McQuade Library Guide to Research


RTS2150 - Islam

Contacts:

Professor: Dr. Richard Hennessey
Librarian: Lyena Chavez

Subscription Databases

(For off campus access, enter 14-digit number on back of college ID)  
  • ATLA - Produced by the American Theological Library Association, this database covers biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. An essential resource for students in theology as well as in social sciences, history, and humanities.

  • Academic Search Premier - A multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,500 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
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JSTOR - A digital archive containing back-issues of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. It contains complete runs of these scholarly journals, many of which date from the 1800s. Note: does not contain the most recent 3 to 5 years of titles.
Project MUSE - Provides full-text online access to over 300 humanities, arts and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields.
Philosopher's Index - Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.

Selected Reference Books

These titles, located in the Reference Room, may be helpful for introductory or background informationon a topic.

Encyclopedias that Dr. Hennessey recommends as "Additional Reading Sources" (see syllabus):

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (4 volumes)
Entries on Christianity and Islam, Muhammad, & Qu'ran

The New Catholic Encyclopedia (19 volumes)
Good entries on Muhammad, Jesus, and Qur'an

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica*. (32 volumes... we also subscribe to Britannica Online, an online version of premiere encyclopedia and suite of reference sources.)
Brief entries... not high level of detail

These are the titles that we looked at during the 9/9 library instruction session:
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world
Entries on Muhammad and Qur'an
Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States
Volume 1 is encyclopedia, Volume 2 contains articles on religious life of Muslims, Terrorism, etc.
Voices of Islam
Entries on Muhammad, Qur'an and Islamic Practices. Chapter 4 in Volume 1 entitled, "The Qur'an, the Word of God."

Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an
Articles about contents of Qur'an, essays on themes, topics, place names, history
Encyclopedia of Religion
Lengthy entries on variety of topics. Good starting point!
The Islamic World: Past and Present
Encyclopedia with Islamic words, culture, history, and important people in the Islamic faith.
Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture
Section comparing Christianity and Islam

Use Reference Universe to find more relevant reference titles.

Here are some sample subject headings to search in the Web catalog for print and electronic books and other materials.

Islam Muslims
Islam -- Customs and practices Islam -- History
Religious life -- Islam Architecture, Islamic
Islamic Law Sufism

 

 

 

 

Also, try a keyword search on a more specific topic, such as "islam and art."

NOBLE WebCat

Locating Materials

Journal Finder WorldCat - Find materials in other libraries.
Interlibrary Loan Request Form - Articles Interlibrary Loan Request Form - Books

Selected Internet Resources

Subject Directories

Islam

Citation Guides/Ethical Use of Information

How to Cite Sources | Academic Integrity at Merrimack College

Tutorials/Guides to Research

Research Tools | McQuade Library Subject Guide: Religious Studies

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