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Subject Guide REL 111 Eastern Religions
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Selected Books and Audiovisuals
An Anthology of Living Religions (202 Fis)
Atlas of the World's Religions (Ref 200.022 Atl)
The Buddha and His Teachings (294.3 Bud)
Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice (294.509 Rin)
Eastern Religions : Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy texts, Sacred places (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto) (200.95 Eas)
Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals (REF 203.803 Enc)
Hinduism: Its Historical Development (294.509 Org)
Nourishing the Essence of Life: The Outer, Inner, and Secret Teachings of Taoism (299.514 Nou)
Religions of the World [videorecording] (291 VT-2015)
Shinto (299.561 Shi)
Understanding Confucius (181.095 Con)
The Wisdom of Faith [videorecording] (200 VT 1120-1124)
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Credo Reference (You must enter off-campus password in the < Library Card Number > field)
Online reference collection featuring full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects. It’s a search engine like Google, but instead of searching the entire Internet, your results come from a comprehensive library of trusted reference sources without advertisements, clutter, or irrelevant hits.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (available through NC Live)
Provides respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas, all in E-Book reference title format. Related titles include (click the title to search it): Encyclopedia of Religion and the Encyclopedia of Science and Religion.
NetLibrary (available through NC Live)
Provides easy access to the full text of more than 24,000 reference, scholarly, and professional books. Includes fiction and non-fiction titles.
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NC Live (selected databases)
Academic Search Premier – Magazines and journals on many subjects including peer-reviewed and scholarly works
Britannica Online Academic Edition – Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and much more
CQ Researcher Online – Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy
MasterFile Premier – Covers a wide variety of topics from about 3,100 magazines and journals from 1984 to present
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Provides a one-stop source of information on social issues; includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites and full-text magazine/newspaper articles.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Confucius (c. 551 - 479 BCE)
Scholarly article on the Confucius of history, of myth, and of the state including analysis of some key themes from the Analects, discussion of the key interpreters of Confucius, and references for further reading.
Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion
Created to accompany an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, this site explores aspects of Hinduism, including worship in the home, community, and temple. Other topics include the importance of daily prayers; the functions of processionals, shrines, images, vows, trances, possessions, and renunciation; and Hinduism's core center of the absolute divine. Searchable.
Resources for the Study of Buddhism
Contains a short introductory reading list; links to general sites, Sutras, and texts; and links and writings related to Buddhism and children, Theravada and Mahayana teachings, science, vegetarianism, animal welfare, death and dying, and respect for parents. Compiled by Dr. Ron Epstein, Philosophy Department, San Francisco State University.
Religion & Ethics-Religions
Information on the history, beliefs, holy days, subdivisions, texts, places, rites & rituals, and ethics of the world's religions. Includes related links. Coverage includes: Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto and Taoism. From the British Broadcasting Company (BBC).
Taoism Information Page
A collection of links to Web resources on Taoism, including translations of the Tao Te Ching, the Chuang-tzu, the I Ching, and the Sun-tzu Art of War. Other sections provide links to resources on Chinese language & culture, acupuncture, feng shui, martial arts (specifically tai chi), and Chinese philosophy. A Virtual Library site.
Evaluating Websites, Online Citation & Writing Tools
Citation Styles Online (using MLA, APA, Chicago, & CBE to cite online information)
Evaluating Websites: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly; or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Samples of APA Style (RCC approved)
Samples of MLA Style (RCC approved)
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