Research Guides: RELG 390: Junior Seminar in Religion: Getting Started

Recommended Databases

ATLA Religion Database
Covers religious and theological studies, including biblical studies, world religions, church history and religion in social issues, theology, philosophy, and ethics. Includes ATLAS collection of 400+ full text religion and theology journals. Produced by the American Theological Library Association.
Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Christianity
Collection of primary source materials documenting the development of Christian thought in the 20th century. Includes writings, speeches, and interviews from influential Christian theologians, pastors, and scholars from various denominations and regions.
Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Eastern Religions
Collection of primary source materials documenting the development of Eastern religions in the 20th century. It includes writings, speeches, and interviews from influential figures in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other Eastern religions from various regions.
Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Islam
Collection of primary source materials documenting the development of Islamic thought in the 20th century. It includes writings, speeches, and interviews from influential Muslim scholars, theologians, and activists from various regions and schools of thought.
Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Judaism
Collection of primary source materials documenting the development of Jewish thought in the 20th century. It includes writings, speeches, and interviews from influential Jewish theologians, philosophers, and scholars from various denominations and regions.

Religion Databases @ K
Librarian curated collection of religious databases

Humanities Full Text
Covers fields of the humanities, including art, classical studies, dance, film, journalism, philosophy, religion, literature, and more. Content includes academic and popular publications, feature articles, interviews, obituaries, works of fiction, drama, poetry, and reviews of plays, operas, ballets, dance, musicals, films, television and radio.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
Scholarly sources on all aspects of modern literature, languages and linguistics, theatre and drama.
Jewish Studies Source
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Multidisciplinary view of the study of Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present. Includes academic journals, books, newspapers, and more.
Leading academic journals within the discipline, monographs, related articles from major periodicals and newspapers, and over 1600 biographies of leading historical and contemporary Jews.

Social Sciences Full Text
English-language social science journals covering applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
PsycInfo
Produced by the American Psychological Association, PsycInfo is the most comprehensive database covering psychology. Provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in psychology, behavioral sciences, and mental health.
Jewish Studies Source
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Multidisciplinary view of the study of Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present. Includes academic journals, books, newspapers, and more.
Leading academic journals within the discipline, monographs, related articles from major periodicals and newspapers, and over 1600 biographies of leading historical and contemporary Jews.

America: History & Life
Covers history of the United States and Canada from pre-history to present. Most articles are peer-reviewed. Many articles are available in full text, but not all.
Historical Abstracts
Scholarly journals, magazines, and books covering the history of the world from 1400 to the present (excluding the history of the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).

History Research Guide
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JSTOR
Scholarly, academic journal articles, books, and book chapters.
Project Muse
Scholarly academic journal articles and books in many disciplines.
ProQuest Central
Multi-disciplinary database with scholarly journals, news sources, magazines, and more!

All Databases
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Resources for SIPs

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LibKey Nomad
Browser extension that connects citations on the internet to K's full-text databases

Bibliographic Management

Zotero
Free tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

Guide to Zotero
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Mendeley
Allows you to organize and annotate PDFs, create bibliographies and citations for your research paper, and collaborate in groups. Free tool, with an option to upgrade for more storage space.

Search Beyond K

MeLCat
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MeLCat is a statewide network of Michigan academic, public, and school libraries that share resources with each other. *Remember to use the barcode on your K ID to request materials from MeLCat.*

WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials held in libraries around the world. K College users may borrow items they find in WorldCat via Interlibrary Loan.

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