Subject Guide
Roberto Arteaga
he/him
Finding Religion Articles
- ATLA Religion Database/ATLA Serials (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowThe premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Start your religion research here.
- Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowCoverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArchive of scholarly research and book reviews back to the 19th century
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowSearch scholarly journals, professional and trade association journals, general and specialty interest magazines, and newspapers
How to find Specific Journals
If you want to find out if the Library has access to a particular journal title either in print or online follow these steps:
1. From the Library home page, https://www.plu.edu/library, click on "Journal Search" in the search box (see below)
2. On the next page (see below) type the name of the journal (for example, Journal of Popular Culture) or search by category using the list in the left column.
Online Journals and Magazines
- Religion & PoliticsAn online news journal, dedicated to the two topics thought unfit for polite company.
- Religion DispatchesAn online magazine that comes out of the Annenberg School for communication and Journalism at USC.
- Religion News ServiceThe Religion News Service aims to be the largest single source of news about religion, spirituality and ideas.
Websites
- ARDA: Association of Religion Data ArchivesData included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world.
- Gifford LecturesThe prestigious Gifford Lectureships were established by Adam Lord Gifford (1820–1887), a senator of the College of Justice in Scotland. The purpose of Lord Gifford's bequest to the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews and Aberdeen was to sponsor lectures to “promote and diffuse the study of Natural Theology in the widest sense of the term—in other words, the knowledge of God”.
- On Common GroundAims to document and better understand the changing contours of American religious demography
Citation guides and examples
Your professors will require that you correctly cite your sources. The following links will give you guidance on when and how to cite as well as examples of the various forms of citations in common usage such as MLA, APA and Chicago Style.
- Duke Citing SourcesThis guide from Duke University gives clear examples of citing different sources in the major citation styles, APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, and CSE.