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Religion

Background Information

General

Encyclopedia of Religion
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & Downtown Library, Reference BL31 .E46

Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BL473 .J67 2004

Encyclopedia of Religious rites, Rituals, and Festivals
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BL31 .E47 2004

Handbook of Denominations in the United States
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BL2525 .M425 2001

The Brill Dictionary of Religion : revised edition of Metzler Lexikon Religion
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BL31 .M4813 2006

Encyclopedia of African American Religions
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BR563 .N4 E53 1993

Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BL2525 .D58 2003

Specific Religions

A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BP40 .N48 2002

Harper’s Dictionary of Hinduism : its mythology, folklore, philosophy, literature, and history
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BL1105 .S88

Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BQ128 .E62 2004

Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BR162.2 .E53 1997

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
Location: JPL Folio Stacks BP40 .E525 2004 and netLibrary

Encyclopedia of Native American Religions: an Introduction
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E98 .R3 H73 2000

Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BM50 .W45 1966

RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism
Location: JPL Reference Stacks BL1840 .R68 2003

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
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Online Books

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) (UTSA subscription)
Contains the full text of 150 encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources in a variety of disciplines. Updated regularly. Subscribed titles

netLibrary (UTSA subscription)
Electronic books available to UTSA users. Searchable by author, subject, title, and keyword. Full Text/Full Image

Past Masters: Philosophy (UTSA subscription)
Provides full-text access to major works of classical and modern philosophy, including those by Aquinas, Aristotle, John Dewey, Kant, Martin Luther, Ockham, Santayana, and Wittgenstein, among many others. Includes works of political and religious thought by individual authors, as well as works representative of philosophical movements pertaining to time periods and geographic regions (e.g., British philosophy, 1600-1900). Works are presented in their original language or in translation; non-English-language works may be translated roughly into English by using the "Tools--Translate" feature. Dates of coverage and update frequency vary. Full Text

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Databases & Article Searching

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The Philosopher's Index
Location: JPL Reference Stacks B1 .P47
The premier index for philosophical articles, books, anthologies, and contributions to anthologies in philosophy. Includes some indexing in religious studies. It indexes more than 550 journals from more than 40 countries and is updated quarterly. In addition to the subject and author indexes, each issue or edition includes a book review index.

Academic Search Complete (UTSA subscription)
Provides full-text for nearly 3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Full Text & Full Image

Religion & Philosophy Collection (UTSA subscription)
Features full-text journal coverage of philosophical studies and theology from some 250 full-text journals. The database includes topics such as world religions, Full Text & Full Image

JSTOR (UTSA subscription)
Full-image access to many scholarly journals. Search by keyword or by journal. Full Image

Project Muse (UTSA subscription)
Maintained by Johns Hopkins University, this online journal collection offers full-text/full-image access to over 40 Johns Hopkins publications. Search by keyword or by journal. Full Text & Full Image

Web of Science (UTSA subscription)
Includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 8,400 journals from 1989 to the present in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Print equivalents published by The Institute for Scientific Information are Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Search by general keywords. Citations Only

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Further Research

Religion can be studied from many different academic perspectives, including sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and psychology. Consider using sources in those disciplines, as well.