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Academic Search Premier

Academic Search Premier (ASP) is a multidisciplinary database of scholarly articles. Covers literature from 1984 to the present.

JStor

JSTOR is comprised of the full text of more than 500 academic journals covering a wide range of disciplines. The latest three to five years of many journals are unavailable in JSTOR.... Read more about JStor

MLA International Bibliography

Indexes journal articles, monographs, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and includes coverage from 1920s to the present.

PsycINFO

PsycINFO indexes and provides abstracts for the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines (psychiatry, education, linguistics, neurosciences, etc.).... Read more about PsycINFO

RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies

RAMBI is a selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Material listed in Rambi is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles - in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages- mainly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library, a world center for research on the Jewish people and Eretz Israel.... Read more about RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies

Women's Studies International

Citations and abstracts are drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases which range in coverage from classic works & core studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Databases include Women Studies Abstracts, Women's Studies Database, Women's Studies Bibliography Database, Medline Subset on Women, Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, and Women's Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography.... Read more about Women's Studies International

E-Books and E-Texts

JStor

JSTOR is comprised of the full text of more than 500 academic journals covering a wide range of disciplines. The latest three to five years of many journals are unavailable in JSTOR.... Read more about JStor

Project Muse

Full-text versions of scholarly journals and books from many of the world's leading universities and scholarly societies.

Social Theory

Social Theory is a database that brings together an extensive range of influential writings representing the most important trends of sociological thought from the eighteenth century to the present day.... Read more about Social Theory

Reference Sources

Encyclopedia of Religion

Online version of Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed., published in print in 2005. It includes almost all the original 2,750 entries (many updated) from the first edition edited by Mircea Eliade and published in 1987 plus almost 600 new articles. It covers almost all topics on the world's religions including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, new religious movements, ethics, feminist theology, ecology and religion, gender and religion, politics and religion, science and religion, art and religion, and film and religion. It is considered the standard English language resource in the field.

Encyclopedia of Religion in America

Edited by Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams, the Encyclopedia of Religion in America examines how religious history and practices are woven into the political, social, cultural, and historical landscape of North America. This authoritative four-volume reference work explains the origins, development, adaptation, influence, and interrelations of the many faiths practiced, including major world religions, new religious sects, cults, and religious movements that originated or had an influence in the United States.

Oxford Bibliographies Online

Oxford Bibliographies Online is a series of selective, discipline-focused, online guides to the essential literature in subjects in the humanities and social sciences, as identified by editors and editorial boards selected by the Oxford University Press. Individual guides are updated quarterly, with 50-75 entries added per year to each subject area, as well as revisions to existing entries; entries provides synoptic, bibliographic guide to the key literature and most useful online resources in given area of research.... Read more about Oxford Bibliographies Online

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion seeks to provide accurate, scholarly information about the world’s many religions and topics of research and debate. It will grow and evolve continuously, compiling over time an extensive collection of vetted essays.

Pluralism Project

An ongoing research effort, the Pluralism Project studies and interprets religious diversity and interfaith relations in the United States. The site includes an introduction to the religions of the world through the lens of America, a survey of the interfaith encounter in America, news, the case initiative-  applying the case method to study dilemmas and disputes in multireligious America, and more.