Arts, Humanities & Technology (AHT) Librarian
Matt Makowka
he/him/his
Contact:
800 West Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080
Office: MC 2.534A
Richardson, TX 75080
Office: MC 2.534A
Subjects: Arts & Technology, Biomedical Engineering
About This Guide
The following guide will provide various starting points for those conducting research on topics in religion.
- The Books tab will direct the researcher to reference books, encyclopedias, and ebooks helpful for getting background information on subjects, key figures, and literature in religion.
- The Databases - Find Articles tab will direct the user to those databases pertinent for finding articles in journals and magazines both recent and historic.
- How to Cite provides directions and resources on producing correct citations.
- Journals: Scholarly vs. Popular explains the different kinds of periodical literature available to the researcher and how he/she can limit searches to one kind of journal or the other.
Other tabs are self-explanatory. Feel free to click and explore as you see fit.
Top Resources
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources, with a broad variety of coverage in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, spanning more than 50 disciplines. Collections on JSTOR include the complete archival records of thousands of journal titles.
- Past Masters (Full Text Humanities)A collection of primary-source full-text philosophy and literary works, Past Masters includes books, diaries, letters, and correspondence. Titles are usually comprised of the complete collected works of each individual author.
- Philosophy & Religion POWERSEARCH This link opens in a new windowThis searches the following databases simultaneously: Essay and General Literature Index, Essay and General Literature Retrospective (H.W. Wilson), Humanities Full Text(H.W. Wilson), Philosopher's Index, and Religion and Philosophy Collection.
- Project Muse (electronic journals from Johns Hopkins Press)This provides full-text access to hundreds of journals and ebooks in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage begins in 1993.