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Religion

Great source of information for the study of interdisciplinary topics and Religion

Contents of this Guide

The purpose of this guide is to assist you in locating books, articles, and websites helpful in Religion courses. It only scratches the surface of resources available to students doing research here, but aims to point you to the most useful tools and places to get started. 

If you have any questions about this guide or using the library's collections for Religion research, contact the Research/IT Desk.

Searching for reference sources

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Where do reference resources (encyclopedias) fit into your research?  They are great tools for research tasks like:

  1. getting an overview of your topic
  2. finding out what research has been done in your area over a long period of time
  3. discovering synonyms or keywords that will apply to your topic
  4. creating a list of authors to investigate
  5. discovering additional resources in the bibliography

Using the Catalyst search box above, you can do a keyword search and narrow down your results to "reference entries" on the left-hand side, after you have run a search. This will allow you to discover reference articles by name and the encyclopedias where those can be found.

General reference sources