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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
4.) WorldCat
and 5.) Interlibrary
Loan
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- Order item through Interlibrary
Loan
($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)
See the Religion Research
Guide: Finding Books.
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
- 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)
- World religions (Reference BL82 .B68 1997)
Circulating Books
- Gods and rituals; readings in religious beliefs and practices
(Stacks GN470 .M48)
- Beginnings in ritual studies (Stacks BL600 .G74 1982)
- Celebration, studies in festivity and ritual (Stacks GT3930
.C44)
- The magic of ritual : our need for liberating rites that
transform our lives and our communities (Stacks BL600 .D75
1991)
- Myths, rites, symbols : a Mircea Eliade reader, 2 vols.
(Stacks BL304 .E43 1976)
Understanding Citations, to find a book or
a journal:
Book citation:
Search catalog by Author (Sperber) or Title (Rethinking Symbolism...)
Sperber, Dan. Rethinking Symbolism.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974.
Journal Citation:
Search catalog by Title - using the title of the journal (Religious
Studies Review)
Grimes, Ronald L. "Sources for the Study
of Ritual." Religious Studies Review 10, no.
2 (1984): 134-45.
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
Scholarly or Not?
Use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ref. Desk Z6941
.U5)
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication"
to be considered scholarly!
JOURNAL INDEXES
See the Religion
Research Guide: Using Indexes and Databases to help select
an Index.
See Also the Religion
Research Guide: Finding Articles.
Religion
Journals in Kalamazoo College Library Print Collection.
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.
Periodical
Abstracts <
about
>
Periodical Abstracts provides a complete general reference
resource, with indexing and abstracts to popular magazines,
business periodicals, and academic publications. Transcripts
of some newsoriented television and radio shows are included
as well. Topics include business, current affairs, economics,
literature, religion, psychology, and women's studies. Coverage:
1987 to 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.
Do you have access to a journal?
1.) Ariadne
(print)
- Title search on Title of
the Journal to locate print journal
3.)
WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
4.) Interlibrary
Loan
- Order item through Interlibrary
Loan
($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)
- Use *only* when the journal is not available through
Ariadne, Electronic Journals, or WestCat.
NOTE: Don't forget to use print
bibliographies in reference books, annotated bibliographies,
circulating books, and journal articles.
FULL TEXT RESOURCES
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe <
about
>
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe provides full text access
to thousands of publications and information sources in
the areas of law, business, reference, and general news.
Types of publications included are international, national
and regional newspapers, as well as popular magazines. It
also includes law review journals, many specialized business
journals and newsletters, company, country and state profiles,
as well as trade and medical journals, as well as frequently
updated federal and state court cases, federal and state
laws and regulations and public records from major U.S.
states.
Including: Law Review, Federal Case Law, U.S.
Code, Constitution, & Court Rules, Legal News, etc.
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.
Wilson
Select <
about
>
Contains indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals,
all with ASCII full text online. The database is comprised
of records from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers'
Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts,
General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts.
(Please note that each periodical can begin on a different
month and year.)
Coverage: 1994-Present.
WEB SITES
To find Web sites, use search engines and web indexes.
See Finding Web Sites and
Web
Indexes and Directories.
See also Web Sites by Subject
and Finding Web Sites
on HDSR.
WorldCat
< about
>
WorldCat contains bibliographic citations for high-quality
Web sites on a variety of subjects. When you search WorldCat
for Web sites, remember to check the box for "Internet
Resources" in the section called "Limit type to".
Sites are selected according to a collection development
policy that emphasizes quality, authoritativeness, and durability.
Meta sites
- Academic
Info: Religion
An independent, annotated directory compiled by Mike Madin.
- Virtual
Religion Index
An well-organized and annotated resource maintained by Mahlon
H. Smith at the Department of Religious Studies at Rutgers
University
Mircea Eliade
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
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.)
MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
5th ed., New York : Modern Language Association of America,
1999.
Reference, LB2369 .G53 1999.
MLA
Style
From The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
MLA Style
From the Modern Language Association. Offers some examples
of citing electronic resources (you must follow the links
for MLA style).
Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association
4th ed., Washington, DC : American Psychological Association,
1994.
Reference, BF76.7 .P83 1994.
APA
Format
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
See the Electronic
Reference Formats from the APA for citing electronic resources.
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