LibGuides: Religious Studies: General

About this guide

This is a guide to some of the best resources in Religious Studies here at the UWSP Library.

Depending on your topic other resources may also be helpful, such as those for Art, Music, Anthropology, Psychology, etc.

For any research topic, Reference resources (including the books below) are a good place to start.

Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed.)
Call Number: BL31 .E46 2005
ISBN: 0028657330
Location: Reference
Encyclopedia of religion in America
Call Number: BL2520 .E52 2010
ISBN: 0872895807
Location: Reference

Academic Search Ultimate (full text) This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary article database providing information across all areas of academic study.
Brill E-Book Collection (Full Text) This link opens in a new window
Academic e-books from a leading publisher in the humanities and social sciences.
Encyclopedia Judaica This link opens in a new window
A leading source for information on the Jewish people, the Jewish faith, and the state of Israel.
JSTOR (Full Text) This link opens in a new window
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An archival full-text journal database which includes coverage in the arts, humanities, social sciences, life sciences, ethnic studies. Coverage begins with volume one of each title and continues to within 3 to 5 years of the most current issue.
Project Muse (Full Text) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to scholarly arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals. Topics covered: literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory This link opens in a new window
Provides basic information about active and ceased periodical, annual, irregular publications, and monographic series published throughout the world, plus thousands of newpapers.

Below is a brief list of journal titles on Religion. For a more complete list of titles available through the UWSP Library, click here.

Internet Sacred Text Archive
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Religion Data Resources
Religion Dispatches
Religion in American History
Religion in the News
Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
Harvard Pluralism Project
Digital Atlas of American Religion
TOCS-IN
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TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are given with articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online (about 15%).