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Logo of Comparative Sacred Architecture Library Resources, The Ohio State University Libraries 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 Resources Main Menu Logo of Comparative Sacred Architecture Library Resources, 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)

Hebrew and Jewish Studies Library (JDC)

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

Main Library (MAIN)

Main Library Reference Room (MAINRef)

Office of Information Technology (OIT) Media Center

The Middle East Studies Library (MES) 

Science and Engineering Library (SEL) - (Architecture)

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General Resources

American Heritage Dictionary

Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition

Encyclopedia.com

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

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus 

World Almanac and Book of Facts Current Edition 

yourDictionary.com

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Bibliographies and Online Catalogs

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Bibliography of the History of Art (1973-Present) 

OSCAR   Ohio State University Libraries' online catalog

OhioLINK

OIT Educational Media Catalog

WorldCat

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Indexes

Academic Search Premier

America: History and Life (1960-Present)

Arts Abstracts (1929-Present) 

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1980-Present)

ATLA Religion Index (1949-Present)

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1977-Present) 

Dissertation Abstracts (Digital Dissertations) (1861-Present)

Ethnic NewsWatch (1992-Present) 

Handbook of Latin American Studies (1990-Present) 

Hispanic American Periodicals Index 1970-Present

Historical Abstracts (1964-Present)

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

Humanities Abstracts (1984-Present)

LexisNexis Academic

MLA International Bibliography (1963-Present)

SIRS Researcher (1989-Present) 

Social Sciences Abstracts via WebSPIRS (1983-Present)

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

Sociological Abstracts (1963-Present)

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Specialized Reference Sources

Dictionary of Islamic architecture NA380 .P46 1996 

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

The Encyclopaedia of Islam DS37 .E56 1960

Encyclopaedia Judaica BM50 .E5 1974

Encyclopedia of Islamic architecture, arts & archeology. N6260 .B38 1999B MAIN

The Encyclopedia of Religion BL31 .E46 1995

Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world BL1105 .E53 1992 

The Grove Dictionary of Art

Historical dictionary of Buddhism BQ130 .P74 1993 

Index Islamicus Z7835.M6 Q372

Islamic desk reference DS35.53 .I83 1994 

Reader's guide to Judaism BM50 .R43 2000 

Symbols of Islam BP161.2 .C5213 1997 

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Online Books

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

The Online Books Page

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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

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Web Sites

Internet Public Library 

Library of Congress American Memory Project

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Research Tips

Information Literacy Tutorial

net.TUTOR- Interactive lessons on using 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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