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2003 - V. Shevzov
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak
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Background
|
Books
| Articles
| Images
| Web
Sites
| Blackboard
for REL242
FINDING
BACKGROUND ON MARY
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
| Theotokos:
A Theological Encyclopedia of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
ref
BT 602 .O24 |
|
New
Catholic Encyclopedia
|
ref
BX 841 .N44 2003 |
Encyclopedia
of Religion
|
ref
BL 31 .E46 1987 |
Encyclopedia
of Women and World Religion
|
ref
BL 458 .E53 1999 |
Women
and Folklore: A Bibliographic Survey
|
ref
GR 470 .D4 1983 |
FINDING
BOOKS
Be
sure to search in both the 4
College and UMASS Library
Catalogs under SUBJECT TERMS such as:
|
Mary
Blessed Virgin Saint
|
Guadalupe
Our Lado of
|
|
Black
Virgins
|
Icons
|
|
Fatima
Our Lady of
|
Immaculate
Conception
|
|
Feast
of the Assumption
|
Pieta
|
|
Feast
of the Immaculate Conception
|
Sorrows
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
|
|
Feast
of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
|
Virgin
Birth
|
No
luck? For books outside of the Five Colleges, try WorldCat.
FINDING
PERIODICAL ARTICLES
Scholarly
Articles
Expanded
Academic Index 1990+
Good
starting place for all topics.
Academic
Search Premier (EBSCO)
Another good starting place for a wide range of topics.
Humanities
Abstracts 1983+
Another
good wide-ranging index to philosophy, religion, literature, film, etc.
Art
Abstracts 1983+
Standard
index to the contents of major art periodicals.
ATLA
Religion Database 1949+
Major
index to scholarly journals in religion.
MLA
International Bibliography 1963+
Major
index to scholarly journals in literature and film.
Popular
Articles
General
Reference Center 1990+
Newspaper
and popular magazine articles.
Lexis
Nexis Academic Universe Dates of coverage vary by each title.
Use with care; a massive database of mostly full-text articles from newspapers
& periodicals. (CAUTION: Use restricted to Smith College students,
faculty, & staff)
Readers'
Guide Retrospective
A database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest
periodicals published in the United States and reflecting the history
of 20th century America.
New
York Times Historical
Full text, including images, of the New York Times up to 1999.
Ethnic
NewsWatch
IMAGES
Index
of Christian Art
A
FEW WEB SITES
Remember
to confine your search of the web to popular images of Mary. For scholarly
articles use the sources listed above.
John
Raymond's Mary Metapage
130
links to Mary sites of every description. Site hosted by the Monks of
Adoration, a monastic Catholic order.
Mary
Resources Page (University of Dayton)
CONNECT
TO REL242 WEB SITE
Use
your Student ID number to login to Blackboard to access course documents
and communication tools: REL242
CONTACT
THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
Contact
Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@smith.edu
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