How to Find Print & Electronic Resources on
Philosophy and
Religion
BOOKS—Books on philosophy and religion are located primarily in the B's of the
Library of Congress classification. For general browsing purposes, an outline of
the classification schedule is appended at the end of this handout.
To find specific books, begin at the library homepage http://www.library.und.edu,
then go to the ODIN Library Catalog to search by keyword, author, title, or subject headings. A keyword search would lead you to the following selection of reference sources. Check the ODIN Library Catalog for other specialized works or
additional general works, such as Bibles, Bible Dictionaries, Concordances, etc.
For Philosophy:
REF
Audi, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. 2nd
B
ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995.
41
.C35
1999
REF
B
51
.R68
1998
REF
B
51
.O94
1995
REF
B
41
.I26
2001
REF
B
41
.L32
1996
Craig, Edward, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
London: Routledge, 1998.
Honderich, Ted, ed. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1995.
Iannone, A. Pablo. Dictionary of World Philosophy. London:
Routledge, 2001.
Lacey, A. R. A Dictionary of Philosophy. 3rd ed. London:
Routledge, 1996.
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For Philosophy & Religion:
REF
Kors, Alan Charles, ed. Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment.
B
Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003.
802
.E53
2003
REF
B
121
.E53
2001
REF
BL
240.3
.E53
2003
Leaman, Oliver, ed. Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. London: Routledge, 2001.
Van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel Vrede, ed. Encyclopedia of Science
and Religion. New York: Macmillan, 2003.
Also includes many philosophers and entries such as “Philosophy
of Science, History of.”
For Religion--General:
REF
Bowker, John, ed. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions.
BL
Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997.
31
.O84
1997
REF
BP
601
.C47
2001
REF
BL
31
.E46
1987
REF
BL
2462.5
.E53
2001
REF
E
98
.R3
H73
2000
REF
BL
2525
.M449
ed. 6
1999
Chryssides, George D. Historical Dictionary of New Religious
Movements. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001.
Eliade, Mircea, ed. The Encyclopedia of Religion. 16 vols.
New York: Macmillan, 1987.
Glazier, Stephen D., ed. Encyclopedia of African and AfricanAmerican Religions. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Paulette Molin. Encyclopedia of Native American Religions: An Introduction. New York: Facts On
File, 2000.
Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedia of American Religions.
6th ed. Wilmington, NC: McGrath, 1999.
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BT
990
.E58
1988
REF
BL
2525
.Q44
2001
REF
BL
2525
.C65
2000
Melton, J. Gordon, ed. The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Religious Creeds. 1st ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1988.
Queen, Edward L., et al. Encyclopedia of American Religious
History. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
Roof, Wade Clark, ed. Contemporary American Religion. New
York: Macmillan, 2000.
For Religion—Bible/Christian:
REF
Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan BiG
ble Atlas. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan, 1993.
2230
.A2
1993
REF
BS
191.5
.A1
2001
REF
BR
95
.E8913
1999
REF
BS
440
.A54
1992
REF
BS
440
.E44
2000
REF
BR
95
.O94
2000
REF
BS
500
.D5
Coogan, Michael D., ed. The New Oxford Annotated Bible. 3rd
ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001.
Fahlbusch, Erwin, et al., eds. The Encyclopedia of Christianity.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999.
Freedman, David Noel, ed. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. New
York: Doubleday, 1992.
Freedman, David Noel, ed. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000.
Hastings, Adrian, et al., eds. The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000.
Hayes, John H., ed. Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.
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1999
REF
BS
1121
.K65
1998
REF
BS
2553
.S24
1994
REF
BX
841
.N44
2003
REF
BS
445
.O94
2001
Kohlenberger, John R., III, and James A. Swanson. The Hebrew
English Concordance to the Old Testament: With the New International Version. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998.
Miller, Robert J., ed. The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholars Version. Rev. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.
New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Detroit: Thomson/Gale;
Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 2003.
15 vols.
Rogerson, John, ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible.
Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001.
ELECTRONIC BOOKS--On the CFL home page http://www.library.und.edu go to
How to Find Books… for a list of free E-Book Collections such as the following:
Bartleby.com
Collection of full text literature resources, including fiction, nonfiction, verse & reference titles. Can find the King James Bible
and many Harvard Classics.
NetLibrary
Electronic versions of printed books. Search by subject for fulltext books. Search by author for classical works (Plato, etc.).
Project Guten- Free electronic books to download and read.
berg
JOURNAL TITLES—From the CFL home page http://www.library.und.edu, click
on the ODIN Library Catalog to locate journals owned by the University of
North Dakota. For journals, the library catalog informs you about the range of
dates or volumes held for each title, and in what format it is held (print, microform,
electronic).
Click on Electronic Journals to locate journals available in full-text format.
JOURNAL ARTICLE INDEXES—Use the following print indexes in the Chester Fritz Library Reference area to find indexing of journal articles on your subject.
(Journals can be found in the ODIN Library Catalog or under Electronic Journals):
Philosopher’s Index Print resource in Reference area: Index Table 1A
Religion Index One Print resource in Reference area: Index Table 1A
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JOURNAL ARTICLE DATABASES—From the Chester Fritz Library home
page http://www.library.und.edu, click on Article Indexes and Databases, then the
following computer databases to find indexing of journal articles related to Philosophy and Religion. The databases that have FULL-TEXT resources will allow
you to print out the journal articles when you are at home or in the library. For a
list of other full-text databases, search under Article Indexes and Databases, then
Full text resources.
Academic
Partially FULL TEXT. Scholarly academic database.
Search Premier
Blackwell
Provides indexing to journals from Blackwell Publishing. Expand
Synergy
the Humanities Journals for a list of relevant journals.
Current Con- Access to tables of contents of 7,000 scholarly journals covering all
tents
disciplines. Coverage begins in 1995. Includes abstracts updated
weekly.
EBSCOhost
Some free FULL-TEXT access. Or access to individual journal
Electronic
subscriptions through EBSCO. A green check mark indicates free
Journals Ser- full-text access. Mind, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Journal
vice
of Medicine and Philosophy, Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, Law and Philosophy, Linguistics and Philosophy, Philosophy
and Public Affairs, Studies in Philosophy and Education, Journal of
Indian Philosophy, Biology and Philosophy, Journal for General
Philosophy of Science, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (partial), Journal
of Religious Ethics (partial), Journal of Religion and Health, Religious Education, and Religious Studies (partial) are some of the titles that can be searched full text in this database.
EBSCOhost
Allows one to search Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE
Research Da- Premier simultaneously.
tabases
JSTOR
This database includes FULL-TEXT articles from back issues of 17
PHILOSOPHY journals, as well as full-text journals of relevance to
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION in African American Studies, African
Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, General Science, History, History of Science, History of Science and Technology, Latin American Studies, Middle East Studies,
Philosophy, Sociology, and other humanities and social sciences
disciplines. (Since this is an archival database, the most recent issues are usually 4-8 years old).
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Kluwer
This database provides access to 700+ FULL TEXT journals published by Kluwer in the sciences, health and life sciences, physical
sciences and social sciences. It includes many FULL-TEXT journal
articles on Philosophy and Religion topics.
Making of
Nineteenth century American social history. Emphasis on educaAmerica
tion, psychology, American history, sociology, philosophy, religion,
(Cornell)
and science and technology. 267 books and 100,000 articles. Produced by Cornell University.
Making of
Nineteenth century American social history. Emphasis on educaAmerica
tion, psychology, American history, sociology, philosophy, religion,
(University of and science and technology. 8,500 books and 50,000 journal artiMichigan)
cles. Produced by the University of Michigan.
MasterFILE
Partially FULL TEXT. Multidisciplinary general magazines. Also
Premier
includes reference books, biographies, primary source documents,
and an image collection.
Metapress
Provides indexing of articles from journals, newsletters, and other
professional and academic publications published by Taylor and
Francis.
Project Muse This is a FULL-TEXT electronic database to well over 170 journal
titles covering the social sciences and humanities fields. It includes
many FULL-TEXT articles related to Philosophy and Religion topics.
ONLINE LIBRARY REFERENCE RESOURCES—The following full text
Reference databases are available at http://www.library.und.edu, then go to Article
Indexes and Databases for the specific database titles. For a longer list of reference
resources, go to the CFL home page and click on Electronic Reference Tools.
(For in-library reference sources, ask at the Reference Desk for assistance).
ContempoAn Infotrac file of 100,000 U.S. and international authors. Biograry Authors raphy, bibliography and references are provided. It can also be
searched under InfoTrac Databases.
Discovering This is a FULL-TEXT collection that covers topic overviews, event
Collection
overviews, biographies, critical analyses, and multimedia materials.
It provides philosophy and religion reference information.
BEYOND THE LIBRARY—SOME WEB RESOURCES: Go to the CFL
homepage, http://www.library.und.edu, click on Resources by Subject, then Philosophy and Religion for many web resources relevant to Philosophy & Religion.
By Janet Rex
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