The Religions Book
Suggested Reading for Fieldwork/Service Learning project
"This easy-to-read guidebook helps the well-meaning guest to feel comfortable, participate to the fullest extent possible, and avoid violating anyone's religious principles' while enriching their own spiritual understanding."
Tunxis All-In-One Search: (Catalog + Online Resources)
Where to find books on:
BL-BX: Religion
- BL: Religion: General, Miscellaneous, and Atheism
- BM: Judaism (Jewish Bibles and biblical commentary are found in BS)
- BP: Islam, Baha'i, and New Religions
- BQ: Buddhism
BR-BX: Religion: Christianity and the Bible
- BR: Christianity (General)
- BS: The Bible (Hebrew and Christian)
- BT: Christian Doctrine
- BV: Christian Practice
- BX: Christian Denominations
Click below for even more specificity:
Finding Background Information
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Credo Reference is a general knowledge database providing articles, images, charts, maps and other materials on thousands of topics. With 750+ searchable, full-text titles, Credo Reference places particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are more than 1,100 short reference videos, more than 475,000 high-resolution art images, photographs, and maps across all subject areas.
- Gale eBooks - Tunxis Campus This link opens in a new window Gale eBooks collection includes a variety of topics and subjects.
Films on Demand
The library subscribes to Films on Demand, an online media platform with over 1000 videos on religion and spirituality.
- Films On Demand This link opens in a new window A streaming video service that provides access to over 38,000 instructional and documentary videos from producers such as Films for the Humanities & Sciences, HBO, CNBC News, ABC News, PBS, BBC, Cengage Learning, Meridian, and others.
Online General Reference Sources
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window The Oxford English Dictionary is the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150. As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from dictionaries of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You’ll still find present-day meanings in the OED, but you’ll also find the history of individual words, sometimes from as far back as the 11th century, and of the language—traced through 3.5 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts, song lyrics, and social media posts.