Databases
ZSR provides access to hundreds of databases that allow you to find good, scholarly articles to help you with your research. Depending on the research question you ask, you may use one database, or you may need to use multiple databases to help you construct an answer to your question. Below are the databases that will be the most useful for this course.
- Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS This link opens in a new windowThe premier database for research in religious studies, the Atla database provides full-text coverage for major international journals, magazines, and professional publications. Multiple religious traditions and related disciplines, such as anthropology, political science, counseling, and history are represented. Coverage: 1818-
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracts for journal articles, books, and dissertations covering the history of the world from 1450-- except the U.S. and Canada. For similar coverage of the U.S. and Canada, use America History and Life. Access is limited to six simultaneous users. Coverage: 1954-
- ProQuest Middle East & Africa Database This link opens in a new windowProvides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Middle Eastern and African countries.
- Année Philologique This link opens in a new windowModern scholarship covering ancient Greek and Roman/Latin language, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, archaeology, religion, mythology, science, etc. The time period covered is the second millennium B.C.E to roughly 800 C.E. The database is in English. Coverage: 1959-present
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance This link opens in a new windowIndexes books and journals concerning Europe and the Middle East from 400-1700. Coverage: 1784-
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new windowContains abstracts and indexing from professional journals, major news magazines and books covering law, politics, political science, and public administration. Coverage: 1975-
- New York Times: 1857-1922Select "advanced search" for the best search interface.
- New York Times: 1923-Select "advanced search" for the best search interface.
Scholarly Journals
The following journals are examples of the type of journal where you will find scholarly, academic research articles for this course. You can access them via the databases listed to the left, or click on one of the titles below and follow the link to search within an individual journal.
