Religion Resources

Subject Area Librarian

• Religion Reference
• Religious Online Texts
• Religion Information Super Sites
• Religious Studies Online Journals
• Style Manuals & Writing Guides
• Ready Reference

Religion Reference 

• Religion - Britannica.com
  Provides reliable articles with bibliographies and links on religion.
• CONCISE DICTIONARY OF RELIGION
  Brief definitions of religious terms.
• The Ecole Initiative
  A hypertext encyclopedia of Early Church History.
• The Catholic Encyclopedia 
  Articles from an early twentieth-century edition of this standard reference work.
• Rich Tatum's Glossary of Church History
  Brief descriptions of people, events and terms.
• American Religion Data Archive 
  Data on American religious practices.
• Religion Statistics and Geography 
  Statistics on religious worldwide.
  

Religious Online Texts

• Religious and Sacred Texts
  Links to traditional sacred texts.
• Internet Sacred Text Archive
  Links to a wide variety of sacred texts.
• World Prayers - Prayer Collective
  An anthology of prayers for adoration, celebration, invocation and meditation.
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library 
  E-texts of Christian classics on theology and spirituality.

Religion Information Super Sites

• Finding God in Cyberspace 
  Content-rich clearinghouse of religious studies resources.
• Exploring Religion Home
  Information about Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
• ReligiousWorlds: Sources for Religion, Religions, Religious Studies
  Information and links for the study and interpretation of religions.
• Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, Religion
  Topically organized resources on Islam.
• The Hindu Universe : Hindu Resource Center
  Resources related to Hinduism.
• Judaism and Jewish Resources
  One of the most complete directories of links to Jewish resources on the Web.
• Virtual Christianity
  Links to Christian resources.
• Buddhist Studies WWW VL 
  Briefly annotated site links to resources on Buddhism.
• The New Testament Gateway
  Information about the New Testament and its background.

Religious Studies Online Journals 

• CERTR Electronic Journals Gallery
  Numerous academic electronic journals in various fields of religious studies.
  Internet Journal of Religion

Style Manuals & Writing Guides

• MLA ONLINE
  Authoritative information on MLA style. 
• Chicago Style
  The Chicago or Turabian style, sometimes called documentary note or humanities style, places bibliographic citations at the bottom of a page or at the end of a paper.
• Web Extension to American Psychological Association Style
  Citing web documents with APA style.
• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association 
  More citing web documents with APA style.
• Governors State Regional Online Writing Center (GROWL) 
  Resources and assistance in writing at GSU.
• Lynch, Guide to Grammar and Writing
  A comprehensive guide for grammar and basic writing.
• Purdue Online Writing Lab
  Valuable information for anyone involved in writing. 

Ready Reference 

• Reference Resources 
  Almanacs, Associations, Calculators, Calendars, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Maps, Phone Books, Quotations, Statistics, Style Guides. 
• IPL General/Reference Collection: Reference
  Almanacs, Associations, Biographies, Calculators, Calendars, Census Data, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Periodical Directories, Phone Books, Quotations, Style & Writing Guides.