Barnard College Library Research Guide

BC3997 - Fall 2002
Research Seminar in Religion
Professor Castelli

This guide is intended as a starting point in your research; the databases and reference tools listed here are a selective list. Always remember that you can ask for assistance at the Barnard Reference Desk at any point in your research, and you can always request a consultation.

 Reference Books |CLIO for Finding Books |  
  Online Databases for finding Articles  | Other Library Catalogs 
Subject Guides Online | Interlibrary Loan| Request a Consultation

Reference Books:

Encyclopedia of Religion 16 vols. BL31 .E46 1987
Encyclopedia Judaica 16 vols. DS102.8 .E496
Encyclopedia of Judaism BM50 .E53 1999
Encyclopedia of Women in Religion 2vols. BL458 .E53 1998
Contemporary American Religion BL2525 .C65 2000
Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience. 3 vols. BL2525 .E53 1988


CLIO for Finding Books:

CLIO: the Online Catalog for Finding Books:CLIO 
(Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the online catalog for materials added to the Columbia University Libraries since 1981. You  can connect to CLIO from the Barnard Library Home Page or from Columbia University LibraryWeb. CLIO can be searched by author, title, subject and keyword. Some sample searches:

author: hawley j
    *use last name first

title: journal for the scientific study of reli
     *type in as much of the title that you know
      *journals are listed in CLIO along with books,
       videos and other materials
     *electronic/full text journals are listed in CLIO and
       the URL is included

To find books about a particular topic choose the subject search option and use the Library of Congress Subject Headings. You may also use the keyword option or advanced keyword option to find books on a particular topic. Use distinctive or “keywords” in the search. 

subject: medicine tibetan
subject: jewish religious education

keyword: jewish adj ethics
keyword: anorex? protestant?
Keyword: hindu? and (guyan? or caribb?)

Help for searching CLIO is available on the CLIO main search screen. For advanced keyword searching help click here.

Databases/Indexes for finding Periodical Articles:

Anthropological Index
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/anthro-index.html
Index to about 800 anthropological journals received by the Musem of Mankind in London. Citations only. 1952 to present.
*try: tibet? and (medicine or heal?) using advanced search

Anthropological Literature
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/anthro-lit.html
Citations to articles and reports to more than 900 journals received by Harvard's Tozzer Library. 19th century to the present.
*try: tibet

ATLA Religion Database + ATLAS 
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/atla-religion-db.html
Major religious studies database providing citations to articles in religion and theology, including social aspects. 1949 To present.
*try: amalekites
*try: yeshayahu and leibowitz
*try: hindu* and guyan*
*try: leviticus or old testament and (mary douglas or ritual)

Bibliography of Asian Studies
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/bibl-asian-st.html
Major Asian Studies database. Interdisciplinary.1971 to present.
*try: tibet and (medicine or psychiatry)
*try: hindu and diaspora

Education Full Text
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/education-abs.html
Citations, abstracts, and full-text to articles in education. 1983 to present.
*try: jewish schools
*try: jewish education and pluralism

ERIC
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/eric.html
Citations, abstracts and full text for articles in education periodicals and other publications. 1966 to present.
try: jewish education and pluralism
try: jewish and (education or school) and secondary and united states

Essay and General Literature Index
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/essay-gen-lit.html
An index to essays in published collections with particular emphasis on the social sciences and humanities. 1985 to present.
*try: judaism and autonomy

Ethnic NewsWatch
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/ethnic-news-wtch.html
Full-text database of articles from the ethnic and minority press in the United States, 1960 to the present. Coverage varies by title.
*try: tibet (and search in Asian group)

Humanities Abstracts
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/humanities-abs.html
A general humanities index which includes religion as well as history, literature, art and more. Citations only. 1984 to present.
*try: eugene borowitz
*try: "justice in the bible"
*try: (friend+ or friendship) and (old testament or bible)
*try: (anorexia or eating disorder or food or diet) and (protestant or religion)

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/int-bib-soc-sci.html
A core international social science database. Includes anthropology, sociology, history, social issues and more. 1951 to present.
*try: tibet* and diaspora
*try: (protestant* or religion) and (food or eating disorder or diet or anorex*) 

JSTOR
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/jstor.html
A full-text archive of scholarly journals (Journal STORage); you can search in specific journal subject areas such as political science, economics and many other subject areas. JSTOR does not contain the most current three or five years of the journal.

Philosopher's Index
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/philosophers-ind.html
Index and abstracts of books and articles on aesthetics, ethics, philosophy and more. Citations only. 1940 to present.
try* judaism and autonomy
try* friendship and aristotle

Project Muse
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/muse.html
Full text database of articles from over 100 journals. Emphasis is on the social sciences and humanities. Includes some religion and Judaica journals. 1995 to present.
*try: mary douglas (in Judaic Studies journal grouping)
*try: hindu and guyana

Social Sciences Abstracts
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/social-sci-abs.html
A general social sciences database which contains citations to articles in the various social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology and more.
*try: guyana and caribbean and (hindu or hinduism)
*try: religion and (eating disorders or anorexia)

Sociological Abstracts
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/sociological-abs.html
Major database for finding articles in sociology as well as anthropology, education, social psychology and more. 1963 to present.
*try: tibet* and medicine
*try: protestant*and food

Women's Resources International
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/womens-res-int.html
Major Women's Studies database. Includes gender studies, feminist theory and criticism.
1972 to present.
*try: food and religion
*try: eating disorders and religion

Other Library Catalogs:

The following library catalogs may be of interest or relevance to your research. These libraries' holdings are not in CLIO

Sophia: Union Theological Seminary
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/sophia.html
Joint catalog of Union and General Theological Seminaries. Also note some of the reference resources and other features on the library's home page:
http://www.uts.columbia.edu/burke_library/e_resources.html#texts_data

Aleph - Jewish Theological Seminary
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/aleph.html
The holdings of the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

CATNYP
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/catnyp.html
The online catalog of the NYPL research libraries.


Subject Guides Online:

Cultural Anthropology
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/cultanth.html

Humanities and History - Butler Library
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/butlref/subj.html

Jewish Studies
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlj/

South Asian Studies
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl


Interlibrary Loan:

Books, articles and dissertations not available at the Columbia University Libraries may be obtained from other libraries usually with no cost to the patron. You may request an interlibrary loan at the ILL office in 307 Butler or you may make an electronic interlibrary loan request. Click on "Interlibrary Loan & Circulation Information" on the Barnard Library Home Page or click on "Request it Online" on the Columbia University Libraries Home Page.
or click here


Consultation Requests:

Click here to complete a form you can e-mail to the library requesting a consultation on your research, or come to the Reference Desk on the second floor. To contact a reference librarian, e-mail refdesk@barnard.edu or call 212-854-3953. We'll be happy to help you with your research. We will set up an appointment with you and help you with your research on an individual basis.

Modified 10/02/02
Karen Dobrusky