Selected Resources for:
East Asian & South Asian Religions

ATLA Religion Database   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=rfh

1949- .

Indexes a fairly comprehensive list of religion periodicals with extensive coverage of essay collections and Festschriften. Covers biblical commentary, mission activity, and topics in religion and theology. The database represents the following print sources: Religion Index 1 - Periodicals, 1949-present; Religion Index 2 -Multi-author works, 1960-present; Research in Ministry, 1981-present; Index to Book Reviews in Religion, 1949-present; Methodist Reviews Index, 1818-1985.

Location: Woodstock - Index to Book Reviews in Religion, 1949-1998; Religion Index 1 - Periodicals, 1949-1999; Religion Index 2 -Multi-author works, 1960-1996

Index Islamicus   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=islamicus-set-c&adv=1

Major index to articles on Islamic history and the languages, literatures, and ethnography of the Islamic world. Also available in a printed version:

Location: Ref. Z 7835 .M6 L62

Oxford Islamic Studies Online  

http://0-www.oxfordislamicstudies.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Contains more than 3,000 reference articles and chapters by leading scholars and specialists. Qur'anic studies resources, including two Oxford World's Classics translations of the Qur'an, linked to the online version of A Concordance of the Qur'an by Hanna Kassis. Primary source documents with editorial introductions. Timelines covering major events in the Islamic world and corresponding events in general world history for context. Images provide visual perspectives on Islam.

Proquest Religion   

http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login?COPT=REJTPWNmMyZTTUQ9NCZTRkQ9MiZJTlQ9MCZWRVI9Mg==&clientId=5604

1986- .

Searches 90+ journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies.

Religious and Theological Abstracts  

http://0-rtabstracts.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

March 1958- .

Indexes and provides abstracts for over 450 journals; most are Christian with some Jewish and other religions. Articles may be in various languages, but the abstracts are in English. The main categories covered are Biblical, theological, historical, and practical.

Location: Woodstock Periodicals has since vol.1, 230.005 RAL; LAU 2nd floor has vols. 9-38,BR1.R286

Encyclopaedia of Islam (EI)  

http://0-www.brillonline.nl.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/subscriber/uid=1382/entry?entry=islam_title_islam

The major scholarly encyclopedia in Islamic & Middle Eastern studies, it is a multi-volume work containing signed articles on all aspects of the Islamic world: religious, biographical, historical, and social. Short bibliographies of classical works accompany signed articles. Many articles in the new editions (EI2 & EI3) have been revised and updated. The second edition is now complete and the online version includes entries for the 3rd edition, which is not yet complete. The first edition, now published as E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, is also useful; it was reprinted in 1987, thus that date in its call number.

Location: 2d ed.: Ref. DS 37 .E523; 1st ed., 1913-1936: Ref. DS 35.53 .E5 1987;

Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen  

Translation of: Lexikon der östlichen Weisheitslehren

Location: LAU Woodstock Ref 294.03 SCH79, E5 Library Use Only

Siku Quanshu  

http://us.subscriptionv3.skqs.com/skqs/download/

The SKQS is the single largest collection of literary works in the world, with 3,460 works and 36,000 volumes. Compiled by edict of China's Emperor Qianlong during the period from 1773-1782, its title can be translated as the Complete Library of Four Treasures (Classics, History, Literature and Biography). Requires installation of client program. Install setup.exe file.

Daoist Iconography Project  

http://manoa.hawaii.edu/daoist-iconography/index.html

The Daoist Iconography Project (DIP), is a joint venture of the Department of Religion in the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Launched in the fall of 2005 with a grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the goal of the project is to create an online research database of the Daoist pantheon, which is at the same time a growing body of knowledge about Daoist deities and their representations in images. A unique enterprise involving the collaboration of scholars in both the West and Asia, the project will provide a remarkable new tool for understanding the workings of Daoist thought and practice through the rich iconography of the deities of the tradition.