Library Guides/ Religion, Culture and Society

First Choice Reference

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
Encyclopedia about behavioral and social sciences
Gale Virtual Reference Library
E-book versions of reference works in various fields
Sage eReference
Portal to subject-specific reference works in the social & behavioral sciences
Annual reviews
Review articles of the literature on specific topics, with extensive bibliographies
Wikipedia
Online free-content encyclopedia

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary bibliographic and full-text database
Web of Science core collection This link opens in a new window
Search the world’s leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities and navigate the full citation network
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Covers a large part of the English-language literature in science, medicine and parts of the social sciences and arts and humanities.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new window
Index to articles in all fields of religion
Index Theologicus -IxTheo This link opens in a new window
Theological bibliography compiled by Tübingen University Library
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database with references on sociology, political science, economics, cultural studies, religious studies and anthropology
World Religion Database This link opens in a new window
The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides information from country censuses as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of religion and non-religion in the past, present, and future.
Encyclopedia of Buddhism This link opens in a new window
Buddhism and its relations with other religions
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World This link opens in a new window
Islam in the context of the religion's history and role in the modern world

Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
A searchable collection of online reference books including specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks. Select from appropriate subject headings, for example, Political Science and Social Sciences.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford UP handbooks on a wide range of subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and law.

A list of available current newspapers and newspaper archives, licensed by the library or freely available online

Current newspapers

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
British online newspaper that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
The New York Times This link opens in a new window
Online access to The New York Times articles from 1851-1922 and from 1980 to the present.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Dutch and foreign newspapers and other sources for news and journalism.

Licensed newspaper archives

The Guardian (1821-2003) & The Observer (1791-2003) This link opens in a new window
Early American newspapers This link opens in a new window
Los Angeles Times 1881-1997 This link opens in a new window
New York Times 1851-2018 This link opens in a new window

Other online archives

Delpher (kranten) This link opens in a new window
Digitized Dutch newspapers from 1618 to 1995
Chronicling America This link opens in a new window
Over 1400 American newspaper titles from 1836 - 1922