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RS 115 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

Berthrong, John H. All Under Heaven. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1994.

Feminism and World Religions. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1999.

Robinson, Neal. Christ in Islam and Christianity. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.

 

Periodical Databases
 

EBSCO Databases (password required)

  • EBSCO Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.
  • PsychInfo -- Index to psychological journal articles, books, chapters, technical reports and dissertations from 1887 to the present.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked Tips for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to information printed by the US Government Printing Office. Tips on using this database.
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

Academic Universe and Congressional Universe from Lexis-Nexis. (password required)

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Arts, Herwig.
Faith and unbelief: uncertainty and atheism.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, c1992. BV4637 .A713 1992

Carmody, Denise Lardner.
Ways to the center: an introduction to world religions.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, c1981. BL80.2 .C34

Earhart, H. Byron.
Religious traditions of the world: a journey through Africa, Mesoamerica...
San Francisco: Harper, c1993. BL80.2 .R448 1993

Feibleman, James Kern.
Understanding oriental philosophy: a popular account for the Western world.
New York: Horizon Press, c1976. B121 .F36

Klass, Morton.
Ordered universes : approaches to the anthropology of religion.
Boulder: Westview Press, c1995. BL256 .K57 1995

Lyden, John.
Enduring issues in religion: opposing viewpoints.
San Diego: Greenhaven Press, c1995. BL80.2 .E53 1995

Marty, Martin E.
Fundamentalisms compared.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. BL238 .F83 1991 v.5

Neusner, Jacob.
World religions in America: an introduction.
Louisville, KY: Westminster, c1994. BL2525 .W67 1994

O'Malley, William J.
Why be Catholic?
New York: Crossroad, 1993. BX1752 .O45 1993

Parrinder, Edward Geoffrey.
Encountering world religions: questions of religious truth.
New York: Crossroad, 1987. BL80.2 .P345 1987

Ring, George Cyril.
Religions of the Far East: their history to the present day.
Milwaukee: Bruce, 1950. BL1031 .R5

Smith, Huston.
The world's religions.
San Francisco: Harper, c1991. BL80.2 .S645 1991

Swidler, Leonard J.
Toward a universal theology of religion.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, c1987. BR127 .T58 1987

 

Selected Websites

 

Online materials for students enrolled in RS 115 are provided by the Busse Library, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Use is limited to registered students. Contact the Busse Library with your questions.