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REL234: Contemporary Christianity
Spring 2008 - V. Shevzov
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967

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BACKGROUND: BEGINNING WITH ENCYCLOPEDIAS

GENERAL RELIGION ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Reference Source Reference Call Number
Contemporary American religion ref BL 2525 .C65 2000
Encyclopedia of American religions, religious creeds ref BL 427 .E52 1988
Encyclopedia of Religion ref BL 31 .E46 2005
or click here
Blackwell Companions to Christianity (Includes works on Ethics, Spirituality, & Political Theology) click here

SPECIALIZED ENCYCLOPEDIAS

By Religion:

Reference Source Reference Call Number

New Catholic encyclopedia

ref BX 841 .N44 2003
American Indian Religious Traditions: an Encyclopedia ref E 98 .R3 .C75 2005
Blackwell dictionary of Eastern Christianity ref BX 100.7 .B53 1999
or click here

By Concepts:

Reference Source Reference Call Number

Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion

ref BL 65 .P7 E53 1998
History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition ref BL 245 .H57 2000
Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions ref BL 2462.5 .E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States ref BR 515 .E53 1997
Religious Right: a Reference Handbook ref BR 526 .U88 2001
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature ref BL 31 .E53 2005 (2 vols.)
Encyclopedia of Religion and War ref BL 80.3 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals ref BL 31 .E47 2004
Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom ref BV 741 .E47 2003
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ref BL 240.3 .E43 2003 (2 vols.)
Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics ref BL 2525 .D58 2003
Religion and American Cultures: an Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions ref BL 2525 .R448 2003 (3 vols.)

FINDING BOOKS: USING THE FIVE COLLEGE LIBRARY SYSTEM

Look in the Five College Library Catalog for books using the SUBJECT BEGINS WITH search.

No luck? Search WorldCat for books outside of the Five Colleges.

FINDING ARTICLES & ESSAYS

Humanities Abstracts 1983+

ATLA Religion Database 1949+

Academic Search Premiere (EBSCO) 1965+

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index 1981+

Project Muse - current issues

JSTOR - back issues excluding the most recent 2-5 years

CITING SOURCES

To get help with using MLA Style visit the Smith College Libraries' Style Manuals & Citation Guides page.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS LIBRARY CLASS?

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CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@email.smith.edu

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