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By Robbie Bolton on January 11, 1967 in General

Library and Web Resources for:

REL 394 Living Religions of the World

SAU Library Catalog
The SAU Library catalog is where you can search the entire collection of physical books, eBooks, and other materials (videos, music, etc.) available in the library

Michigan Electronic Library Catalog (MelCat)
The Michigan Electronic Library (Mel) is a group libraries willing to share their materials with each other. You can search directly through MelCat and request materials from other libraries around the state. Usually, you will receive your requested materials within 5-7 business days. All you need is your name and sau id number. However, we would encourage you first search the SAU library catalog. If you do not find what you are looking for, you can click the MelCat icon within our catalog and it will automatically complete the search for you in Melcat. WATCH a short video tutorial on how to request books from MelCat.

ebrary
Online access to more than 70,000 e-books from over 500 publishers. WATCH a short video tutorial on how to use ebrary.

eBooks from EBSCO (formerly NetLibrary)
Provides access to the White Library’s collection of approximately 30,000 ebooks. WATCH a short video tutorial on how to access ebooks.

Selected eBooks on World Religions

Complete Idiot’s Guide to The World’s Religions

By Brandon Toropov and Luke Buckles

Alpha Books, 1997

The Hutchinson Dictionary of World Religions

Helicon, 2005

World Religions in America: An Introduction

Jacob Neusner, editor

Westminster John Knox Press, c2000

Sin and Salvation in the World Religions

By Harold G. Coward

Oneworld Publications, c2003

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

general editor, John Bowker

Oxford University Press, 2000-

Library Databases (Primarily Articles)

ATLA Religion (Ebsco) Religious and theological literature for students and faculty. Some full-text.

Christian Periodical Index (EBSCOhost) provides access to articles and reviews written from an evangelical perspective or of interest to the evangelical community. The index includes more than 140 selected publications from a broad spectrum of knowledge — science, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, history, sociology, nursing, and education. Citations (no full-text; request copies via sauill@arbor.edu).

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale InfoTrac) This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines with scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Many full-text articles and Images.

OmniFile Full Text Select (Ebsco) General database contains articles in science, humanities, education and business. Full-Text.

Academic Universe (LexisNexis) Modifed version of Lexis-Nexis: newspaper resources. Full-Text.

Web Pages on World Religions

BBC Religions

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources

Harvard Divinity School Center for the Study of World Religions

Intute Religion and Theology

Religions of the World: Numbers of Adherents of Major Religions, Their
Geographical Distribution, Date founded, and Sacred Texts

Refdesk.com My Facts Page World Religion Sources

Forum on Religion and Ecology

Religious Worlds

Wabash Center Internet Guide to Religion

World Religions Penn State University

WorldReligions.com presents an array of current news, features, and opinions from field of religious life as it interacts with the family of humankind around the globe.