Religious Studies  

Find books, journals, and media collections held by UMass Libraries and the Five Colleges.

Combined catalog of most North American and many world libraries.

Borrow books from libraries outside of the Five Colleges or request copies of articles and materials from any library.

A citation management service for storing and formatting bibliographic references.

Citations, abstracts and full-text articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to social sciences, humanities, education, physical, and biological sciences. Covers 1975 to present.

Covers journal articles, essays and book reviews that make up the research literature of all major religious faiths and denominations, 1949-present.

Citations to western-language monographs, articles, and book chapters relating to Asia and Asian Studies, 1971-present.

Journal articles in archaeology, classics, cultural studies, arts, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literature, plus literary magazines, 1975-present.

Comprehensively covers periodicals, books, book chapters, conference proceedings on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world, 1906-present.

Citations to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs, 1988 to present.

Unique international coverage of social sciences journals, books and book chapters in over 100 languages, 1951-present.

An index to journal articles and other scholarly literature on literature, literary theory and criticism, linguistics, folklore, and (since 1996) film, 1920’s -

Contains numerous versions of the Bible as well as a search box for biblical passages.

Access 78 sacred texts across faiths, and view video, audio, and interactive presentations.

Collection of Buddhist and Hindu religious texts.

Sacred texts from many faiths.

Original articles by leading scholars and collection of Jain manuscripts.

The intent of this site is to help Americans engage with the realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and the active dissemination of resources.

The aim of the project is to provide a comprehensive, free reference guide to the gods (theoi), spirits (daimones), fabulous creatures (theres) and heroes of ancient Greek mythology and religion.