Course Number: TH503F Subject: Theological Education Omni introductionOmni Library search is the Laurier Library's centralized search interface. It includes:books and ebooks from Laurierand 17 other Ontario University Librariesarticles (online)audio and video (physical and online)more (government documents, reports)View one of our Omni video tutorials to learn moreWhen you find an item in Omni, you can eitherview it online if it is digitalfind the call number and locate it on the shelves in the libraryrequest a chapter via Scan on Demandrequest an item from another libraryTutorial: Use Omni to locate known items.e.g., Sikka, S., & Peetush, A. (2021). Asian philosophies and the idea of religion: beyond faith and reason. Routledge.Oxford BibliographiesOxford Bibliographies are created by scholars and librarians worldwide across a variety of subject areas, and combine "the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia." Some of the bibliographies relevant to this course include:Buddhist PhilosophyChinese PhilosophyConfuciusDaoism and PhilosophyHinduism (multiple)Indian PhilosophyJapanese PhilosophyVery Short IntroductionsOxford's Very Short Introductions offer concise and readable introductions to a wide range of subject written by subject experts. Some of the VSI titles relevant to this course include:BuddhismBuddhist EthicsConfucianismIndian PhilosophySikhismEncyclopedias and HandbooksStart here: Encyclopedia of Asian PhilosophyThe following links lead to Omni search results of reference materials (encyclopedia, handbooks, etc)Asian philosophy and religionBuddhismConfucianismDaoismHindusimIslamJainismSikhismNone of these searches yield perfect results, and sometimes seemingly unrelated items appear in the results list.Books (and more)OmniOn a results page, choose "Books and eBooks" as resource typeeBook collectionsAn Omni search locates items if your search terms are in the author, title, subject, etc. fields.Search one of the following eBook collections Full text access to a wide range of scholarly journals. Useful for finding specific and/or obscure terms that might be buried within an article.Proquest Ebook CentralEBSCO eBook AcademicAnd more...On the left side of Omni results, note the other types of resources. In particular:audiovideoArticlesOmniOn a results page, choose "Articles" as resource typeA wide range of journal articles...sometimes too wide with too many results.Atla Religion Databaseindex for materials on subjects related to religion and theology.Bibliography of Asian StudiesIndex for western-language materials on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia.NOTE: many of the referenced items will need to be requested through interlibrary loanJSTORFull text access to a wide range of scholarly journals. Useful for finding specific and/or obscure terms that might be buried within an article. Also includes some images from ArtSTOR.Dissertations & ThesesProQuest Dissertations & Theses GlobalUseful for finding specific and/or obscure terms that might be buried within an theses. Great source of bibliographic material.APA tipsReligious Work References (APA)Â