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To find a book on the shelf, use the call number listed in the catalog. Most material in Religious Studies have call numbers beginning with BJ-BX.

BJ Ethics
BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BM Judism
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.
BQ Buddism
BR Christianity
BS The Bible
BT Doctrinal Theology
BV Practical Theology
BX Christian Denominations
Some useful subject headings are:

Religion (as type): Aspects and Approaches to the study of Religion: Another subject and Religion:

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DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
The Reference area is located on the first floor of McKillop Library. Reference materials do not circulate, but you are welcome to make photocopies.
  • Baker Encyclopedia of Bible Places
    REF BS 491.2 .I55

  • Catholic Encyclopedia
    REF BX 841 .O97 1998

  • Contemporary American Religion
    REF BL 2525 .C6 2000

  • Dictionary of Non-Christian Religions
    REF BL 31 .P36 1973

  • Dictionary of Pagan Religions
    REF BL 31 .W4 1971

  • Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
    REF BS 440 .E44 2000

  • Encyclopedia of American Catholic History
    REF BX 1406.2 .E53 1997

  • Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism
    REF BL 501 .E53 1998

  • Encyclopedia of Islam
    REF DS 37 .E51 1960a

  • Encyclopedia of Judaism
    REF BM 50 .E63 1999

  • Encyclopedia of Native American Religions
    REF E 98 .R3 H73 1991

  • Encyclopedia of Religion
    REF BL 31 .E46 1987

  • Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics
    REF BL 2525 .E52 1999

  • Encyclopedia of Sacred Places
    REF BL 580 .B76 1997

  • Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy
    REF BX 955.2 .E53 1999

  • Encyclopedia of Women & World Religion
    REF BL 458 .E53 1999

  • The Harper Collier's Dictionary of Religion
    REF BL 31 .H37 1995

  • Macmillan Dictionary of the Bible
    Online 

  • Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religion
    REF BL 31 .M47 1999

  • New Age Encyclopedia
    REF BP 605 .N48 M44 1990

  • Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
    REF BR 95 .O8 1997

  • Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion
    REF BM 50 .O94 1997

  • Oxford Dictionary of Saints
    REF BR 1710 .F34 1997

  • The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
    REF BL 31 .O84 1997

  • Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
    REF DS 35.53 .O95 2001

  • Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam
    REF DS 37 .E52

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HANDBOOKS, DIRECTORIES, and ATLASES

  • Anti-Semitism an Annotated Bibliography
    REF DS 145 .P6 1987

  • Atlas of the Bible, Andromeda
    Online 

  • The Hindu World
    REF BL 1105 .W34 1968

  • Historical Atlas of the Holy Land
    REF DS 108.9 .R2

  • The Holy Bible, King James Version, Cambridge University Press
    Online 

  • Index of Biblical Images
    REF BS 537 .W54 2000

  • Islamic World
    REF DS 35.6 .R6 1992

  • Jewish World
    REF DS 117 .D4 1991

  • Muslim Almanac
    REF BP 40 .M83 1996

  • Official Catholic Directory
    REF BX 845 .C5 (Current Year)

  • Oxford Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
    REF BM 50 .J39 1999

  • Oxford History of the Biblical World
    REF BS 635.2 .O94 1998

  • Religious Cultures of the World
    REF BL 85 .P325 1997

  • Who's Who in Christianity, Routledge
    Online 

  • Who's Who in the New Testament, Routledge
    Online 

  • Who's Who in the Old Testament, Routledge
    Online 

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JOURNALS/PERIODICALS (Selected)
The current issues of journals in the library are located on the first floor. Older issues are located on the second floor in bound (book) format or as microform located on the first floor.
All the Religious Studies journals available in library are listed in our Serials List:

Lists of available journals in the following subjects:

A selected list of print journals available in the library:

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