Search Guides
Abrahamic Faiths
Article Databases for Abrahamic Faiths
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new windowCombines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with the American Theological Library Association's online collection of major religion and theology journals.
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Religion & Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new windowCovers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
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Index Islamicus This link opens in a new windowInternational classified bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world.
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Religion CompassOnline journal covering the entire discipline of religious studies and publishing original, peer-reviewed, state-of-the-art surveys of current research. It helps you to navigate the field by laying out the territory and identifying the major issues.
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RAMBI -- The Index of Articles on Jewish StudiesSelective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Compiled mainly from the Jewish National and University Library. Note: use the search box at the top of the page, not the "Click here to search RAMBI" link in the middle of the page. Keep an eye out for the "English" link in a top corner to translate the Hebrew.
Reference Resources on Abrahamic Faiths
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Brill Islamic Studies Online: Reference Works This link opens in a new windowProvides searchable full text access to the following titles: Encyclopedia of Islam, Encyclopedia of the Quran, and Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures.
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Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim worldOnline encyclopedia covering Islam's role in the modern world in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries.
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Encyclopaedia Judaica (2007)Online encyclopedia with concise articles and bibliographies
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Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)Originally published more than 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is still relevant today.
Selected DVDs on Abrahamic Faiths
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Raising the sparks: Personal search for a spiritual home in JudaismCall Number: MEDIA BM565.R357 2004
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Islam: what the West needs to knowCall Number: MEDIA BP166.14.F85 I853 2006
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The Bible unearthedCall Number: MEDIA BS621.F565 2005
Subject Guide
Understanding Call Numbers in Religion
Library of Congress call numbers for Religion are BL-BX (located on the third floor)
BL: Philosophy of religion and World religions
BL 1100-1295: Hinduism
BL 1790-1975: Chinese religion, Confucianism and Taoism
BL 2195-2228: Japanese religion, Shinto
BM: Judaism
BP: Islam
BQ: Buddhism
BR: Christianity
BS: Biblical Studies
BT-BV: Christian theology
BX: Christian denominations / Church history