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Myth and Ritual Library Resources at The Ohio State University Marti Alt, General Humanities Bibliographer, 228 Main Library, Phone: 688-8655 *Related OSU Library Collections *General Resources *Bibliographies and Online Catalogs *Indexes *Specialized Reference Books *Online Books *Journals *Web Sites *Research Tips *Comparative Studies Resources Menu Logo of Myth and Ritual Library Resources at The Ohio State University Libraries

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Related OSU Library Collections

East Asian Studies Reading Room (EAS)

Fine Arts Library (FIN)

History, Political Science and Philosophy Reading Room (HIS)

Jewish Studies Library (JDC)

The Latin America, Spanish, and Portuguese
Collection (LAT)

Main Library (MAIN)

Main Library Reference Room (MAINRef)

The Middle East Studies Library (MES)

Women's Studies Library (WMN)

General Resources

American Heritage Dictionary

Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition

Encyclopedia.com

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (10th Edition)

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

yourDictionary.com

Bibliographies and Online Catalogs

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Bibliography of the History of Art (1973-Present)

OSCAR Ohio State University Libraries' online catalog

OhioLINK

WorldCat

Indexes

Academic Search Premier

America: History and Life (1960-Present)

AP Multimedia Archive (1844-Present)

Art Abstracts (1929-Present)

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1980-Present)

ATLA Religion Index (1949-Present)

Chicano Database (1967-Present)

Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-Present)

Ethnic NewsWatch (1992-Present)

GenderWatch (1970's-Present)

Handbook of Latin American Studies (1990-Present)

Historical Abstracts (1964-Present)

History Universe

Human Relations Area Files (eHRAF) (1991-Present)

Humanities Abstracts (1984-Present)

Lexis/Nexis Academic

MEDLINE (1966-Present)

MLA International Bibliography (1963-Present)

PsycINFO (1967-Present)

SIRS Researcher (1989-Present)

Social Sciences Abstracts via WebSPIRS (1983-Present)

Social Sciences Citation Index (Early 1900's-Present)

Sociological Abstracts (1963-Present)

Women's Resources International


Specialized Reference Sources

Religion and Mythology (General)

The Encyclopedia of Religion BL31 .E46 1995 Main Ref.

Man, myth & magic : the illustrated encyclopedia of mythology, religion and the unknown BF1407 .M34 1995 Main Ref.

The encyclopedia of Eastern philosophy and religion : Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen BL1005 .L481 1988 HIS Stacks, OSU Book Depository

Buddhism

An encyclopaedia of Buddhist deities, demigods, godlings, saints and demons : with special focus on iconographic attributes BQ128 .B86 1994FIN Stacks

Historical dictionary of Buddhism BQ130 .P74 1993EAS Reading Room, Main Ref.

A concise encyclopedia of Buddhism BQ128 .P69 2000 Main Ref.

Christianity

New Catholic encyclopedia BX841 .N4 1967 Main Ref.

The encyclopedia of Christianity BR95 .E91 1999 Main Ref.

World Christian encyclopedia : a comparative survey of churches and religions in the modern world BR157 .W67 2001 Main Ref.

Hinduism

An encyclopaedia of Hindu deities, demi-gods, godlings, demons, and heroes : with special focus on iconographic attributes BL1216 .B86 2000 Fin

Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world BL1105 .E53 1992 Main Ref.

Islam

The Encyclopaedia of Islam DS37 .E56 1960 MES Reading Room, MES Index Table

The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world DS35.53 .O95 1995 Main Ref., MES Index Table, EHS Ref.

Judaism

Encyclopaedia Judaica BM50 .E5 1974 JDC Index Table

The encyclopaedia of Judaism BM50 .E53 2000 JDC Reading Room

Native American/Mesoamerican

Encyclopedia of native North America E76.2 .G74 1999 Main Ref., EHS Ref.

Encyclopedia of North American Indians [computer file] E76.2 .E53 1996eb Online

A Native American encyclopedia : history, culture, and peoples E76.2 .P75 2000 Main Ref., EHS Ref.

Handbook of Mesoamerican mythology F1219.3.R38 R42 2000 Main Stacks

The Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures : the
civilizations of Mexico and Central America F1218.6 .O95 2001 Main Ref.

Other

Witchcraft today : an encyclopedia of Wiccan and neopagan traditions BF1571 .L49 1999 EHS Stacks, EHS Ref.

Festivals and holidays GT3925 .F47 1999 Main Ref.


Online Books

NetLibrary - books available to browse, view, search, and check-out online

Journals

OSCAR :

To search for all serials (journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, etc.), select "Web version" of OSCAR then "All serials".

To search for electronic journals only, select "Web version", then "Web E-journals".

JSTOR

OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center

Tips for Using Journals

How can you tell scholarly journals from popular magazines and trade journals?

What is a scholarly journal? Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Web Sites

Internet Public Library

Library of Congress American Memory Project

Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resource for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion

Research Tips

Information Literacy Tutorial

net.TUTOR- Interactive lessons on using OSCAR, searching techniques, and the Net effectively

The Research Paper and the World Wide Web by Dawn Rodrigues and Raymond J. Rodrigues. 1997 (1st) and 2000 (2nd) editions each have different valuable information; the Homepage provides companion information.

Research Strategies by William Badke
Online revision of The Survivor’s Guide to Library Research. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.

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