Research & Learning Librarian
Annette Alvarado
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Contact:
Lewis Library
LUC Libraries
25 E. Pearson #619
Chicago, IL 60611
aalvarado2@luc.edu
LUC Libraries
25 E. Pearson #619
Chicago, IL 60611
aalvarado2@luc.edu
312.915.6629
Website Skype Contact: aalvarado2@luc.edu
Welcome to the Theology & Religious Studies Research Guide!
This guide will introduce you to resources that are available to you, if at any point you are not sure where to find information, you can always contact me or use our Ask a Librarian chat.
- Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials This link opens in a new windowIndex of journal articles, book reviews, and essay collections related to Catholicism, religion, and theology. Includes the integration of the Atla Catholic Periodical and Literature Index. Coverage: 1949 - present.
- Old Testament Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts and limited full-text articles and books covering the Old Testament, including theology, biblical studies, and the Christian religion. Coverage: 1985 - present.
- New Testament Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts and limited full-text articles and books covering the New Testament, including theology, biblical studies, and the Christian religion. Coverage: 1985 - present.
- LUC Library Catalog Advanced Search This link opens in a new windowA search tool for finding books, journal articles, media, and other materials in the library collection. The advanced search provides filters and scopes to narrow your search results.
- WorldCat Discovery Advanced Search This link opens in a new windowAdjust result list sort to relevance in order to eliminate weighting of locally-held titles.
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Classical Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, History, Philosophy, and Religion This link opens in a new windowCollection of handbooks containing articles by scholars in classical studies, criminology and criminal justice, history, philosophy, and religion.
Start here to discover a topic, define a term, check a name or event, or identify recommended sources.
- Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and ScienceContains regularly updated entries on current issues at the intersection of these fields.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text multidisciplinary encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference titles. Limited to five simultaneous users.
Encyclopedia Judaica by
The landmark Encyclopaedia Judaica, lauded as the standard work on Judaism since first appearing in the early 1970s, has been extensively revised and expanded for this long-awaited new edition. Nothing compromised, included are more than 21, 000 signed entries on Jewish life, culture, history and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists. Expanding the scope and relevance of this invaluable set are more than 2, 600 brand-new entries, many focusing on gender issues and New World geographic areas of the United States, Canada and Latin America. Even more clarity and substance is incorporated through the updating of some 11, 000 entries across all topics. The Holocaust segment alone features more than 50 entirely new articles. Scholars, general readers and students alike will use this 22-volume set. Extensive cross-referencing and large subject index are just two of the many features making this huge set easy to use. Quick references are also facilitated through place-name lists, a chronology, a Hasidism chart, lists of newspapers and periodicals. More than 600 maps, charts, tables, photographs, illustrations and other visuals concisely illustrate key textual elements, and among other features making this scholarly work accessible, are entry-specific bibliographies to help guide further research. Included in each volume is an 8-page full color insert that provides a rich and thematic illustration of th
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780028659282Publication Date: 2006-12-12
Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (4 Vols. ) by
The Hebrew language has one of the longest attested histories of any of the world's languages, with records of its use from antiquity until modern times. Although it ceased to be a spoken language by the 2nd century C.E., Hebrew continued to be used and to develop in the form of a literary and liturgical language until its revival as a vernacular in the 20th century. In a four volume set, complete with index, the Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of the Hebrew language from its earliest attested form to the present day. The encyclopedia contains overview articles that provide a readable synopsis of current knowledge of the major periods and varieties of the Hebrew language as well as thematically-organized entries which provide further information on individual topics, such as the Hebrew of various sources (texts, manuscripts, inscriptions, reading traditions), major grammatical features (phonology, morphology, and syntax), lexicon, script and paleography, theoretical linguistic approaches, and so forth. With over 950 entries and approximately 400 contributing scholars, the Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics is the authoritative reference work for students and researchers in the fields of Hebrew linguistics, general linguistics, Biblical studies, Hebrew and Jewish literature, and related fields. The online version of the EHLL can be found here.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9789004176423Publication Date: 2013-08-09
The Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān by
Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān (EQ) combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qurʾān. It is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qurʾānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qurʾānic studies
Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: 2005
The Qur'an by
A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title The Qur'an is the source of inspiration for one of the world's major religions, followed today by over a billion people. It plays a central role in Islam and ever since it appeared fourteen hundred years ago has been the subject of intense debate. Some of this has been carried out by Muslims and some by those hostile or indifferent to Islam, producing a very wide range of views. Authored bynbsp;forty-three international experts, the objective of The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia is to present this diversity of thought, approach and school without priority, in order to give a strong appreciation of the range of response that the text has provoked throughout its history and providing students and researchers with a powerful one-volume resource covering all aspects of the text and its reception. Islam and the Qur'an are much in the news today and there is a public debate going on in which things are said about the Qur'an without much knowledge or understanding of the book. Every effort has been made to help the reader use the Encyclopedia as an investigative tool in Quranic studies. The volume assumes no previous knowledge of the Qur'an, Islam or Arabic. Technical terms are explained in the text itself and the style of each entry is designed to be as self-contained as possible. Entries are cross-referenced and many include a brief bibliography. At the end of the work there is a substantial annotated bibliography providing a detailed guide to the most significant books, journals and articles in Qur'anic Studies. There is a full index. The readership will include those seeking basic information on the Qur'an, however the substantial number of longer entries means that it will also be used by specialists.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 0203176448Publication Date: 2006-05-02
Provide introductory essays and extended, authoritative reference lists on diverse topics; ideal for identifying and narrowing a research topic and identifying suitable sources for research. Select from the subject modules listed below
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies This link opens in a new windowBibliographies focused on Biblical Studies.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Islamic Studies This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on the range of lived experiences and textual traditions of Muslims as they are articulated in various countries and regions throughout the world.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Medieval Studies This link opens in a new windowBibliographies focused on Medieval Studies. Coverage: 4th century - 15th century.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy This link opens in a new windowBibliographies focused on philosophy and related topics such as ethics and religion.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Renaissance and Reformation This link opens in a new windowBibliographies focused on the Renaissance and Reformation Coverage: 1300s - 1600s.