Religious Studies: Basic Religious Resources

To find books and materials in the Marshall University Libraries on Religion, click on the library catalog, and select the Subject tab. Enter any of the following terms to find materials on religion:

• Religion (also various subject headings such as Religion and Psychology)
• Religions
• Theology
• God
• Religious (many subject headings begin with this term such as Religious Education)

In addition, the Keyword Search option can be used.

To browse in the stacks, use:

• BL48-BL50 - Science of Religion
• BL74-BL98 - Religions
• GN470-GN474 - Ethnology of Religion

The Reference Collection, located on the first floor of Drinko Library, contains many print resources that provide useful background information:

• Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions - Ref. BL31.A24
• An Encyclopedia of Religions - Ref. BL31.C3 1970
• A Dictionary of Comparative Religion - Ref. BL31.D54 1970
• Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (6 vols.) - Ref. BL31.E4 1951
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion (3 vols.) - Ref. BL31.E42
• The Encyclopedia of Religion (16 vols.) - Ref. BL31.E46 2005
• The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions - Ref. BL31.O84 1997
• The World Religions - Ref. BL80.2.W68 1988
• Atlas of the World's Religions - Ref. G1046.E4 A7 2007

Some useful online resources for this topic are:

• CDRI: Digital resources for the study of religion
• Interfaith
• Metareligion
• Virtual Religion Index