Research Guide for Religions of Contemporary America

FIND JOURNAL/NEWSPAPER ARTICLES | ELECTRONIC JOURNALS | FIND BOOKS | REFERENCE SOURCES | INTERNET RESOURCES |

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These databases will help you locate information published in journals, magazines, newspapers and a variety of other sources. ATLA Religion Includes index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews. Full text is available for many of the journal articles. Coverage begins in 1946. Humanities Abstracts Indexes more than 400 periodicals in Religion, Philosophy, and other humanities disciplines. Coverage begins in 1984. Arts and Humanities Search Indexes 1300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage begins in 1980. Expanded Academic Index Full-Text EAI indexes approximately 3,400 journals and magazines and the New York Times. Full text online is provided for approximately 2,000 of the journals/magazines. WilsonSelect WilsonSelect Full Text contains indexed and abstracted articles from over 1300 periodicals, all with full text online. The database is comprised of records from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. The dates of coverage begin January 1994 and continue to the present (please note that each periodical can begin on a different month and year).

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Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page Provides links to more than 1,100 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library. Electronic Collections Online Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in many disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed. JSTOR Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.

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Albion College Library Online Catalog The Online Catalog will help you find books, videos, government documents, journals, newspapers, and other materials owned by the Albion College Library. MeLCat Online Catalog MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, Albion Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, Grand Rapids Community College, Southfield Public Library, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form. WorldCat Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

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The Encyclopedia of Religion. (1987). REFERENCE COLLECTION - BL 31 .E46 1987. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion REFERENCE COLLECTION - BL 31 .E5 Handbook of Denominations in the United States. ON RESERVE (CIRCULATION DESK) - BR 516.5 .M38 2001 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. ON RESERVE (CIRCULATION DESK) - BR 513 .Y4 2002 Encyclopedia of American Studies. REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 169.1 .E625 2001 Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. REFERENCE COLLECTION - F 209 .E53 1989 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 740.7 .E53 1996

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Academic Info: Religion Finding God in Cyberspace: A Guide to Religious Studies on the Internet Adherents.com "Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. "