Religious Studies 

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Chicago Manual of Style

     Quick Citation Guide

     Style Q+A

MLA

     Online Writing Lab (Purdue)

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• Article Indexes and Databases (using "UC-eLinks") 

Need Articles? Try these indexes and databases first:

Academic Search Complete (1984+)

• Some of the key Religious Studies journals

America: History & Life (1964+)

• US religion, religious movements and politics

Anthropology Plus (1900+)

• Sometimes good for non-Western and/or native religious traditions

ATLA Religion Index

• General religious and theological literature, particularly Western religion

Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971+)

• Key resources for Asian and East Asian studies

Directory of Open Access Journals

• Free online scholarly journals

Historical Abstracts (1967+)

• World history not including US and Canada

RAMBI Index of Articles on Jewish Studies

• A selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies

Sociological Abstracts

• Good for the sociology of religion

JSTOR

• A good general database for pdf's of articles.
  

Web of Science

• Don't be fooled by the name. This contains citation indexes for the arts, humanities & the social sciences.

UCSB E-Journal Titles:

E-Journals Collection (main search)

• Alphabetical List

Other Resources:

Alternative Press Index (1991+) , Alt. Press Index Archive (1969-1990)

• Non-mainstream publication index

Catholic Periodical & Literature Index

• PRINT ONLY, Reference Z7837 .C3

 Guide to Social Science and Religion

• PRINT ONLY, Reference Z7751 .G85
• Indexes journals from more conservative religious perspectives
  

Index to Jewish Periodicals

• PRINT ONLY, Reference Z6367 .I5

Index to Literature on the American Indian, 1970-1974

• PRINT ONLY, Reference Z 1209 I53

ITER: Gateway to the Renaissance (1843+)

• Bibliography of articles on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Left Index (1990+)

• Political left cultural and political article index

New Testament Abstracts

• PRINT ONLY, Reference B1 .N4935

Old Testament Abstracts

• PRINT ONLY, Reference BS410 .O42

Periodicals Archive Online Archive

• Digitised journals published in the arts, humanities & social sciences.

The Philosopher's Index (1940+)

• Good for ethics research

American Religions Collection in Special Collections

Public Online Resources (free)

• Useful for the Fulbright American Studies Institute scholars