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Religion

a brief guide for the study of religion

Scholarly Articles

The databases listed below are directly relevant to locating scholarly journal articles in the field of religion. Other databases in fields, such as Anthropology, Greek & Roman Studies, History, Sociology, Religion, and English should be also consulted, depending on the particular topic.

A useful starting place is Discover, a tool that allows you to search for popular and scholarly books, articles, and other online resources in all fields in a single interface.

ATLA Religion Index
Indexes scholarly, peer reviewed, journals as well as periodicals from a variety of religious traditions, although with a heavy emphasis on Christianity.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Index to scholarship on East, Southeast and South Asia, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Date range: 1971-present
Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (RAMBI)
Also known as RAMBI; indexes a wide range of journals in Jewish Studies and Eretz Israel.
Index of Medieval Art
The Index of Christian Art records works of art produced from early apostolic times up to 1550 CE. As is to be expected, there is a particular emphasis and focus on art of the western world. This has been corrected over the last few years with the addition of significant holdings from Coptic Egypt, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Syria, Armenia, and the Near East. Seventeen different media are represented in the archive, and these include manuscripts, metalwork, sculpture, painting, glass, and so forth.
Web of Science
Index of articles from scholarly journals spanning the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Provides cited reference searching capability.
Includes Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI); Book Citation Index - Science (BCKI-S); Book Citation Index - Social Sciences & Humanities (BCKI-SSH); Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI); Current Chemical Reactions (CCR-EXPANDED); and Index Chemicus (IC)

Popular Periodicals

These are a few databases that are important in locating popular periodical articles, both current and historical. For a much longer list of databases to consult, go to the Newspapers and Popular Periodicals list of databases.

Nexis Uni
A large fulltext collection of national and international newspapers.
Readers' Guide Abstracts and Retrospective
Abstracts of articles from popular magazines. Coverage: 1890 - present.