Department of Religion and Culture

Resources for Religious Studies

Library Resources

See also the library's religion resources page at http://www.lib.vt.edu/dsp/index.php?subject=83

Indexes and Abstracts

Use the following indexes and abstracts to find journal articles, papers presented at conferences, and book reviews. These provide subject and author listings and, in some cases, abstracts for the publications listed.

ATLA Religion Database (ONLINE DATABASE; CLICK HERE)

Index to Religious Periodical Literature
CALL NO.: Ref Z7751 I52 Ref Room

New Testament Abstracts
CALL NO.: Ref BS410 N35 Ref Room

Old Testament Abstracts
CALL NO.: Ref BS410 055 Ref Room

Encyclopedias

The Catholic Encyclopedia
CALL NO.: Ref BX841 B695 Ref Room

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, 10 vols.
CALL NO.: Ref BR95 M352 Ref Room

Encyclopaedia of Islam
DS35.53 E53 1993

Encyclopaedia Judaica, 16 vols.
CALL NO.: Ref DS102.8 E52 Ref Room

The Encyclopedia of Religion, 16 vols.
CALL NO.: Ref BL31 E46 19B7 Ref Room

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, 12 vols.
CALL NO.: Ref BL31 E5 1962 Ref Room

Lutheran Cyclopedia
CALL NO.: Ref BX8007 L8 1975 Ref Room

New Catholic Encyclopedia, 17 vols.
CALL NO.: Ref BX841 N44 1967 Ref Room

Dictionaries and Other Reference Works

A Dictionary of Christian Biography,14 vols.
CALL NO.: Ref BR95 S65 1974 Ref Room

Dictionary of Hymnology, 2 vols.
CALL NO.: Ref BV305 J8 1985 Ref Room

A Dictionary of Symbols
CALL NO.: Ref BF1623 S9 C513 1971 Ref Room

Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery
CALL NO.: Ref BL600 V74 1976 Ref Room

The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 4 vosl. and suppl. vol.
CALL NO.: Ref BS440 /63 Ref Room

Handbook of Denominations in the United States
CALL NO.: BL2525 M425 1995

Harper's Bible Dictionary
CALL NO.: BS440.H235 1996

The New Jerome Biblical Commentary
CALL NO.: Ref BS491.2 N485 1990

The Interpreter's Bible (Commentary)
CALL NO.: BS491.I65

Web Resources