Topic: Religion, Ethics, and Politics
Article Databases
ATLA Religion Database
Covers contemporary scholarly journal articles, essays, sermons, and book reviews in the study of religion. Materials cover all religions and all theological points of view.
EBSCO Religion Databases Cross-Search
Search many databases at one time. Included databases: Academic Search Premier, ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS, Bibliography of Asian Studies, Christian Periodical Index, Index Islamicus, Index to Jewish Periodicals, New Testament Abstracts...
Left Index
Database of literature on the political left. Emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia; also includes significant but little-known sources of news and ideas. Coverage begins in 1982 and includes religion.
LGBT Life with Full Text
LGBT Life with Full Text indexes and provides full text for scholarly and popular publications on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender topics, with coverage from 1953 to the present.
Philosopher's Index
Major index to scholarly articles in philosophy (including philosophy of religion and ethics) from journals and books in English, Spanish, German and French published since 1940. Book reviews also included.
Proquest Black Studies
Proquest Black Studies combines primary and secondary sources, including leading Black Historical Newspapers, archival documents and collections, key government materials, videos, writings by major Black intellectuals and leaders, scholarly journals, and...
RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
A selective bibliography of scholarly articles in Jewish studies and the study of Eretz Israel in Hebrew, Yiddish and European languages. Largely based upon the collections of the Jewish National and University Library.
Social Science Premium Collection
The ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection provides broad coverage of the social sciences, and includes topics related to religion. It provides abstracts and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, and dissertations.
Think Tank Search
Think Tank Search searches the websites of institutions that generate public policy research, analysis and activity. These sites are affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations and non-governmental organizations.
Women's Studies International
Find articles from key women’s studies databases, covering classic works, foundational research, and the latest feminist scholarship across a broad range of interdisciplinary sources.
E-Books and E-Texts
Proquest Black Studies
Proquest Black Studies combines primary and secondary sources, including leading Black Historical Newspapers, archival documents and collections, key government materials, videos, writings by major Black intellectuals and leaders, scholarly journals, and...
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. Included in the more than 150,000 pages of...
Twentieth Century Religious Thought (Christianity)
Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Volume I, Christianity includes the complete 17-volume German edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Werke (DBW) and English edition of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Series (DBWE); an international selection of English...
Twentieth Century Religious Thought (Islam)
Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Volume II, Islam focuses on modern Islamic theology and tradition and details Islam’s evolution from the late 19th century by examining printed works and rare documents by Muslim writers, both non-Western and Western...
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
A collection of primary sources for studying the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.
News Media
Alt-Press Watch
Alt-Press Watch is a full-text database of articles in alternative, independent publications. This multi-disciplinary resource covers publications since the 1990s and offers diverse perspectives on religion.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. Use this to find news stories and legal cases related to religion.
Proquest Black Studies
Proquest Black Studies combines primary and secondary sources, including leading Black Historical Newspapers, archival documents and collections, key government materials, videos, writings by major Black intellectuals and leaders, scholarly journals, and...
Reference Sources
CQ Press Library
CQ Press Library is a comprehensive reference resource for research on U.S. politics, elections and public policy. Includes encyclopedias, statistical sources and analyses of issues.
Encyclopedia of Religion
The second edition of a classic reference work covering all aspects of religion. Emphasis is on religion's role in everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture. Articles with bibliographies are authored by scholars of religion.
Encyclopedia of Religion in America
Encyclopedia of Religion in America examines how religious history and practices are woven into the political, social, cultural, and historical landscape of North America. Covers early European settlement to the present day.
New Catholic Encyclopedia
The New Catholic Encyclopedia is a reference work on Catholicism. It also covers religions, traditions, movements, and historical figures that shape Catholicism.
Oxford Bibliographies Online
Provides annotated bibliographies of essential literature on various subjects in the humanities and social sciences. Guides are updated quarterly, with entries added yearly to each subject area, as well as revisions to existing entries.
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...
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...
Proquest Black Studies
Proquest Black Studies combines primary and secondary sources, including leading Black Historical Newspapers, archival documents and collections, key government materials, videos, writings by major Black intellectuals and leaders, scholarly journals, and...