Religion: Print & Web Resources

 
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The Subject searches below, though numerous, are highly selective.  They are intended to suggest the type and scope of Headings available in this area.

Gods
Gods, Egyptian
Gods, Hindu
Gods, Semitic
Greece--Religion
Rome--Religion
Goddesses
Polytheism
Mythology
Mythology, Jewish
Mythology, Semitic
Mythology, Classical
Mythology, Greek
Mythology, Roman
Mythology, Egyptian
Mythology, Indo-European
Mythology, Hindu
Mythology, Germanic
Mythology, Norse
Mythology, Celtic
Mythology, Chinese
Mythology, Japanese
Inca mythology
Incas--Religion
Indians of North America--Religion

• Internet Sacred Text Archive: E-texts of scriptures and primary historical texts for religions of the world.  A good place to begin is the World Religions index.

• Virtual Religion Index: One of the most comprehensive gateways to religion Web sites, from the Religion Department at Rutgers University. There are subsections devoted to Christian Tradition, Judaic Studies, Biblical Studies, Hindu Studies, Islamic Tradition, Buddist Tradition, and more.  Scroll down to the Index of Topics to begin.

• Finding God in Cyberspace: Gateway to religion sites on the Web, categorized by Religious Traditons, Academic Disciplines, and E-Texts.

• Intute: Religion and Theology:  From Great Britain a comprehensive and well-annotated gateway site. Use the Keyword search or browse the extensive categories along the left.

• Voice of the Shuttle: Religious Studies: Gateway to online resources for Christianity & Bible Studies, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and more.  Use the index at the upper right.

• Religious Studies Web Guide:  Cleanly organized gateway site, from University of Calgary Library.

• Religious Worlds: The Religious Traditions links offer the usual suspects, but the Religion and Modernity and Religion and Cyberspace sections are use for categories of links such as Religion and Film and Virtual Religions.

• World Values Survey: Political, social, and cultural data on the values and beliefs of over 80 societies worldwide--including the United States--since 1981. A great site, but it can be a challenge to navigate.  To get started try my World Values Survey: User Guide.

• Free Web Resources on Religion: Comprehensive gateway from the Yale Divinity School Library.

• Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism and Christianity: from Jay Treat at the University of Pennsylvania, this site covers not only Jewish and Christian History and Literature, but also Islamic History and Literature.

• Web Sites for Jewish Studies: From Princeton, a very comprehensive set of well-categorized links.

• Islam and Islamic Studies Resources: Covers Islam, Qur'an, militant Islam, Muslim women, history, philosophy, art, and architecture.

• Hinduism: An introduction to Hinduism, with e-texts and links.

• Buddhanet: Use the tabs along the top, for example, Buddhist Studies and Library/Resources.

• Buddhist Studies:  Massive gateway site from the WWW Virtual Library.

• DharmaNet: Non-sectarian introductory site.

• Journal of Buddhist Ethics: full-text articles.

• Access to Insight: A Theravada Buddhism site offering indexed, translations of over 1,000 Tipitaka suttas.

• Ithaca College Department of Philosophy and Religion

Noodlebib guides you through the required data entry for citation in the MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian styles. It takes care of punctuation, alphabetization and formatting, producing a polished source list for import into Word.

Trouble getting started?  Try my Noodlebib Users' Guide.

1. MLA citation for books: in print, from databases, on the Web
2. MLA citation for articles: in print, from databases, on the Web.
3. MLA citation for Web and Multimedia resources, including Web sites, movies, DVDs, CDs, and videos.
4. MLA in-text (parenthetical) citation (far less satanic than the first three).