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" and "search all"). "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. 29 hits. Click on "details" by no. 14 (Pilgrimage to Mecca), then "full record." Note that subject headings are hotlinks.

B. [Saving results: multiple records. Click on "Go back", then click on "save" by nos. 5, 8, 9, and 14. Scroll to the top or bottom and click on "Saved list." You might want to change "View of records" to "full"; the default is a brief view. Also, you could change "Sort by" to "call number." "Email list"-you could e-mail the results to yourself. Click on "Print list." What you will print displays. Now you would use the browser "Print" button. The titles you saved will remain on your saved list until you leave the online catalog.]

C. Advanced search screen: "Go Back." Under "new search" click on "advanced search". Here you can focus your search by limiting it by language, date of publication, library location, etc. In "words or phrase" box type buddhis$ and nuns; make "language" English. 35 hits. What are other ways to make searches more specific?

D. Phrase keyword search: Under "new search", click on "basic search." Search 'pure land' ("keyword" and "search all") 82 hits [vs. 113 with no apostrophes]

E. Requests. Click on "requests" on the red line at the top. "Request a copy (article, chapter, etc.)" allows you to obtain an article from a journal or book not owned by the library. "Request a book" is for obtaining the item through interlibrary loan, while "request purchase" is for asking the library to buy the title you need.



II. Other Virgo databases

A. ATLA Religion Database [Instructor searches alone]

1. Click on "Databases" in the red line. Under "Tips"click on "Off-Grounds Access." This page explains the three options. Click on the browser "back" button, then A, then ATLA Religion Database.

2. General Description of ATLA Religion Database: 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. The most current years of some titles are not immediately available in full text. Coverage back to 1949.

3. Click on link and Advanced Search window opens. Find: Jew* and Christian* and America* and Holocaust. This is a keyword anywhere search. "And" must be inserted between terms. Or you can just type different terms in different boxes. * is wildcard. 120 records. Note full text links (e.g., nos. 9 and 14). [In this database, there are two types of full text links: "Full Text from ATLA" and "Linked Full Text." The two types come from different sources and have a different look.]

4. View no. 8 (Travail of a presidential commission...) Note subjects are hot links. "Publication type" is "article", i.e. journal article. No link to full text is given, so click on Find@UVA. There is still no electronic version, so click on "VIRGO Library Catalog" under "Print Versions." Click on "details" for the third item, and you see that the library owns v. 42 (1981) of Encounter in paper format.

5. [Saving results-multiple citations. Return to Ebsco Host window and click on "Result list." For nos. 8, 14, and 15 click on "add" in the right column to add citations to the folder. Click on "View folder" at top right. Choices are "print", "e-mail", and "save to disk." Choose "e-mail". Keep "remove these items from folder after e-mailing" checked. You would next type in your e-mail address, give the message a subject, and send.]

6. Search limits. Click on "new search" at upper right. In box under "Limit your results", check "full text", then search Thomas Jefferson and religio*. In advanced search, terms side by side in a box are searched as phrases. 12 hits.

7. [When printing a "Full Text from ATLA" article, note the page range of the article, before you even click on the full-text link. Image of first page appears. (Example: hit no. 4.) Click on "Print". Then change "Print from page" under 1) to the full range of pages you want. The full page range is not automatically inserted. "Redisplay." Although pages to be printed display in smaller form one below the other, when you click on the browser print button, text prints full size.]

8. Scripture search (Judaeo-Christian scriptures only). From search results page, click on "Scriptures" on the green line near the top. Type in a verse or range of verses, e.g. John 3:16. Note that the only space is between the name of the book and the verses. Click on "Browse" and check the appropriate boxes. Then click on "Search."

B. Other databases (mention only). Return to library homepage, then "Find Databases". Click on A in the alphabetical list.

1. Scroll down through this list of databases, noting

1) America History and Life (history of North America),
2) L'Annee philologique (ancient Greece and Rome),
3) Bibliography of Asian Studies,
4) Digital Dissertations,
5) Historical Abstracts (covers all the world but North America since 1450 CE),
6) Index Islamicus,
7) Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe (recent newspapers full-text),
8) MLA Bibliography (modern languages and literatures),
9) Philosopher's Index,
10) WorldCat (a mega catalog constructed through contributions from libraries around the world).



III. From Library homepage

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

B. "Home." Under "Services" is "Purchase requests" and "Interlibrary Services."

C Electronic texts. Under "Collections" click on "Electronic Collections," then "Electronic Texts." Note links to Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Greek, Latin, Hebrew.

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