Religious Studies Library Resources

Library Catalog || Other Virgo databases || From the Library homepage

I. Library Catalog

A. Keyword searching: islam and pilgrimage (keyword anywhere). "And" gives more hits: not limited to records with the terms in the same field. 11 hits. Display no. 1 (Pilgrimage to Mecca).

B. Printing: One record: use "Print" button on Netscape bar.

1. Multiple records: "Go back"---do NOT use Netscape back button. Check nos. 2 and 4. "Print-e-mail-download". "Display of records"--change to full. Note "sortby" and "order of call nos."--thse determine the order in which records display. "Save"=download to floppy. Click on "Print." What you will print displays. Now use Netscape "Print" button.

C. Advanced search screen: "Catalog Serches--Advanced search". Author: Brown and Title: Augustine. 9 hits.

D. Adjacency search: "Catalog Searches--Quick search", pure adj land (keyword anywhere) 60 hits [vs. 74 with no adj]

E. Recall. Display no. 10 (Three pure land sutras). ID prompt. You can choose to have your request automatically routed to ILL if the material doesn't come back in a week. If location is "on order" or "in process", clicking on nearby "request item" speeds processing, and the item is held for you.

F. "Catalog Searches-Electronic Journals". Scroll down and click on "Religious Studies." Journals arranged alphabetically by title. Click on "display" to see the bibliographic record or "URL" to go right to the full text.

G. Mention: User Status Inquiry, under User Services button in left column.

II. Other Virgo databases

A. Religion Index (1949- ) [Instructor searches alone]


1 . "Other Databases--Journal Articles/Newspapers", "Alphabetical List." "R". Two versions, "WebSpirs" and "Virgo". WebSpirs allows for more sophisticated, all in one searching, "Virgo" has familiar interface and link to ILL. Try WebSpirs version.

2. Keyword searching: shaker and theology. Without the "and", "adj" is implied. 11 records.

3. "Change display". "Sorting". Change to "Sort by PY-Publication Year", "Descending" (newer records first), "if fewer than 200 records." Under "Display Records With--Specific Fields", click on "Select Fields". Check also "DE-Descriptor" (like subject heading) and "SR-Scripture Reference." "Select Fields". "Confirm Changes."

4. Printing. Check 3 (When Christ is a Woman) and 4 (Brother and sister in Eden). "Print." (Note "Save" and "e-mail" options. "Save"=download to floppy.) "Print". Check "Clear marked records after print." "Print records" (view window pops up). "Print." "Click OK to unmark all marked records".

5. Index search. Close print windows. In right (blue) column, click on "Index." Drop "Index" menu to show choices: includes "general index"(keyword anywhere), "jn-journal name", "de-descriptor", "ps-personal name as subject", "sr-scripture reference", "ud-update code." SAMPLE SEARCH: "General Index", "Dogen", "Go to term." Check all 4 forms of name. "Search checked terms." 174 hits. UD search works as a current awareness feature. [SR search example: Romans C9-C11 The scriptures searched include the Apocrypha.]

6. Return to search page-click on "Searches" in right column. Note the listing of your previous searches in bottom half of screen.

7. [Optional. A complex search using adjacency and truncation: civil war and methodis*]

8. Direct links to UVA holdings. OR, with lots of searches to do, open another window with UVA catalog in it.

B. "Logout" from Religion Index. From Library home page, click on Databases. In alphabetical list, show 1) Dissertation Abstracts, 2) Historical Abstracts, 3) Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe, 4) MLA Bibliography, 5) Philosopher's Index, 6) WorldCat (verification for ILL).

III. From Library homepage

A. Library Religious Studies page. Under "Sources" click on "Subject Guides", then "Religious Studies".

B. Under "Services" is "Purchase requests".

C. ILL for titles, articles, etc. not found in Virgo. Click on "LEO/Interlibrary loans" under "User Services" and go to option 3 in the right column. [ Request Form]

D. "Collections". "Electronic Collections." "Electronic Texts." "Electronic Text Center." Link under "Electronic Texts." Note links to Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Greek, Latin, Hebrew.

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