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Ritual Theories
and Practices
Religion 350
How to Find:
Books | Journal
Articles | Web
Sites | Citing Sources
FINDING BOOKS
Using Catalogs to locate books:
1.) Ariadne
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- Browse the shelves by Call
Number
3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
SUBJECT HEADINGS AND CALL NUMBERS
Subject Headings
Call Numbers
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B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion |
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BL-BX Religion
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BL 550-619 Worship. Cults
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G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation |
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GN Anthropology
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GN 307-686 Ethnology and Ethnography
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See also: Library
of Congress Classification...
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Art and architecture of the world's religions (Reference N 7790 .R67 2009)
- The Encyclopedia of religion, 16 vols. (Reference BL31
.E46 1986)
- Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology, 4 vols. (Reference
GN307 .E52 1996)
- The HarperCollins dictionary of religion (Reference BL31
.H37 1995)
- International encyclopedia of the social sciences, 19
vols. (Reference H40.A2 I5)
- The Oxford dictionary of world religions (Reference BL31
.O84 1997)
- The World's religions: continuities and transformations (Reference BL80.3 .W67 2009)
- World religions (Reference BL82 .B68 1997)
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:
Religious Studies Review
Journal of Religion
Sociology of Religion
Popular Magazines
- Authors are free lance writers or magazine staff members.
- Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in
notes or bibliographies.
- Individual issues contain many advertisements.
- There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed
by editors or publishers.
- Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
- Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated
audience.
- Language is written for the general adult audience (no
specialized jargon).
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
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.
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:
ARTstor< about > Artwork Image Database
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America:
History and Life < about >
Historical
Abstracts < about >
PsycINFO < about >
Indexes and Databases by subject
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
FULL TEXT RESOURCES
General
Reference Center Gold < about >
General Reference Center Gold provides access to an
integrated set of full-text general interest sources, including
magazines, newspaper articles, business and industry journals,
children's magazines, almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries,
and reference books. Covered subjects include politics and
current events.
Coverage: 1980 to the present.
JSTOR < about >
JSTOR includes the complete runs of significant journal titles in several disciplines, including religion. The JSTOR database is unique because the complete backfiles of these core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800's. New titles and fields are being added constantly.
Project
Muse < about >
Project MUSE was launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press to offer the full text of JHUP scholarly journals via the world wide web. In 2000, Project MUSE enters its second phase of development with the addition of journal titles from other scholarly publishers. In general, most journals start with 1996. Coverage for selected Project MUSE titles now begins with volumes as early as 1993.
OmniFile < about >
Contains indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals,
all with ASCII full text online. The database is comprised
of records from the following databases: Readers'
Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts,
General Science Abstracts and Business Abstracts.
(Please note that each periodical can begin on a different
month and year.)
Coverage: 1994-Present.
New
York Times 1851-4 years ago (ProQuest Historical
Newspapers) < about >
A full text archive of the entire historical run of The
New York Times. Includes every page of every issue from
cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable
PDF. Contains articles, classified ads, comics and cartoons,
photos, maps, graphics, and editorials and commentary.
WEB SITES
- 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.
- Spiritual Politics blog published through the Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College.
- 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.
- The Immanent Frame a collective blog publishing interdisciplinary perspectives on secularism, religion, and the public sphere. The blog serves as a forum for ongoing exchanges among scholars across the social sciences and humanities.
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:
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. |
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New York: A.A. Knopf, 1985. |
Journal Citation:
| Edwards, Justin D. "Henry James's
'Alien' New York: Gender and Race in the |
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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: |
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Consumption in Rural America." In Consuming Visions: Accumulation and Display |
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of Goods in America, 1880-1920 edited by Simon J. Bronner, 251-300. |
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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.)
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