catholic Encyclopedia (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- New
Catholic Encyclopedia Jubilee Volume (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Who's
Who in Christianity, Routledge (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Who's
Who in the New Testament, Routledge (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Who's
Who in the Old Testament, Routledge (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Hinduism:
- Companion
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy (Credo/xrefer)
- Divided into six sections for Persian, Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, and
Islamic philosophy, it explores the philosophical, ethical, and theological traditions
of each, including: the origins of the tradition - its approaches to various topics -
questions of morals and society - lives of the key influential thinkers -
and current trends.
- Dictionary
of Hindu Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Islam:
- Companion
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy (Credo/xrefer)
- Divided into six sections for Persian, Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, and
Islamic philosophy, it explores the philosophical, ethical, and theological traditions
of each, including: the origins of the tradition - its approaches to various topics -
questions of morals and society - lives of the key influential thinkers -
and current trends.
- Encyclopedia
of Islam and the Muslim World (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Historical
Atlas of the Islamic World (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Geography is vital for the understanding of Islamic history and its
problematic relationship with modernity. The maps in this book illuminate important aspects
of the shifting patterns of state and religious authority that prevailed during the vast sweep
of Islamic history, from the time of the Prophet to the present, by opening windows into
significant areas of the distant and recent past, thereby helping to explain the legacy of
conflicts - as well as opportunities - that the past has bequeathed to the present.
- Qur'an (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Judaism:
- Dictionary
of Jewish Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopaedia
Judaica (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge
from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern
Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana", and from Zionism to the
contribution of Jews to world cultures.
- Holocaust
Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Reference
Guide to Holocaust Literature (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides biographical and critical essays on 223 writers connected to or
concerned with the Holocaust, as well as separate essays on 307 of their works.
- Who's
Who in the Old Testament, Routledge (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Magick and Spirituality:
- Chambers
Dictionary of the Unexplained (Credo/xrefer)
- Uniquely wide-ranging and balanced guide to unexplained phenomena explores the
boundary between the everyday and the extraordinary with more than 1,300 carefully
researched entries on such diverse and controversial subjects as cryptozoology,
folklore, fringe science, ghosts, spiritualism, crop circles, UFOs, witchcraft, and more.
- Encyclopedia
of Occultism and Parapsychology (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Gale
Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides objective information and varying viewpoints on topics
relating to mysterious phenomena such as the supernatural, afterlife, mediums, religion,
cults, secret societies, magic, witchcraft, divination, and more, also covering the history,
people, practices, popular literature, television programs, and movies related to each topic.
- Mythology:
- Bloomsbury
Dictionary of Myth (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Brewer's
Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Urban Legends (Credo/xrefer)
- Provides descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations from
around the world, as well as legend themes and scholarly approaches to the collection,
classification, and analysis of texts and performances. Also covers the relationship of
urban legends to literature, film, comic books, music, and many other areas of popular culture.
- Who's
Who in Classical Mythology, Routledge (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Work
Culture Transformation: Straw to Gold - The Modern Hero's Journey (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science and Religion:
(See also: Science and Society)
- Encyclopedia
of Bioethics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Science and Religion (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Science, Technology, and Ethics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Also of Interest:
- Arts
and Humanities Through the Eras (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- For each of the five major periods (Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece & Rome,
Medieval Europe, Renaissance Europe, and the Baroque & Enlightenment), it discusses
architecture & design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater,
and visual arts, profiling milestones, movements, masterworks, and schools of thought in
relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. Includes an overview of each
period with a chronology of major world events and biographical profiles of pioneers, masters,
and other prominent figures in the field.
- Berkshire
Encyclopedia of World History (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Encyclopedic reference presenting a connected, holistic view of world
history, emphasizing cultural contact and social change over time and place; comparisons
across time and place; and extensive coverage of arts, literature, religion, and science.
Includes 550 articles written by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists,
geographers, and other experts from around the world.
- Encyclopaedia
of the Renaissance (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
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