ANTH E455 Anthropology of Religion 

Best-Bet Resource Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, 4 vols. (Reference GN307 .E52 1996).

Note, see especially: Stevens, Jr., Phillips. 1996. "Religion." In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, vol. 3. David Levinson and Melvin Ember, eds., pp. 1088-1100. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Also see: Pandian, Jacob. 1996. "World Religion." In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, vol. 4. David Levinson and Melvin Ember, eds., pp. 1371-1376. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Use the Index (vol. 4) to find discussion of the anthropology of religion under other subjects; see also other long articles on "Belief Systems," "Magic," "Missionaries," "Religious Conversion," "Religion Practitioners," "Ritual," "Shamanism," "Symbolic Anthropology," "Taboo."

Encyclopedia of Religion -

Coverage: 2005, 2nd ed. Brief Description: A revision of the landmark work edited by Mircea Eliade, this updated encyclopedia covers Western and non-Western religions, religious concepts and practices, and related topics. All entries are signed by experts and are at least one page in length, with longer articles providing extensive bibliographies to guide further research. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed encyclopedia Call Number: Reference BL31 .E46 2005

Note: This online version is the 2nd edition of the classic 1987 encyclopedia treating religion. See the bibliographic references, most of which have been updated in a separate 2005 listing. Use the Index (vol. 15) in the printed encyclopedia in the reference collection (Helmke Library, first floor) to see how the set is organized and locate discussions throughout the set. Then use the online version to print articles of interest.

Countries and Their Cultures -

Coverage: 2001 Brief Description: Long entries signed by experts prodive descriptive summaries of the country in question, including maps, photographs, demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information, along with suggestions for further reading. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed edition. Call Number: Reference GN307 .C68 2001

Encyclopedia of World Cultures -

Coverage: 1991-1996 and Supplement 2002 Brief Description: This multivolume reference work gives an overview of more than 1,500 cultures worldwide, covering basic ethnographic information, history, politics, economics, linguistic and religious background, and suggestions for further reading. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed encyclopedia Call Number: Reference GN307 .E53 1991 and Suppl. 2002

Note: Use the Index (vol. 10) Ethnonym Index to find accepted ethnic group names (i.e., ethnonyms). It is often necessary to search under all alternate forms and spellings to locate the major ethnographic works about a culture in periodical databases or library catalogs.

Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement -

Coverage: Supplement 2002 Brief Description: This supplement adds 100 new or updated entries to the 10-volume Encyclopedia of World Cultures (1991-1996), and gives an overview of more than 1,500 cultures worldwide, covering basic ethnographic information, history, politics, economics, linguistic and religious background, and suggestions for further reading. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed encyclopedia Call Number: Reference GN307 .E53 Suppl. 2002

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 18 vols. (Reference H41.I63 1968).

Note, see especially: Geertz, Clifford. 1968. "Religion: Anthropological Study." In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, vol. 13. David L. Sills, ed., pp. 398-406. New York: Macmillan.

See also: Turner, Victor W. 1968. "Religious Specialists: Anthropological Study." In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, vol. 13. David L. Sills, ed., pp. 437-444. New York: Macmillan.

Use the Index (vol. 17) to find discussion of the anthropology of religion under other subjects; see also long articles on "Millenarism," "Nativism and Revivalism," "Religion: The Sociology of Religion," "Ritual," or under names of world religions.

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 26 vols. (Reference H41 .I58 2001).

Note: Use the Index (vol. 26) to locate discussions about aspects of religion under many other long articles, in addition to entries such as "Belief, Anthropology of," "Religion: Culture Contact," "Religion: Evolution and Development," Religion: Family and Kinship," "Religious Fundamentalism: Cultural Concerns," etc. Be alert to the postmodern bias of many of the contributors, which detracts from the encyclopedia's value in pointing to the recent literature.

Anthropology Plus -

Coverage: Late 19th century to present Brief Description: Indexes more than 2,500 journals worldwide from the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary studies. Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.

Academic Search Premier -

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s. Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 8,000 popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers in all fields of study, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text. Tools Available: A complete list of titles covered is available.

eHRAF World Cultures -

Coverage: Book-length ethnographies and other monographic materials, published primarily in the 20th century. Brief Description: The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. Tools Available: Outline of World Cultures Outline of Cultural Materials eHRAF Tutorial Development and Applications of the HRAF Collections Teaching eHRAF

Philosopher's Index -

Coverage: 1940 to present Brief Description: Produced by the Philosopher's Information Center, this international index contains bibliographic references to book, anthologies, proceedings and articles from more than 550 scholarly journals.

Web of Science -

Coverage: 1985 to present. Brief Description: The Web of Science provides an interface for searching the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, separately or together, from 1985 to present. These unique citation indexes provide indexing and selected abstracts for millions of source articles in more than 10,000 major journals published worldwide. Each record indexes every source article's entire list of cited references or bibliographic footnotes. Use the Web of Science to discover scholarly materials based on the citation network within a vast multidisciplinary literature. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns a demonstration printed set (1991 only) of Science Citation Index (Science Reference Z7401 .S365), Social Sciences Citation Index (Science Reference Z7161 .S65), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Science Reference AI3 .A63). Tools Available: Training Resources Technical Support Web of Science Tutorial Journal Title List > Arts & Humanities Citation Index Journal Title List > Science Citation Index Journal Title List > Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science Search Steps Simplified (PDF) Also see Journal Citation Reports Helmke Library Cited Reference Search Policy and Procedures Best Practices for Using Citation Data

Google Scholar -

Brief Description: Google Scholar is a specialized Google search engine that limits your search to scholarly material combed from Web sites, databases, and publication lists of the world's major academic publishers, scholarly and professional societies, and university repositories. Tools Available: Google Scholar Help is available.

Note: Let's face it. Google is great and everyone uses it. But don't expect to be able to access everything you find in a Google search. You need to be an authorized user to be able to access most publishers' resources.

Because many scholarly materials are not freely available on the Web, IPFW now offers a handy tool called that works to deliver these valuable goods directly to your desktop.

Follow these steps to configure Scholar Preferences within Google Scholar, where appears as a hyperlink labeled FIND IT@IPFW.

The most commonly recommended style guide used in this course is the AAA Style Guide recommended by the American Anthropological Association, freely available online.

A local version of this style guide has been created by the IPFW anthropology librarian and posted on the library homepage under Find Resources By... Title > Anthropology Style Guide.