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Primary subject databases
Database	Description
Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials	Index with some full text for articles and books on religion and theology. View Full Description

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Tertiary subject databases
Database	Description
America: History & Life	Covers Canadian and American history. Comprehensive index, with abstracts, for journal articles and book reviews. View Full Description
American Theological Library Association (Atla) Historical Monographs Collection	Monographs from 13th century to early 1900s on religious language, development, and relationships with other issues. View Full Description
Biblical Studies - Oxford Bibliographies	A collection of core resources in biblical studies. Selected by experts. View Full Description
Cambridge Histories	The complete collection of this series covering history of Britain, science, art, politics and religion among others. View Full Description
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages	Full-text articles covering the period from the 5th to the 15th century, with a focus on Europe and Christianity. View Full Description
Historical Abstracts	Index of journal articles, books, etc. on world history (NOT Canada or the U.S.) from 1450 to the present. View Full Description
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984	Interdisciplinary database with articles from more than 1200 English-language periodicals. View Full Description
JSTOR	Current and back issues of journals in arts and sciences. View Full Description
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance	Full-text articles on art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics and history. Published 2003. View Full Description
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)	The full text of the 20-volume 2nd edition (1989) plus regular updates. View Full Description
RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies	Selected articles, taken chiefly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library. View Full Description
Religion and Theology @ EBSCOhost	Selected EBSCOhost databases for Religion and Theology. View Full Description
Religion and Theology @ ProQuest	Selected ProQuest databases for Religion and Theology. View Full Description
Scholars Portal Journals	Several thousand full-text electronic journals; especially strong in sciences and social sciences. View Full Description

General

The concise Oxford dictionary of world religions: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Dictionary of contemporary religion in the Western world: Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press. 2002. BL31 .D544
Encyclopedic dictionary of cults, sects, and world religions: Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006. Location: BL31 .M295 2006
Encyclopedia of politics and religion (2 volumes): Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1998. Location: BL65.P7 E53
Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2006
The Watkins dictionary of religions and secular faiths: London: Watkins, 2008. Location: BL31 .B37

General (Christianity)

The concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian church: Oxford: Oxford University Press 2006
Dictionary of Christianity in America: Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1990. Location: BR515 .D53
Encyclopedia of early Christianity: New York: Garland Pub., 1990. Location: BR162.2 .E53
Encyclopedia of the early Christianity: New York: Garland Pub. 1997. Location: BR162.2 .E53 1997
The New international dictionary of New Testament theology (3 volumes): Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1980. Location: BS2397 .N48 1980
The Oxford encyclopedia of the Reformation: New York: Oxford University Press, 1996

General (Islam)

The Columbia world dictionary of Islamism: New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. Location: BP40 .D5313
New encyclopedia of Islam: Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001. Location: BP40 .G42 2002
The Oxford dictionary of Islam: New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
A popular dictionary of Islam: New York: Routledge Curzon 1997

General (Judaism)

Dictionary of Judaism in the biblical period: 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. (2 volumes): New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1996. Location: BM50 .D525
Encyclopaedia Judaica (16 volumes): New York: Macmillan, 1971. Location: DS102.8 .E496
The New Encyclopedia of Judaism: New York: New York University Press, 2002. Location: BM50 .E63
The Jewish religion: a companion: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Location: BM50 .J28
A popular dictionary of Judaism: New York: Taylor & Francis Group 2004
The Routledge dictionary of Judaism: Richmond, Surrey : Curzon Press 1997

General (Eastern Religions)

General (Other Religions)

A dictionary of Buddhism: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
A popular dictionary of Buddhism: Lincolnwood, Ill.: NTC Pub. Group, 1997.
Encyclopedia of Buddhism: New York: Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson/Gale, c2004.
The Encyclopedia of Eastern philosophy and religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen: Boston: Shambhala, 1989. Location: BL1005 .L4813
Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy: New York: Routledge 1999

Dictionary of Celtic mythology: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012
A dictionary of ancient Near Eastern mythology: New York: Routledge, 2002
Dictionary of Asian mythology: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012
Dictionary of Native American mythology: Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1992. Location: E98 .R3G46
A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses: London: Routledge, 2005
Encyclopedia of African Religion: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2009
Encyclopedia of Mormonism (4 volumes): New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. Location: BX8605.5 .E62
Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements: London: Routledge, 2006.
The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses: London ; New York : Routledge 2005
The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations: London: Routledge, 2000.

Biographical

A calendar of saints: the lives of the principal saints of the Christian year: London: Orbis, 1986 Location: BX4651.2 .B46
The Oxford dictionary of saints: New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Who's who in Christianity: London: Routledge, 2002