R665: Interpretations of Religion
| Welcome to IU and to the IUB Libraries! As you start your graduate work in Religious Studies, everything you've learned up to now about doing research will serve you well. Religious Studies is almost always interdisciplinary, drawing on the sources and research methodology of many academic disciplines. The resources listed here should all be helpful to you in R665. The Religious Studies Collection web page contains basic information about research in Religious Studies. The Resources by Subject --> Religious Studies page is a collection of electronic resources for Religious Studies. Depending on your research interests, be sure to check the pages for related subjects, such as History, Anthropology, India Studies, and others. Each of these pages also provides contact information for a librarian who specializes in the subject or area. Please don't hesitate to ask us for help (you can email me at cewroth@indiana.edu). Now for some basic library tools you'll need: IUCAT - the IU Libraries online catalog. Use the Basic Search when you have the author or title of a book already; use Advanced Keyword Searh to explore the Libraries' holdings. Book reviews: a research guide - a concise guide to finding book reviews. My tip: if the book is a classic, go straight to JSTOR, where you'll find reviews in core scholarly journals. (This won't work if the book was just published in the last few years, but then it probably wouldn't be a classic yet, would it?) ATLA Religion Database - a good starting point for most Religious Studies research topics. It indexes a good selection of scholarly journals in Religious Studies. It does tend to be slanted towards the western religions, though, so don't be discouraged if you don't find very good coverage of eastern and indigenous religions. Sources for Cited References - are you trying to assess the impact of a scholar's work? Use these resources to find out who is citing his or her work. My tip: the best resource for this type of search is still the somewhat-hard-to-use Web of Knowledge. Celestina Wroth, cewroth@indiana.edu |
