RELIGION

note:
- broaden topic to: religio* if original search found nothing
- add another term if necessary to narrow search
eg. china religio*
- check subject headings of items found for other search terms as needed

Browse:

• United Streaming Videos - Religion
• United Streaming Videos - Philosophy
• 200s - Religion
• 190s - Philosophy -- Modern Western

• Encyclopedia of Anthropology
• New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Encyclopedia of Religion

• Countries and Their Cultures
• Country Reports for Countries Around the World (see Library for password access to Expanded Profiles)
• Encyclopedias Page

VAUGHAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Books / Videos

• use KEYWORD search

• use WCI search as example

• use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location

• sort results if necessary

Ethnic Foods Page
Cities & Countries Page

• most search engines will extrapolate variations of a word if the "main" word is used (eg./ the singular vs. plural form of a word)
• use quote marks " ..." to enclose phrases as necessary

eg/ buddhism beliefs

you may search Google now:

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

• Select preferred package of databases:
  from YRDSB's Trillium Databases (Home access requires password)

  • including Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View

  or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac articles may be emailed directly to user

GENERAL OVERVIEWS
(for 5 major religions see further down)
BBC Religion & Ethics
Belief Net
Fact Monster - Major Religions of the World
Major Religions of the World
Timeline - Origin of Major Religions
History and Comparisons of Major Religions
World Religions Comparative Analysis
Major Religions Ranked by Size
Beginnings (How cultures view heaven & earth)
Religious Texts
Religion Statistics
Religion-Online
The Religious Movements
Google - Religion and Spirituality Links

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