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Research Resources for Comparative Religion
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Journal Articles

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

A multidisciplinary database with full-text articles. You can find scholarly articles by checking the box to the left of the option, "Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals". Academic Search Premier contains many major peer-reviewed journals in Art, including: Art Bulletin, Art History, Art in America, Art Journal, Art Monthly, and many others.

Identifying Books in the library catalog
(after clicking on library catalog link, you will be directed to the CCA Library Online Catalog)  

To find items on a specific aspect of  topics, do a Word search for and keywords related to your topic. For example:

  • Religion and islam

  • Religion and buddhism

  • Religion and protestantism

Reference Books

(Available online through the Gale Virtual Reference Library)

Martin, Richard C., Ed. Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 820 pp. 2 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale.  

Jones, Lindsay, Ed. Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 10735 pp. 15 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale.  

Borchert, Donald, Ed. Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. 7799 pp. 10 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale.  

Web Sites

Virtual Religion Index

Massive library of theology related websites compiled by subject librarians at Rutgers University. A good place to start your research if you need ideas for a research paper.  

Ethics Updates

Ethics Updates is designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students. It is intended to provide resources and updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.

Edited by Lawrence H. Hinman, Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego.