Library: QS 311 Judaism: An Introduction to History, Text, and Religious Belief: Resources

Books & Reference Sources

Encyclopaedia Judaica by Macmillan Reference U. S. A. Staff
ISBN: 9780028660974
Publication Date: 2006-12-01
Includes more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.

Online

The Internet Sacred Text Archive "...is a freely available archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation and, where possible, in the original language."

Judaism 101

Judaism 101 is an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs.

Information on Judaism as well as other religions.

Orthodox Jews.com "Everything you need to know about Orthodox Jews"

"The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization is a vibrant, growing collection curated by leading Jewish Studies scholars which offers unprecedented direct access to thousands of primary sources reflecting Jewish creativity, diversity, and culture world-wide, spanning biblical times to the 21st century."

Databases

JSTOR
Search some of the core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This database also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
PsycINFO
Search for articles about psychology and psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, and others.

Developed by the American Psychological Association's (APA), the database searches indexing of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It contains over 3.7 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1500s. Ninety-nine percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 2,550 periodicals in nearly 30 languages. PsycINFO is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Full text for 70 journals is provided.
Academic Search Premier
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Search for articles and publications across nearly every area of academic study.

Academic Search Premier contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,500 journals, over 4,600 in full text. Backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
SocINDEX with Full Text
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Search for resources on sociological history, theory, and current research. Topics of focus include: gender studies, ethnic & racial studies, marriage & family, social development, social psychology, and many more.

SocINDEX provides cover-to-cover indexing for 1,300 core journals, nearly complete indexing for 450 journals, and selective indexing for 2,900 journals. Coverage of indexing goes back all the way to 1895. Indexing is also provided for books/monographs, conference papers, and other non-periodical content sources. The database also includes a subject thesaurus and over 25,000 author profiles.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data.

Disciplines represented include political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, terrorism, health and medical care, early education, education, racial and ethnic minorities, psychology, law, substance abuse and mental health, and more.

Data & Statistics

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data.

Disciplines represented include political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, terrorism, health and medical care, early education, education, racial and ethnic minorities, psychology, law, substance abuse and mental health, and more.

"The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion."

"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. "

PolicyMap
An online mapping tool that makes maps, tables, and reports in minutes.

Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group up to a national level. Research is related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others.