RELI 233 Introduction to Women and Religion
Library workshop - Encyclopedias
Library website: http://library.concordia.ca/
Library catalogue: http://clues.concordia.ca/
Religion subject guide: https://www.concordia.ca/library/guides/religion.html
Ask a Librarian service (in person, by phone, on chat): http://library.concordia.ca/help/questions/
Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedias offer in-depth explanations for key concepts.
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Encyclopedias can be specific or general, online and in print
Finding encyclopedias
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From the library home page:
1. Help & How-to>Finding>Background Sources> Encyclopedias
2. Library Catalogue search:
[your broad topic] AND encyclopedia
1. Subject Guides (Religion subject guide)
How to cite: http://library.concordia.ca/help/citing/
If the article/entry is signed, include the author's name; if unsigned, begin with the title of the entry.
Example of a signed article:
Jones, Charles B. "China, Buddhism In." Encyclopedia of Buddhism, edited by. Damien Keown and
Charles S. Prebish. Routledge, 2007. Print.
Example of an unsigned article:
"Tang dynasty." Encyclopædia Britannica. Britannica Academic, 2010. http://0academic.eb.com.mercury.concordia.ca/levels/collegiate/article/71162. Accessed 6 Oct. 2016.
Éthel Gamache
Religion librarian
[email protected]
October 6, 2016
Our examples are based on : Empress Wu of 7th century China
Using: Help & How-to > Finding > Background Sources > Encyclopedias
T'ang Dynasty :
Help & How-to > Finding > How to find background information> Encyclopedias >
General and Multidisciplinary > Encyclopaedia Britannica online > T'ang Dynasty >
Tang Dynasty
Using: Library Catalogue search
Library Catalogue search – search [your broad topic] AND encyclopedia
Empress Wu:
Library Catalogue > encyclopedia AND women > The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women
in World History
Using : Subject Guides (online resource)
Confucianism:
Religion subject guide > Encyclopedias of Religion > Encyclopedia of religion [electronic
resource] > Search collection: Confucianism (within publication) > Confucianism: An
Overview
Using : Subject Guides (in print resource)
Chinese Buddhism:
Religion subject guide > Encyclopedias and dictionaries of Buddhism> Encyclopedia of
Buddhism [in print] > China, Buddhism In (p. 215 - 226)
Using : Subject Guides
Bodhisattva:
Religion Subject Guide > Encyclopaedias and dictionaries of Buddhism >The Princeton
Dictionary of Buddhism
Éthel Gamache
Religion librarian
[email protected]
October 6, 2016