In addition to our subject guide on Religious Studies, this is a guide to materials located in the library.

Most material in Religious Studies have call numbers beginning with BJ-BX
See a map for the location in the library of material in Religious Studies.

The BJ-BX classification is sub-divided into many aspects of religious studies. For example:

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

Use the online library catalog to identify books and journals in religious studies located in the library. You can search for specific information by author or title, or subject. Search by keyword for a broader search. The Library of Congress Subject Headings, an index located in the reference area, can help you get the most information from your subject searches.(How to use LC's subject headings). Most of the material will be found in the main collection of the McKillop Library on the second floor. Some usefull subject headings are:

Religion (as type): Hinduism Islam Christianity Taoism

Aspects and Approaches to the study of Religion: Monotheism Superstition Worship

Another subject and Religion: Women and Religion Art and Religion Philosophy and Religion

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DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
REF - The Reference area is located on the first floor of McKillop Library. Reference materials do not circulate, but you are welcome to make photocopies. There two photocopiers near the elevator on the first floor. Ask at the Reference Desk, call 341-2289, or submit a question online if you need assistance.

• 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

HANDBOOKS, DIRECTORIES, & ATLASES
REF - The Reference area is located on the first floor of McKillop Library. Reference materials do not circulate, but you are welcome to make photocopies. There two photocopiers near the elevator on the first floor. Ask at the Reference Desk, call 341-2289, or submit a question online if you need assistance.

• Antii-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 

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:

• Buddhism
• Catholicism
• Eastern Orthodox
• Islam
• Protestant
• Judaism

A selected list of print journals available in the library:

AIM (Aids in Ministry) BV 169 .A67 American Catholic Studies Newsletter BX 801 .A547 The Bible Today BS 410 .B6 Catholic Biblical Quarterly BS 410 .C3 Catholic Trends BR 115 .P7 C37 The Christian Century BR 1 .N66 Counseling and Values BF 637 .C6 C6 Crisis BX 801 .C3697 Ethics BJ 1 .I6 First Things BL 60 .F57 Heythrop Journal BX 801 .C3697 Homiletic & Pastoral Review BX 801 .H7 Horizons BR 1 .H83

Journal of Ecumenical Studies BX 1 .J6 Journal of Religious Ethics BJ 1 .J67 The Living Light BX 923 .L5 Living Mercy BX 4481 .M47 Logos BX 801 .L63 The Mast Journal BX 801 .M38 New Oxford Review BR 1 .N66 Noetic Sciences Review BF309 .N63 Theological Studies BX 801 .T45 Theology Digest BX 801 .T48 Theology Today BR 1 .T62 Tricycle BQ 2 .T75 U.S. Catholic Historian BX 1404 .U23 Worship BV 175 .W67

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LOCATION OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES MATERIAL IN THE LIBRARY

Maps of much of the religious studies material in the library.