LibGuides: Religion: Home & Help

Library services during COVID-19

For the safety and wellbeing of our community, Geisel Library and the Biomedical Library Building are closed effective Monday, March 16, 2020 until further notice. Learn more about services available at the Library during the COVID-19 response.

General Library Info

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Spring 2020 Remote Access

Some of the resources listed on this guide have been licensed by the UC San Diego Library. Off-campus access, as well as on-campus wifi access, is restricted to UC San Diego students, faculty and staff. Follow the links below to enable access on campus using your laptop, or off-campus access using VPN.

Off-Campus Access to Journals, Ebooks, and Databases: Use AnyConnect VPN.

When logging in, select the 2 Step Secured - althruucsd option (click to see an example)
Duo two-step login also required

Access to Electronic Library Resources for Spring 2020: Home

A list of resources available during the Spring quarter, during the COVID-19 online transition, including new (temporary) content.

Key Resources

Roger: The UC San Diego Library Catalog
Use it to find books, e-books, government publications, journals, newspapers, maps, music scores, sound, film and video recordings, computer files, dissertations, videos, and other materials available from the UCSD Library. Use the “My Library Account" feature to view items that you have borrowed, renew items, request books, and more.
ATLA Religion Database
Major database for religion articles, plus book chapters and more. Indexes materials published from 1949+

1949-present. Indexes journal articles, books and collected essays on all aspects of religious studies, from ancient history to the present, including social aspects of religious phenomena. Also useful for archaeology of the Levant.

Encyclopedia of Religion
A great resource to start your research on religious topics. About 3,300 scholarly entries give useful background and list relevant literature for more information.

JSTOR
Search by subject or browse full text of more than 2000 titles, predominantly scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, and sciences, to their earliest issues. Many titles extend as far back as late 19th or early 20th centuries; most recent 3-5 years often not included.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology represents a new way of conceiving of the relationship between archaeology and biblical studies that allows the results of a wide cross-section of excavations and regional studies to contribute to the interpretation of the biblical text through an elucidation of the lifeways of the ancient world. The connection between archaeology and the Bible was forged by the discoveries of the nineteenth century, and archaeological finds became the primary catalyst for changes in biblical studies throughout the twentieth century.
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions
Comprising the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary research on the study of Chinese religious beliefs and cultural practices, this volume explores the rich and complex religious and philosophical traditions that have developed and flourished in one of the world's oldest civilizations. Covers the main Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism as well as Christianity and Islam.