Religious Studies Library Resources

I Library Catalog. II Other Virgo databases. III 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. $ (the truncation symbol) lets you search all keywords beginning with those letters in one search. 24 hits. "Show detail on no. 9 (Pilgrimage to Mecca). Note that subject headings are hotlinks.

B. Saving search results: multiple records: "Go back" Check nos. 4, 9, 10, and 13. "Print-e-mail-download". "Display of records" -- might want to change to full. Note "sort by" and "order of call nos." -- these determine the order in which records display. Might want to sort by call no. "Save"=download to floppy or home directory. "Email to:" -- can e-mail to yourself. "Print": records to be printed display.

C. Advanced search screen: "Go Back." Under "Search Virgo" clikc on "Advanced search". Here you can focus your search by limiting it by language, date of publication, library location, etc. In "keyword anywhere" box type buddhis$ and nuns; make "language" English. 34 hits. What are other ways to make searches more specific?

D. Adjacency search: "Search Virgo -- Quick search", pure adj land (keyword anywhere) 70 hits [vs. 95 with no adj]

E. "Search Virgo"-- Ejournal Lists". Scroll down and click on " Religious Studies." Journals arranged alphabetically by title.

F. Mention: User Status, "Interlibrary Services" under Services heading in left column.

II. Other Virgo databases

A. ATLA Religion Database (Religion Index) [Instructor searches alone]

1. "Other Databases - Journal articles". First Click on "Accessing Databases from Off-Grounds" link. Note two choices, Proxy account or UVa anywhere.

2. Click on other open (VIRGO) window. Click on "A" for ATLA Religion Database. General Description: indexes journal articles, articles in books, book reviews, books, dissertations. Some links to the full text of journal articles, including some titles for which we have no paper subscription. Coverage back to 1949.

3. Basic Search window opens. Find: priesthood and women. "And" must be inserted between terms in Standard Search. 102 records. Note two types of full text links: "Linked full text" (no. 4) and "Full text from ATLA" (no. 2). The two types have a different look. For journal articles only, if there is no link to full text, click on "Find Article @ UVA libraries." If no electronic versons are found, click on "Virgo Library Cagalog" under "Print Versions" to see if the Library owns the needed issue in print format. Example: Click on "Find Article" under no. 1 (Gender and the Image of Christ). Vol. 84 no. 3 (2002) is a bound journal in Alderman stacks.

4. Open Ebsco Host window. View full record of no. 7 (Praxis versus image), by clicking on article title. Note that subject headings are hot links.

5. Changing display format. Click on "Preferences" at upper right. Change "Format" to "Detailed", and "Apply." Now click on "Result list." You can now see subejct headings and sometimes abstrcts in the search result list.

6. Saving reults -- multiple citations. For nos. 1, 4, and 5 click on "add" in the right column to add citations to the folder. Click on "View folder" at upper right. Choices are "print," "e-mail," and "save to disk." Choose "e-mail." [Keep "remove these items from folder" checked. You would next type in your e-mail address, give the message a subject, and send. Despite the "HTML Full Text" box, only citations can be e-mailed, not full text.]

7. Search limits. Click on "new search." in box under "limit your results," check "full text," then search birth control and religion*. In bacic search, terms side by side are searched as phrases. * is the truncation symbol. 9 hits.

8. [When printing an ATLA full-text article, first note the page range of the article, then click on full-text link. "Print". Type in the full range of pages under 1); full page range is not automatically inserted. "Redisplay". Although pages to be printed display in smaller form in column to the left, when you click on the browser print button, text prints full size.]

9. Scripture search. Use "new search" to return to Basic Search screen. Click on "Scriptures" on green bar at top. Note this is limited to Judaeo-Christian scriputres. Type in John 3:16 (no space between chapter and verse). "Browse." Check the four boxes begging with this vers, and "Search." 31 hits.

10. ["Check Virgo for UVA availability" link is only a quick way to search Virgo, not a guarantee that the library has the title.]

11. [Advanced Search allows you to set search limiters in several ways (type of publication, date of publication, language, etc.) and see your search history. You can also find the field codes listed there.].

B. No logout available from ATLA. Click on "University of Virginia Library" window, then "Go to Databases." In alphabetical list, mention 1) American Hisotry and Life, 2) Digital Dissertations, 3) Historical Abstracts [all the world but North America since 1450], 4) Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe, 5) MLA Bibliography, 6) Philosopher's Index, 7) WorldCat (verification for ILL). Often there are two versions, "Web" and "Virgo". Web allows for more sophisticated searching, but Virgo has a familiar interface and links to interlibrary loan.

III. From Library homepage

A. Library Religious Studies page. Under "Subject Guides" click on "Arts and Sciences", then "Religious Studies".

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

C. "Collections". "Electronic Collections." "Electronic Text Center Collections." Note links to Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Greek, Latin, Hebrew.

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