HOW TO FIND RELIGION SOURCES

Periodical Indexes
The Bible
Christian Denominations
Christianity--General
Religion in America
Religions Other Than Christianity
Theology

Both the Rome and North Atlanta libraries have extensive religion collections (shelved in the 200s section), which may be searched.

Research Hint

When searching the Shorter library catalog for material on the Bible, keep in mind that subject headings for books of the Bible take the following forms:

Book of Genesis

Bible O. T. Genesis
("O. T." stands for "Old Testament")

Book of Mark

Bible N. T. Mark

("N. T." stands for "New Testament")
using the library catalog. In addition to these materials, the following are also available:

Periodical Indexes

ATLAS Full-Text Plus, 1949 - current

Humanities index, April 1974 - current.
Rome, Index section, main floor. (Also available online as Wilson Humanities Full-Text *; indexing, 1984 - current; abstracts, 1994 – current; full-text, 1995 - current.)

Readers' guide, 1922 - 2003 (print).
Rome, Index section, main floor. (Also available online* as Reader's Guide Full-Text *; indexing, 1983- ; abstracts, 1984-; full text, 1994- ).

Religion and Philosophy Collection* (indexing, 1984 - current ; full-text, 1990 - current)

The reference collection offers a number of Bibles, concordances, commentaries, encyclopedias and dictionaries of religion, and other sources. Samples of these are shown below; they are arranged according to topic.

The Bible

Eerdmans dictionary of the bible.
Rome, R 220.3 Ee7

Index of biblical images: Similes, metaphors, and symbols in scripture.
North Atlanta, R 220.3 W63i

The literary guide to the Bible.
North Atlanta, R 220.66 L71

The new interpreter's Bible. (Multi-Volume Set)
Lawrenceville, North Atlanta, Riverdale, Rome, R 220.77 N42

The Oxford companion to the Bible.
Lawrenceville, North Atlanta, Riverdale, Rome, R 220.3 M56o

Christian Denominations

A Baptist bibliography.
Rome, R 286.016 B22

Historical dictionary of the Baptists.
Rome, R 286.03 B72h

Historical dictionary of Catholicism.
Rome, R 282.03 C69h

Handbook of denominations in the United States.
North Atlanta, Rome, R 280.973 M46h

Christianity-General

The complete library of Christian worship. (Multi-Volume Set)
North Atlanta, Rome, R 264.009 C66

The concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church.
Rome, R 270.03 C74

Introduction to the history of Christianity.
Rome, R 270 In8

World Christian encyclopedia: A comparative survey of churches and religions AD 30 - AD 2200.
Rome, R 230.003 W89

Religion In America

Bibliography of religion in the South
Rome, R 280.0975016 L66b

Dictionary of American religious biography. (Multi-Volume Set)
Rome, R 209.22 B67d

Dictionary of Baptists in America.
Rome, R 286.0973 D56

Encyclopedia of American religions.
Rome, R 277.03 M49e

The encyclopedia of American religious history.
North Atlanta, R 200.973 Qu3e

Religions Other Than Christianity

The complete guide to Buddhist America.
Rome, R 294.30973 C73

Historical dictionary of Buddhism.
Rome, R 294.303 P91h

Historical dictionary of Hinduism.
Rome, R 294.503 Su5h

The illustrated guide to world religions.
Rome, R 291 Il6

Historical dictionary of Judaism.
Rome, R 296.03 So4h

The Oxford dictionary of the Jewish religion.
Rome, R 296.03 Ox3 (Also available as an eBook.)

The Oxford history of Islam.
North Atlanta, R 297.09 Ox2

Religion: A cross-cultural encyclopedia.
North Atlanta, Rome, R 200.3 L57r

The Wilson chronology of the world's religions.
North Atlanta, R 200.202 L57w

Theology

Dictionary of fundamental theology.
Rome, R 230.03 D56

The encyclopedia of evangelicalism.
Rome, R 270.8203 B21e

Encyclopedia of fundamentalism.
Rome, R 280.4 En1

*Part of the Database Offerings in GALILEO, Georgia's Virtual Library.