Studies in religion
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Use this guide as a starting point to find information for your assignments. Discover the best keywords and databases to use for your topic by asking a librarian for a Subject Search.Key databases
Religion Past and Present (RPP) Online Full Text
RPP Online is the English-language version of the 4th edition of Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, a standard reference work on religion worldwide.
JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology.
ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest includes academic and non-academic content in a wide range of fields, from arts, literature, and social science to business, science, technology, and medicine.
Gale Databases Selected Full Text
The Gale Databases cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. They includes peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.
Australasian Religion Index 
The Australasian Religion Index (ARI) indexes Australian and New Zealand journals in religious studies, theology and related fields. A password is required.
Brill Journals
The Brill Journals are a set of academic titles with strengths in history, religion, Islamic studies, Asian studies, classical studies and other aspects of the social sciences.
SAGE Premier Full Text
SAGE Premier includes 550+ journal titles in business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine with full-text back to 1999.
Informit Selected Full Text
The Informit databases cover a range of topics, including architecture, education, engineering and technology, environment, history, hospitality and tourism, Indigenous peoples, law and crime, social sciences and sports. Many are in full-text.
Worth a look
Web of Science
The Web of Science abstracts the scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Wiley Online Library Full Text
The Wiley Online Library includes current journals in a wide range of disciplines.
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Encyclopedia of Religion
Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference offers a range of dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.
The Religion & Philosophy titles in Oxford Reference Online include A Dictionary of the Bible, Oxford Companion to the Bible, Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible, Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Dictionary of Hinduism, Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion, Dictionary of Popes, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, Oxford Dictionary of Saints and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions.
Web sites and Internet resources
Academic Info: Religion Gateway A portal site which covers everything from alternative spirituality to women and religion
BeliefNet This large site has discussion boards, chat rooms, news, interviews, articles, booklists, and sacred texts online
CDRI Digital Resources for the Study of Religion organised by the American Theological Library Association
Digital Library & Museum of Buddhist Studies run by National Taiwan University Library
Gnostic Society Library This archive contains a vast collection of primary documents relating to the Gnostic tradition as well as a selection of in-depth audio lectures and brief archive notes
International Islamic Digital Library developed by a number of Malaysian libraries
Medieval Philosophy and Theology a peer-reviewed, open access journal
Missionary Periodicals Database for information on foreign missions as published in Britain between the eighteenth century and the 1960s
Monastic Matrix a study of women's religious communities 400-1600 AD
WWW Virtual Library — Religion Links to resources about Buddhism, Judaism, Taoism and spirituality
Yale Divinity Digital Image & Text Library on Christianity