Religious Studies

BORIS Catalogue:   English

This guide is a selective list of reference tools available for the study of religion. BORIS, the library’s OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) is the main source for finding material in the Library. When you know exactly what you are looking for, use the “Browse searching” option.

• For works by a particular author, enter the author’s name last name first: e.g. Smith, John, and click on the drop-down menu and highlight “author”. The same can be done to find a particular title, or if you know a particular subject heading you want to explore.

• For works about a particular individual or a particular subject, do a subject search under the appropriate name or subject heading(s). The Library of Congress Subject Headings List (the large red books in the main lobby) will help you determine the correct subject headings.

When you are not certain what titles, authors or subjects you are looking for, use the “keyword searching” option. This option will conduct a full search of the entire database for the term you enter into the search. Should you receive too many results, go to advanced search and try adding more terms to your search for more focused results.

Materials in Religion are generally shelved in the BL-BX range on the shelves. Each item in this guide has a call number beside it and this is the number that you must use to locate the book on the shelf.

GUIDES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Fifty major philosophers: a reference guide.
Handbook of metaphysics and ontology.
Handbook of world philosophy: contemporary developments since 1945.
Philosopher’s guide to sources, research tools professional life, and related fields.
Philosophy: a guide to the reference literature.
Research guide to philosophy.
The esentials of philosophy & ethics.
The philosophers of the ancient world: an A to Z guide.
The Oxford companion to world mythology.
The Oxford handbook of biblical studies.
The sacred bridge: Carta's atlas of the biblical world.

 B 72 .C59 1987 Ref.
BD 111 .H225 1991 Ref.
B 804 .A1H36 1980 Ref.
B 53 .D43Z99 1980 Ref.

B 53 .B97Z99 1986 Ref.
B 52 .T5 1983 Ref.
B 51 .C63 2006 Ref.
B 168 .C87 2006 Ref.
BL 312 .L44 2005 Ref.
BS 511.3 .O94 2006 Ref.
BS 630 .R35 2006 Ref.

 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

Cambridge dictionary of philosophy.
Companion encyclopedia of Asian philosophy.
Companion to metaphysics.
A companion to world philosophies.
Concise encyclopaedia of Western philosophy and philosophers.
Descartes dictionary.
Dictionary of existentialism.
Dictionary of ideas.
Dictionary of philosophical quotations.
Dictionary of philosophy (Flew).
Dictionary of philosophy (Lacey).
Dictionary of philosophy (Runes).
Dictionary of scholastic philosophy.
Dictionary of the history of ideas.
Dictionnaire de la philosophie.
Dictionnaire des idées contemporaines.
Encyclopaedia Judaica.
Encyclopaedia of Islam.
Encyclopaedia of philosophy.
Encyclopaedia of religion and ethics.
Encyclopedia of empiricism.
Encyclopedia of philosophy.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment.
Greek philosophical terms: a historical lexicon.
Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie.
Hypatia’s daughters: fifteen hundred years of women philosophers.
The Icon critical dictionary of postmodern thought.
New Catholic encyclopedia.
New encyclopedia of philosophy.
Oxford companion to philosophy.
Oxford dictionary of philosophy.
Petit dictionnaire philosophique.
Philosophie, épistémologie: précis de vocabulaire.
Vocabulaire de la philosophie et des sciences humaines.
Vocabulaire technique et critique de la philosophie.
Dictionary of philosophy and religion: Eastern and Western thought.
Encyclopedia of philosophy.
Historical dictionary of Kant and Kantianism.
Historical dictionary of Nietzscheasnism.
Historical dictionary of Wittgenstein's philosophy.
Encyclopedia of religious rites, rituals, and festivals.
Encyclopedia of women and religion in North America.
The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses.
The encyclopedia of Juadism.
The new encyclopedia of Judaism.
Encyclopedia of Judaism.
Historical dictionary of new religious movements.
Encyclopedia of Buddhism.
Historical dictionary of Buddhism.
The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church.
Dictionary of the Old Testament: historical books.
New Catholic encyclopedia.
Historical dictionary of Anglicanism.
Historical dictionary of Methodism.

 B 41 .C35 1999 Ref.
B 121 .C66 1997 Ref.
BD 111 .C626 1995 Ref.
B 121 .C664 1997 Ref.
B 41 .C66 1991 Ref.
B 1831 .C67 1993 Ref.
B 819 .D455 1999 Ref.
B 41 .H88 1994 Ref.
B 41 .D49 1992 Ref.
B 41 .D53 1979 Ref.
B 41 .L3 1976 Ref.
B 41 .R8 1942 Ref.
B 50 .S35W8 1966 Ref.
CB 5 .D52 Ref.
B 42 .J8 1964 Ref.
B 804 .M65 1964 Ref.
DS 102.8 .E496 1972 Ref.
BP 40 .E5 1960 Ref.
B 51 .E54 1988 Ref.
BL 31 .E43 Ref.
B 816 .E53 1997 Ref.
B 51 .E5 1972 Ref.
B 802 .E53 2003 Ref.
B 49 .P4 1967 Ref.
B 43 .R59 Ref.
B 105 .W6H97 1996 Ref.
B 831.2 .I36 1998 Ref.
BX 841 .N44 1967 Ref.
B 48 .D8G713 1972 Ref.
B 51 .O94 1995 Ref.
B 41 .B53 1996 Ref.
B 42 .R6 1955 Ref.
BD 162 .B37 1975 Ref.
B 42 .M67 1980 Ref.
B 42 .L3 1980 Ref.
B 41 .R43 1999 Ref.
B 51 .E5 2006 Ref.
B 2751 .H65 2005 Ref.
B 3311 .D54 2007 Ref.
B 3376 .W563 Z89 2004 Ref.
BL 31 .E49 2004 Ref.
BL 458 .E52 2006 Ref.
BL 2450 .G6 H37 2005 Ref.
BM 50 .E634 2005 Ref.
BM 50 .E63 2002 Ref.
BM 50 .K37 2006 Ref.
BP 601 .C47 2001 Ref.
BQ 128 .E536 2007 Ref.
BQ 130 .P74 1993 Ref.
BR 95 .O8 2005 Ref.
BS 1205.55 .D53 2005 Ref.
BX 841 .N44 2003 Ref.
BX 5007 .B83 2006 Ref.
BX 8211 .H57 2005 Ref.

 

DIRECTORIES AND BIOGRAPHIES

Directory of American philosophers.
International directory of philosophy and philosophers.
One hundred twentieth-century philosophers.

 B 935 .D5 (1994/1995) Ref.
B 35 .I55 (1995/1996) Ref.
B 804 .O55 1998 Ref.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Bibliographies on specific philosophers are shelved in the Library’s general collection. Search BORIS under the philosopher’s name as SUBJECT.

The history of ideas: a bibliographical introduction. B 72 .T58Z99 1972 Ref.
Sarva-Darsana-Sangraha: a bibliographical guide to B 53 .P55Z99 1969 Ref.
the global history of philosophy.

 G 1116 .S1 H58 MapColl.

G 11158 .G73 1980 MapColl.

 

SOURCES ON INDIVIDUAL PHILOSOPHERS

Aristotle dictionary.
Augustine through the ages: an encyclopedia.
Hegel dictionary.
Kant dictionary.
Lexicon of St. Thomas Aquinas based on the Summa Theologica and selected passages of his other works.
Locke dictionary.
Plato dictionary.
Rousseau dictionary.
Thomas Aquinas dictionary.

 PA 3926 .Z8K53 1962 Ref.
B 655 .Z69A84 1999 Ref.
B 2901 .I58 1992 Ref.
B 2751 .C38 1995 Ref.
B 765 .T54D38 1948 Ref.

B 1297 .Y64 1993 Ref.
B 351 .S7 1965 Ref.
B 2131 .D46 1992 Ref.
BX 1749 .T324S7 1965 Ref.

 

PERIODICALS

Library users have access to a large range of periodical titles through either our print periodical collection or through our online full-text titles. To learn more about the Library’s periodical holdings visit BORIS and type in the title of the periodical sought. Current issues of philosophy journals are shelved in the Periodicals Room off the Main Lobby; back issues are bound and shelved on the basement level. Electronic (full-text) titles can be found using our “Electronic Journals” search page on the Library home page – it is found under the link to BORIS.

In order to find articles published within these titles, library users must refer to a periodical index. The Library subscribes to a number of online periodical indexes/databases which may be of use to students in philosophy. These include (but are not limited to):

ProQuest
Academic Search Premier

POEISIS

Religion and Philosophy Collection
JSTOR Arts and Science I Collection
ATLA Religion Database
These periodical indexes/databases can be accessed by visiting this page.http://www.ubishops.ca/library_info/data-index.htm If you need help in using any of these databases, or locating an article please ask at the reference desk, a librarian we will be more than happy to help.

INTERNET SEARCHING

You will find many sources of information on Philosophy on the Internet. Here are some academic websites which may be of use to your research. The links were active when this guide was prepared. If you find other websites that you feel would be helpful, or if you wish to report an address that is no longer valid, please see the reference desk.

Home page of the American Philosophical Association.
   http://www.amphilsoc.org

Bilingual home page of the Canadian Philosophical Association.
   http://www.acpcpa.ca

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Although the index is extensive, not all of the articles have been completed. Click on the items in blue for the full text of the article.
   http://plato.stanford.edu/

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Contains articles, taken from the public domain, on various individuals, topics or movements in (primarily) Western philosophy.
   http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

 

W. Durrant, December 2006
Contact:  D. Bromby

January 2009
L. Lemay