World Religions
Library Subscription Services
Current PVCC students, faculty and staff have access through computers both on and off campus.
EBSCO (for mobile devices) provides citations and abstracts or the full text of articles.
First Search has databases that can be searched for citations to journals and books.
Literature Criticism Online, comprised of Contemporary Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism and Short Story Criticism, profiles selected authors and provides excerpts from critical analyses of their works.
Literature Resource Center has critical analyses, biographical information and bibliographies of authors and their works.
Project Muse is a database with more than 300 full-text journals covering a wide range of topics, including literature, social science and religion.
CWI Contemporary Women's Issues provides a global perspective on critical issues and events that affect women.
Reference
A Dictionary of the Bible
A Dictionary of Buddhism
A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Encyclopedia Britannica
Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions
The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
Librarian's Corner - A Web guide containing religious sources available in or through the Jessup Library for Christianity, Islam and Eastern Religions.
Internet Resources
General Resources
Concise Dictionary of Religion by Irving Hexham contains more than four thousand definitions of religious concepts, as well as identifications of names, groups, places and important dates in the history of religious movements. The text is made available by Regent College Publishing.
Virtual Religion Index, prepared by the Religion Department of Rutgers University, presents a wide range of information about world religions.
Association of Religion Data Archives offers data and statistics on religion and religious practices.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy offers peer-reviewed articles on philosophical traditions and the history of philosophy.
Buddhism
Buddhism describes the essential elements of Buddhism and includes important texts, a glossary and other information. Prepared by Paul V.M. Flesher for the University of Wyoming.
Tricycle is a quarterly magazine with an educational mission for Buddhism.
Bhavana Society is a Web site for the Bhavana Society, a Washington, D.C. group dedicated to the practice of Theravadan Buddhist meditation. The Web site describes their activities and their forest monastery and retreat center in West Virginia.
Christianity
Christianity describes the essential elements of Christianity and includes important texts, a glossary and other information. Prepared by Paul V.M. Flesher for the University of Wyoming.
The Bible, King James Version contains the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha, from the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia.
Bible Gateway is an online search engine that enables users to search different versions of the Bible by word or by specific book/chapter/verse reference (e.g. Exod 3:1-2).
Catholic Encyclopedia provides information on the church, its history and theology.
Saints Index from Catholic Online has a section to search or browse information about the saints.
Hinduism
Hinduism describes the essential elements of Hinduism and includes important texts, a glossary and other information. Prepared by Paul V.M. Flesher for the University of Wyoming.
Islam
Islam describes the essential elements of Islam and includes important texts, a glossary and other information. Prepared by Paul V.M. Flesher for the University of Wyoming.
Islamic Studies, the Web site of Dr. Alan Godlas, professor of Religion at the University of Georgia, provides a scholarly overview of Islam and related subjects.
The Koran is an electronically scanned version of M. H. Shakir's translation of the Holy Qur'an, as published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc. The electronic version is presented here in a searchable format by the University of Virginia.
Judaism
Judaism describes the essential elements of Judaism and includes important texts, a glossary and other information. Prepared by Paul V.M. Flesher for the University of Wyoming.

