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Databases for Studies in Religion

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Good for all topics, this comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database provides access to almost 9,000 full-text periodicals and peer-reviewed journals.
Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change. The theories and practices of socialism and revolution which this database covers include: Ecology; Democracy and Anarchism; Feminism and Organized Labor; Indigenous Peoples; and Gays & Lesbians.
America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
Search for citations to scholarly articles on the history of North America, from 1450.
EBSCO - All Database Search This link opens in a new window
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Unmatched content, usability and service make EBSCOhost® databases the most-used online information resources for millions of researchers in thousands of institutions worldwide.
EBSCO ebook collection This link opens in a new window
Access to the full text of reference, scholarly, and professional books. EBSCO eBooks are digital full-text versions of books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction (at Brooklyn College, almost 6,000 titles), and 3,400 publicly-accessible titles.
Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new window
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This interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press is designed to provide the "other side of the story" for area and ethnic studies, such as Jewish studies, African American studies, and Hispanic American studies.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Historical Abstracts is an indexing tool to the world's periodical literature in history and related social sciences and humanities that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to back issues of top academic journals, as well as books and primary sources. Use the Journal limiter to narrow results to specific disciplines.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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Includes articles covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Excellent resource offers comprehensive coverage of the literature of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.

Data & Statistics for Studies in Religion

Association of Religion Data Archive

Pew Research Religion and Affiliation

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Books Recently Added to the Collection

Video & Audio Resources for Studies in Religion

Alexander Street Press - All Database Search This link opens in a new window
Alexander Street Press is a publisher of award-winning online collections and videos for scholarly research, teaching, and learning.

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a streaming video service. Faculty may request film activation for use with classes through the form on the Kanopy website; requests are processed weekly on Fridays. Activated films are available for one year and may be accessed by all members of our community.

American Scholars of Religion Video Collection