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Books at PCC Library

Call number ranges for browsing the bookshelves:

BL – Religions, Mythology, Rationalism
BM – Judaism
BP – Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, etc.
BQ – Buddhism
BR – Christianity
BS – The Bible
BT – Doctrinal Theology
BV – Practical Theology
BX – Denominations

 

Reference Books:

The Encyclopedia of Religion
REFERENCE BL 31 .E46 1986 vol. 1-16

The Encyclopedia of World Religions
REFERENCE BL 80.3 .E54 2007

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, Sects, and Cults
REFERENCE BL 80.2 .B385 1993

Handbook of Denominations in the United States 10th ed.
REFERENCE BL 2525 .M425 1995

Encyclopedia of African American Religions
REFERENCE BR 563 .N4 E53 1993

The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion
REFERENCE BL 715 .O94 2003

The Encyclopedia of American Religions
REFERENCE BL 2525 .M449 1987

The New Interpreter's Bible : general articles & introduction, commentary, & reflections for each book of the Bible, including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books
REFERENCE BS 491.2 .N484 vol. 1 - 12

Oxford Bible Commentary
REFERENCE BS 491.3 .O94 2001

 

Library Online Databases


E-Books:

Gale Virtual Reference Library NC LIVE logo.
This database includes the content of the following books:
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2004;
Encyclopedia of Religion, 15 vols, 2005;
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, 2003

Modern World History Online Bulldog image.
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history-from mid-15th century to the present.

NetLibrary NC LIVE logo.
Online full-text versions of selected books; includes fiction and nonfiction. Audio books are also available for download.


Articles from Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers:

Academic Search Premier NC LIVE logo.
Includes journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as images.

MasterFILE Premier NC LIVE logo.
General magazine, journal, and newspaper articles covering a variety of subjects.

 

Subject search examples for Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier:

“women in the bible”
“women in christianity”
“men in the bible”
“religious life”
“Bible. O.T.”
“sex – religious aspects”
“religion & culture”
“Judaism – Customs & Practices”
“religious movements”
secularism
cults

Keyword search examples:

(Japan OR Japanese) AND “religion & culture”
old testament AND women
wicca OR wiccan
pagan* OR neo-pagan*

 

Websites


Statistics:

The ARDA: Association of Religion Data Archives
http://www.thearda.com
Includes American and international collections of data relating to various topics in religion. Includes religious demographics on countries all over the world.

Adherents.com
http://www.adherents.com
Collection of statistical information about the size or spread of a faith group and the predominant religion in a specific country, continent, site, or province, statistics of the world's major religions, the major branches of these religions, a list of the largest religious groups in the United States, and more.

Bible Texts and Commentaries:

Unbound Bible
http://unbound.biola.edu
Collection of searchable Bible [translations] consisting of 10 English versions, Greek and Hebrew versions, 4 ancient versions, and 42 versions in other languages; also includes several Bible study tools such as lexicons, dictionaries, Matthew Henry's Commentary, and maps.

The Bible Tool
http://www.crosswire.org/study
Collection of searchable Bible translations in many languages, and various bible commentaries.

BibleGateWay.com
http://www.biblegateway.com
Searchable Bibles in various languages and translations; additional resources include commentaries, dictionaries, reading plans, audio bibles, etc.

Other Religious Texts:

The Koran
http://etext.virginia.edu/koran.html
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 originally from the Online Book Initiative, and is presented here in a searchable SGML form by the University of Virginia.

The Scriptures - Internet Edition (Latter-day Saints)
http://scriptures.lds.org
The Official Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Internet Sacred Texts Archive
http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
Archive of primary texts relating to all major world religions and many other spiritual practices.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library
http://www.ccel.org
Digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books.

 

 

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