LibGuides: Religious and Ethical Studies: Finding Books and Background Information

Use this page to get background information from encyclopedias and handbooks as well as to locate books to support your research.

Background Information

Search numerous encyclopedias and other reference works on religion, mythology and philosophy.

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Encyclopedias (More background information)

Books at Meredith

Use this box to search WorldCat for books in the Meredith library.

Go look at the books

Sometimes, it is better just to browse through books on a shelf. Library books are organized by subject, so knowing a few key call number areas makes this easy.

Ethics

Books on Ethics are shelved in 170-179.

Religion

Books on Religion are shelved in 200-299

220-229: Bible
270-279: History of Christianity
280-289 Christian Denominations
290-299 Other religions

Books from Other Libraries-- Search WorldCat

Search in WorldCat to find books at libraries around the world, and request them via Interlibrary Loan.

Search Ebook Central

Ebook Central contains over 200,000 e-books, most of which are scholarly. You can read books online, print or download individual chapters, and save e-books to a personal bookshelf.