Resources for Pacific Seminar II

Reference Books

There are a number of reference books you might find useful, including:

• Encyclopedia of religion in American politics /edited by Jeffrey D. Schultz, John G. West, Jr. and Iain MacLean ; foreword by Helen Thomas.:
  Ref BL2525 .E52 1999
• Gale Virtual Reference Library:  An online collection of reference books.  You can search a single eBook, or across an eBook collection.
• Oxford Reference Online:  Another online collection of online reference books.  This includes dictionaries of the Buddhism, politics, world religion, and more.

Books

In PacifiCat, search under keywords such as “religion and politics and united states”, “faith and politics”, “church and state”. For example, look at:

• Religion and politics in the United States /Kenneth D. Wald.
  BL2525 .W35 2003
• Faith in Politics / Zainab Bahrani.  [Electronic book ; click title to view]
  BL2525 .R443 2002

Articles

In addition to Academic Search Complete, try the following:

• Arts and Humanities:  Covers a wide range of humanities and religious studies topics.
• ATLA with ATLASerials: Indexes major religion and theology journals from 1949 – present. Includes the full text of some articles.
• CQ Elecronic Library: A collection of reports on politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.
• CQ Researcher:  A collection of reports covering political and social issues.
• Facts on File: Includes Issues and Controversies, a collection of information on current topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
• Gale Virtual Reference: A library of hundreds of high quality reference books, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, and handbooks.
• JSTOR: full-text of the backfiles of hundreds of scholarly journals, including political science, religion, and more.
• Scopus: scholarly literature in the social sciences
• SpringerLink:  The section “humanities, social sciences and law” includes the full-text of many articles on ancient cultures.

Reliable Websites

Web sources you can trust!

• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life:
  This impartial forum collects and disseminates objective information through polls and reports. 
• Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life:
  A forum, sponsored by Boston College for discussion of the ways in which religion intersects public life.