Access our complete list of databases. You can sort the databases by Subject (like Philosophy and Religion) and Type (like Newspapers or Primary Sources).
Choosing the right kind of database at the beginning can make your research more efficient.
All library databases have a Citation tool, as well as a variety of options for saving or downloading your sources.
These search strategies can help you in any database you use. Using the right keywords can affect how relevant your results are.
Strive for a list of results that is manageable so you can look through them all. If you have an overwhelming number of results, try revising your search by changing or adding keywords or applying different limiters. Revising your search might also mean trying a different database.
You'll start your search using the keywords in your assignment: (your religion) and origins, founder, sacred texts, major beliefs, practices, divisions, and sects).
To continue your research, you'll need additional words or ideas to search. Keywords fall into three main categories: Broad, Narrow, and Related.
Using Boolean Operators is another search strategy that can help you locate the best results.
eBooks are useful for doing broad research on your chosen religion. Information is in the form of short encyclopedia entries or chapters in a reference book. eBooks are especially useful for identifying more keywords to help you continue researching your religion.
Benefits of using eBooks:
Access academic journals and magazines covering religion and the related areas of philosophy and anthropology. Full-text is available in most cases.
A full-text database for theology and philosophy research that includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics spanning over 100 years, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.
Full-text database that includes scholarly journals in the humanities as well as images from the Artstor collections
Global Issues supports global awareness and provides a global perspective while tying together a wealth of authoritative content, empowering learners to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world. Integrating news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more, Global Issues is updated daily and offers background and guidance on significant topics like Food Security, Genocide, Human Rights, Extreme Weather, and more.
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with areas of study such as Business, Health, Criminal Justice, Science, Humanities, Political Science and more from over 14,000 local, regional, national, and news sources. Coverage is from 1980 to current, updated daily.
Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries.” www.statista.com
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
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