Research Guides: Religious Studies & Theology: Getting Started: Articles and Books

Finding scholarly articles

Need to find scholarly or peer-reviewed articles? Try searching in one of these "best bet" databases.

All Religious Studies and Theology Databases
A list of all of the library databases that contain useful information about religious studies and theology.
Three Methods to Search for Biblical Scripture Citations
4:32 Vimeo video produced by ATLA to aid in finding scripture citations.

Books and e-books

Need an overview of a topic, or a lot of information about something specific? Need to use sources other than scholarly articles? Here's a link to our Religious Studies and Theology books and e-books:

CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text general and subject-specific reference titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
Oxford Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
Very Short Introductions are the perfect introduction to subjects you previously knew nothing about: from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to Islamic History, and Globalization to Literary Theory.

Religious Studies and Theology books and e-books
This link will take you to a Seeker search of the library's books and e-books on Religious Studies and Theology topics.

Index to the Works of Saint Augustine, a Translation for the 21st Century
Contains the indexes to 78 Works of Saint Augustine.