Your Borrower ID is your Student Number and your PIN is the month and year (MMYY) of your birth date.
Periodical Databases (articles)
Academic Search Complete - Tutorial
This is SPC's largest database. It is multidisciplinary, so you will be able to make connections between religion and other fields of study or areas of interest. Be sure to click the box that says "Full text" to limit your search.
The Diversity Studies Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. The database is a must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework.
Includes full-text articles on Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Communications, Dance, Film, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Literary & Social Criticism, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, and Religion & Theology.
Over 1,000 journals ranging from African-American Studies to Zoology. JSTOR's Advanced Search offers both Boolean operators (and/or/not) and proximity ("near 5/10/15") searches in the dropdown menu. See Search Tips tab for information.
A collection of Religion and Philosophy resources. Browse the collection by using the topic finder, subject guide search, or publication search.
The Sage portfolio includes more than 645 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than 280 are published on behalf of 225 learned societies and institutions.
World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy covers religion around the globe, from prehistory to the present. The database features peer-reviewed resources that cover issues that students may encounter in introductory courses.
Over 120 databases covering disciplines, ranging from Arts & Humanities to Science & Technology are available for your use.
Reference (tools for overviews of ideas)
Wondering how to pronounce some of those words in your lessons? Try this site. It offers recorded pronunciations of most word entries.
Offers specialized encyclopedias, such as Encyclopedia of Judacia. Encyclopedias at the college level are good for an overview on a topic, but its material should be augmented by deeper research.
E-Books
eBook Collection
and read electronic books online across virtually all disciplines.
Web (reliable sources on the open Web)
The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. The targeted audience and the data collection includes American and international collections and developing features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers.
Read here how to link Google Scholar with SPC Libraries Databases. Please note: you should never pay for an article. Always ask a librarian if you can't find the full-text to an article. Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature across disciplines and textual forms.
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
The Pew Forum conducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research on important aspects of religion and public life in the U.S. and around the world. It also provides a neutral venue for discussions of timely issues through roundtables and briefings.