WS 377U: Women's Spirituality: Background Resources
Library guide for WS 377U class for Winter Term 2024
Why Reference Works?
Scholarly reference works are useful for the following:
- An overview of a topic
- Topic ideas for a paper topic or narrowing your topic
- Finding keywords for searches
- Bibliographies for further research
Reference works are good starting points for research, but are rarely cited in research as secondary sources.
Encyclopedias and Reference works
The following is a list of relevant encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works. All are in print and most of those will be shelved on the 2nd floor of the Library in the reference collection. Sources that are also available as ebooks are indicated.
- Encyclopedia of Religion (e-book)ISBN: 0028657330
- New Catholic Encyclopedia byCall Number: BX841 .N44 2003 (print, 2nd floor)ISBN: 0787640042Publication Date: 2002NOTE! The ebook version is accessible through a "bucket of full text reference sources" product called US History in Context.
- Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures (ebook) byCall Number: HQ1170 .E53 2003 (print, 2nd floor)ISBN: 9789004132474Publication Date: 2007
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (ebook) byCall Number: BL80.3 .W67 2006 (print, 2nd floor)ISBN: 1843711389Publication Date: 2005
- Encyclopedia of Women and World Religions byCall Number: BL458 .E53 1999ISBN: 0028646088Publication Date: 1999
- Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art byCall Number: N7793 .W65 A66 1996ISBN: 0826409156Publication Date: 1996
- Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World byCall Number: HQ1127 .S25 2001ISBN: 1576070921Publication Date: 2001
- Feminism and Christian Tradition byCall Number: Z7963 .R45 W34 1999ISBN: 0313264198Publication Date: 1999
- Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons byCall Number: BL303 .l8713 1988ISBN: 0415039436Publication Date: 1987
- Women and Gender in Medieval Europe byCall Number: HQ1147.E85 W64 2006ISBN: 9780415969444Publication Date: 2006
- An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols byCall Number: BL603 .C66 1987ISBN: 0500271259Publication Date: 1987
- Encyclopedia of Early Christianity byCall Number: BR162.2 .E53 1997ISBN: 0815316631Publication Date: 1997
- Encyclopedia of African-American Religions byCall Number: BR563 .N4 E53 1993ISBN: 0815305001Publication Date: 1993
- The Encylcopedia of Confucianism byCall Number: BL1840 .R68 2003ISBN: 0700711996Publication Date: 2003
- Dictionary of Feminist Theologies byCall Number: BT83.55 .D53 1996ISBN: 0664220584Publication Date: 1996
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices byCall Number: BL80.3 .W67 2006ISBN: 0787666114Publication Date: 2005
- Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets byCall Number: BL458 .W34 1983 / BasementISBN: 006250925XPublication Date: 1983-11-30
- Goddesses in World Mythology byCall Number: BL473.5 .A66 1993ISBN: 0874367158Publication Date: 1993
- The Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit byCall Number: BL795 .H6 C65 1997 / Reference Collection, 2nd FloorISBN: 0304337609Publication Date: 1997-06-01
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Online Reference Works
- The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9780199273881Publication Date: 2012-01-13
- Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural AnthropologyCall Number: OnlineISBN: 0203866479Publication Date: 2009-12-28
- The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9780199232444Publication Date: 2012-01-13
- The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9780195369649Publication Date: 2008-07-22
- Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 1452265380Publication Date: 2005-11-02
- Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 038771801XPublication Date: 2009-10-26
- The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9780199569885Publication Date: 2013-08-24
- The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9780195380118Publication Date: 2012-02-10