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 A Research Guide

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 I.     Reference Sources

   Guides and Bibliographies:

Dulles, Avery Robert. The Church: a Bibliography. Wilmington, Delaware: Michael Glazier, 1985.
[Ref. BX1746 .Z9 D8]

Handbook of Catholic Theology. New York: Crossroad, 1995. [Ref. BX1745.5 .L4913 1995]

John W. Storey. Religion and Politics : A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
[Ref. BL65 .P7 .S76 2002].


    Dictionaries and Encyclopedias:

The Anchor Bible Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
[REF. BS440 .A54 1992]

Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 2 v. [Ref. BR17 +W67 2001].

Concordances to the Bible (U. of North Texas)

Dictionary of Popes and the Papacy. Bruno Steimer, ed. New York: Crossroad, 2001. [Ref. BX955 .L4913 2001].

The Dictionary of Historical Theology. Trevor A. Hart, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Erdmans Publishing Company, 2000.
[Ref. BT21.2 .D53 2000]

Encyclopedia Judaica. New York: Macmillan, 1972. 10 vols.
[Ref. DS102.8 .E56 1972].

Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Robert E. Buswell, Jr., ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 2 v. [Ref. BQ128 +E62 2004].

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. Richard C. Martin., ed.New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 2 v.
[Ref. BP40 +E525 2004]

Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. J Wentzell van Huyssteen, ed. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2003. 2 v.
[Ref. BL240.3 +E53 2003].

The International Bible Commentary : A Catholic and Ecumenical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century. William R. Farmer, ed. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998.
[Ref. BS511.2 .I57 1998].

New Catholic Encyclopedia. Detroit: Thomson/Gale Group.
[Ref. BX841 +N53 2003]

Odelain, O. Dictionary of Proper Names and Places in the Bible. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1981. [Ref. BS435 .O3313]

Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 2005. [Ref. BX845 .N2 2005].

Perego, Giacomo. Interdisciplinary Atlas of the Bible: Scripture, History, Geography, Archaeology, and Theology. New York: Alba House,1999. [Ref. G2230 +P4413 1999]


 II.     Indexes and Abstracts:

To obtain citations to periodical articles, use one or more of the specialized indexes listed below:

ATLA Religion Database - Online features Religion Index One: 1949-present; Religion Index Two: Multi-author Works, 1960-present; Research in Ministry, 1981-present; Index to Book Reviews in Religion, 1949-present; and Methodist Reviews Index, 1818-present.

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index - Online Indexes more than 300,000 records for "articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers."

New Testament Abstracts v.1, 1956 - present. [BS410.N53] in stacks; recent issues - in Periodicals Room [Per. BS410 .N53].

Old Testament Abstracts v.1, 1978 - present. [BS410.O42] in stacks; recent issues in Periodicals Room [Per. BS410 .O42].


 III.    Internet Resources:

American Religion Data Archive (ARDA)

Bibliographies for Theology

Catholic Web Resources

Librarians' Index to the Internet: Religion

Religious Studies Web Guide

Theology and Religion Resources (Wabash Center)

The WWW Virtual Library: Religion


 

   
   
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
 
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