Same-Sex, Gender, and Religion
Religion/Semn 230

How to Find:
Books | Journal Articles | Web Sites | Citing Sources

FINDING BOOKS

Using Catalogs to locate books:

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• When possible, browse the shelves by Call Number

1.) Ariadne

2.) MeLCat ( includes WMU's libraries)

• About MeLCat

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog

• Waldo Library: Hours and How to get to Western

4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan

• Order item through Interlibrary Loan

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Print -- Religion

• The Anchor Bible dictionary, 6 vols. (Reference BS 440 .A54 1992)
• Encyclopaedia Judaica, 10 vols. (Reference DS 102.8 .E496 2007)
• Encyclopedia of politics and religion, 2 vols. (Reference BL 65 .P7 .E53 2007)
• The Encyclopedia of religion, 16 vols. (Reference BL31 .E46 1986)
• Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology, 4 vols. (Reference GN307 .E52 1996)
• Encyclopedia of religion in America, 4 vols. (Reference BL 2520 .E52 2010)
• International encyclopedia of the social sciences, 19 vols. (Reference H40.A2 I5)
• Nelson's complete concordance of the Revised standard version of the Bible (Reference BS425 .E4)
• The New Interpreter's Bible, 10 vols. (Reference BS 491 .I652 1994)
• New Catholic Encyclopedia, 10 vols. (Reference BX 841 .N44 2002)
• The Oxford dictionary of world religions (Reference BL31 .O84 1997)
• The World's religions: continuities and transformations (Reference BL80.3 .W67 2009)

Print -- LGBT

• Cassell's encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit (Reference BL 795 .H6 C65 1997)
• The Dictionary of homophobia: a global history of gay & lesbian experience (Reference HQ 76.4 .D5313 2008)
• Homosexuality and religion: an encyclopedia ( Reference BL 65 .H64 H63 2007)
• Reader's guide to lesbian and gay studies (Reference HQ 75.15 .R43 2000)
• Routledge international encyclopedia of queer culture (Reference HQ 76.96 .R68 2006)

Online Encyclopedias

• Encyclopaedia Judaica (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about >
• Encyclopaedia of Islam Online < about >
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about >
• Encyclopedia of Religion (Gale Virtual Reference Library) < about >
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy < about >

 FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES

Scholarly journals and Popular Magazines/Newspapers

Scholarly Journals

• Authors are scholars or researchers in their fields.
• Authors cite their sources in footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies.
• Individual issues have little or no advertising.
• Articles must go through a peer-review process.
• Articles usually report original scholarly research.
• Most illustrations are charts, figures, or graphs.
• Authors use the specialized language or jargon of the discipline.

Examples:
U.S. News and World Report
Scientific American
Time

JOURNAL INDEXES

Tools for Finding Journal Citations:

ATLA Religion Database < about >
The ATLA Religion Database is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. It also offers expansive coverage of the subdisciplines in the fields of theology and religion, as well as religious research in related fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, medicine, law, and business. Not all publications begin in 1949.
Coverage: 1949 to present

Ethnic News Watch < about >

http://0-search.proquest.com.ariadne.kzoo.edu/ethnicnewswatch/advanced?accountid=11782

Humanities Abstracts < about >
Humanities Abstracts is a bibliographic database that covers English language periodicals in the diverse subject areas of the humanities. Humanities Abstracts offers detailed abstracts describing the content and scope of source articles.
Coverage: Indexing - 1984 - present; Abstracting - 1994 - present.

Jewish Studies Source < about >
(enter Kalamazoo College username and password to obtain journal password)

Gender Watch < about >

Social Sciences Abstracts < about >
Social Sciences Abstracts is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from English-language periodicals. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social sciences journals. Coverage: 1983 to present.

Other possible databases include:

America: History and Life < about >

Historical Abstracts < about >

Philosopher's Index < about >

PsycINFO < about >

Do you have access to a journal?  

1.) Ariadne (print)

• Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal

2.) Online Journals at K

• Title search on Title of the Journal to locate article in a Full Text Database

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog

• Title search on Title of the Journal
• Waldo Library - Hours and How to get to Western

4.) Interlibrary Loan

• Order item through Interlibrary Loan
  
• Use *only* when the journal is not available through Ariadne or Online Journals at K

• Virtual Religion Index Meta-site, with links to websites for specific religions, comparative religions, ethics & moral values, etc. Look at the link for academic sites and societies for the study of religion.
• The Vatican
• Center for Religion and Popular Culture The Centre forReligion and Political Culture (CRPC) at the University of Manchester carries out research in the areas ofreligion and politics, and the history of the relationship between the two fields.
• Religious Dispatches a daily online magazine dedicated to the analysis and understanding of religious forces in the world today.
• Religion News Service RNS calls itself "the only secular news and photo service devoted to unbiased coverage of religion and ethics."
• Pew Forum: Religion News The Pew Forum examines a wide range of issues concerning religion and American society.
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• GLBTQ: the world's largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bissexual, transgender, and queer culture
• Human Sexuality: an Encyclopedia
• Archive for Sexology
• American Civil Liberties Union: LGBT Rights
• Internet Public Library A good place to search for websites that have been vetted by librarians and teachers.

Evaluating Web Sites

Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:

1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are there information gaps?

Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:

• Evaluating Web Resources
  Widener University Library
• Trust it or Trash it?
• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
  Johns Hopkins University Library
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
  New Mexico State University Library
• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
  UCLA College Library

Citing Your Sources in the Chicago Style

Examples of Citations in the Chicago Style:

Book citation:

Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll. Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America.
	New York: A.A. Knopf, 1985.

Journal Citation:

Edwards, Justin D. "Henry James's 'Alien' New York: Gender and Race in the
	American Scene." American Studies International 36, no. 1 (1998): 66-80.

Chapter in a Book:

Schlereth, Thomas J. "Country Stores, County Fairs, and Mail-Order Catalogues:
	Consumption in Rural America." In Consuming Visions: Accumulation and Display
	of Goods in America, 1880-1920 edited by Simon J. Bronner, 251-300.
	New York: Norton, 1989.

Chicago Manual of Style
14th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Reference, Z253 .U69 2003.

Chicago Style
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
See the The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ web site for citing electronic resources in the Chicago Style.

See: How to Cite Sources

See also Citing Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)