Religious Studies

Every spring semester there is a tutorial on information literacy for Theology and Religious Studies students.

Spring Semester 2020 Monday, 10.15-12.00 weekly

Training Room University library

Information literacy for Theology and Religious Studies students (3KP)

Susanne Schaub Renaux, Benedikt Vögeli

No. 27052-01

EZB Electronic Journals Library
Subject area: Theology and Religious Studies

OAPEN Library
a central repository for hosting and disseminating OA books

American Academy of Religion (AAR)
the AAR is the world's largest association of academics, who research or teach topics related to religion

atla - Websites on religion
a selective, annotated collection of web resources for the study of religion

Information Religion (INFOREL)
Information about religions and religious groups (in German)

Swiss Metadatabase of Religious Affiliation in Europe (SMRE)
Centre for Religion, Economy and Politics (ZRWP), University of Lucerne

University Library holdings

Primary literature

Selected primary texts from the canon of individual non-Christian religions
Primary texts of classic religious sociology and religious philosophy, complete where possible

Secondary literature

General and specialist dictionaries and lexicons on religious studies and their subdisciplines
Subject bibliographies
Introductions and general overviews
General scholarly literature about individual non-Christian religions, the history of religion (with a focus on Europe and antiquity), religious phenomenology, religious sociology and religious anthropology in the generally available languages
Academic journals
Selected electronic specialist journals and databases (primary texts, bibliographies, reference works) available in the university‘s computer network

Highlights