Topic: Religion, Literature, and Culture

Academic Search Premier

Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database of scholarly articles and a great starting place for research. Covers literature from 1984 to the present.

Anthropology Plus

Anthropology Plus covers social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology; ethnology, archaeology, folklore and material culture; and interdisciplinary studies from the mid-1800's to the present.

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.

Godey's Lady's Book (1830-1880)

Full text of Godey's Lady's Book, a popular nineteenth century women's magazine published from 1830-1898. Includes a wide variety of fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, music, illustrations, and fashion plates.

Index Islamicus

A bibliography of books, articles, conference proceedings, and reviews on Islam and the Muslim world in European languages.Coverage: 1906-present.

JStor

JSTOR is a large repository of well-regarded academic journals across many disciplines, available in full-text scans (PDF). Recent issues are often not included.

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

A database from the American Psychological Association covering behavioral and social sciences. It includes journals, book chapters, and dissertations. Coverage in religion includes chaplaincy and pastoral care.

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.

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.

Godey's Lady's Book (1830-1880)

Full text of Godey's Lady's Book, a popular nineteenth century women's magazine published from 1830-1898. Includes a wide variety of fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, music, illustrations, and fashion plates.

JStor

JSTOR is a large repository of well-regarded academic journals across many disciplines, available in full-text scans (PDF). Recent issues are often not included.

Literature Online

Literature Online (Lion) includes a collection of over 360,000 works of historic and contemporary English and American poetry, drama, and prose with complementary reference sources and criticism. Content touching on religious themes is included.

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. Included in the more than 150,000 pages of...

Arabic Literature of Africa Online

Arabic Literature of Africa Online is a bio-bibliography on the Arabic manuscript tradition in the African continent, which continued well into the 20th century CE.It offers authoritative information about African authors, the texts they wrote in Arabic...

Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics

The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of the Hebrew language from its earliest attested form to the present day.

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.

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism (2nd ed.)

A guide to literary critics, theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.

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 Reference Online: Literature

Oxford Reference provides concise definitions and in-depth, specialist encyclopedic entries across the Literature discipline. This site provides authoritative, accessible information on writers, works, movements, historical context, literary theories, and...

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...