Perspectives on Inquiry - MTU Library Resources

World Religions

UN1001, Section R01 Bucky Beach bsbeach@mtu.edu

Librarian: Amanda Binoniemi abinonie@mtu.edu 487-1814

Resources in the Reference Collection Second Floor

The Reference Collection is a good place to collect background information on an issue or start your research. It is arranged by Library of Congress Subject Headings http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco

The New Encyclopedia Britannica AE 5 .E363 2002 REF

The Encyclopedia of World Faiths BL 80.2 .E495 1988 REF

Eerdmans Handbook To the Worlds Religions BL 80.2 .E35 1982 REF

Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature BL 31 .E465 2005 REF

The New Encyclopedia of Judaism BM 50.E63 2002 REF

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World BP 40.E525 2004 REF

New Catholic Encyclopedia BX 841.N44 2003 REF

American Indian Religious Traditions E 98 .R3 C755 2005 REF

 

Resources on the Librarys Web Page - http://www.lib.mtu.edu

MTU Online Catalog contains records of materials owned by the MTU Library. To use the Librarys Catalog, go to the home page and click the Catalog button.

Two search interfaces, Basic and Keyword, allow the user to search for items by author, title, subject, call number, ISBN/ISSN, or keyword(s).

Most books are located in the Main Collection on Third Floor.

Some possible Library of Congress Subject Headings to use in a Basic Subject search:

Christianity	Islam	Religions
Church history	Judaism
Hinduism	Palestine
Israel	Religion

 

 E-Resources

Access to electronic indexes/abstracts, online books, e-journals and selected websites.

To find citations to recent articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys web page at http://www.lib.mtu.edu and select E-Resources & E-Alerts.

E-Resources are searchable by name or keyword using the box at the top of the screen, or by subject area or collection using the pull-down menus lower down on the screen. Here are some of the databases that may be useful for this course.

Thompson Gale

Expanded Academic ASAP - Scholarly and popular research on a variety of academic subjects. Includes full text.

FirstSearch

WorldCat International catalog of books, periodicals, papers, websites.

ArticleFirst Indexes over 12,000 journals. The drawback is that almost no articles are full-text.

Periodical Abstracts A general reference resource which indexes & abstracts popular and academic periodicals. Also includes transcripts of some news oriented television & radio shows.

Readers Guide Abstracts Indexes popular magazines, including Foreign Affairs & Current History.

SIRSResearcher Worldwide issues in social sciences, science, politics and economics.

Social Sciences Abstracts Covers periodicals in anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations.

Wilson Select Plus Fewer journals than ArticleFirst, but almost all articles are full text. Also, each entry has subject headings that improve searching strategies.

CQ Researcher (formerly Editorial Research Reports) (1959-1990) - H 35 .E2 REF

In-depth analysis of issues in the news. Includes overview and background on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; tables; and bibliographies. CQ Researcher (1991-) In paper, 1991-2006.

JSTOR

Contains scanned images of over 200 scholarly journals in a variety of academic disciplines. Includes journals in History and Religion.

E-books:

 

NetLibrary: Full-text versions of books from Librarys web page. Requires users to have a MTU IP address, an ISO password or to have established an individual user account.

Resources on the Web

The Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org. Sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information. Links to selected Internet sites grouped by subjects. Includes religion.

Consult these sites provided by other institutions:

Identifying Research Articles & Refereed Journals: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3.html

 

Information on evaluating information sources (from Cornell University Libraries): http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

JRVP Library Michigan Technological University Sources for Citation Style Manuals: http://www.lib.mtu.edu/xmldata/course_guides/80.aspx

NPRs Speaking of Faith

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org

[Requires Real Player or Windows Media. Check out a laptop and headphones at Circulation Desk.]

Government Information on the Web: http://www.usasearch.gov

Portal to federal and state government information. All sites linked are evaluated for accuracy and authority.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - access to items from other libraries.*NEW*

Requests are made through ILLiad, the personalized online ILL account system.  After your initial registration is complete, use ILLiad to request books and articles.   ILLiad also allows you to track the status of your requests and cancel requests. 

ILL requests may also be made directly through some database providers such as FirstSearch and Thomson Gale.  Follow the HuskyFetch menu options and select "Get Item from another Library via ILLiad."  Please be sure to check the JRVP Library holdings before submitting a request directly from a database.

 

Note: The ILL process can take time (longer than 10 days in some cases.) Plan your research time accordingly.

 

For Assistance

For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, contact the Reference Desk (487-2507), e-mail reflib@mtu.edu, or use the Ask a Librarian button on the Librarys web page