Religions in a Global Context: Eastern Religions
A library guide for the Religions in a Global Context: RELS 1015:0AAA
Krishna and Radha in a Lotus Pond
Photo: © Asian Art Archives, University of Michigan
Additional Resources
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BuddhaNetBuddhaNet™ is the result of a vision to link up with the growing world-wide culture of people committed to the Buddha's teachings and lifestyle, as an on-line cyber sangha. In this way, an ancient tradition and the information superhighway will come together to create an electronic meeting place of shared concern and interests.
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The Tibetan Buddhist Resource CenterThe Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to seeking out, preserving, organizing, and disseminating Tibetan literature. Joining digital technology with scholarship, TBRC ensures that the treasures of the Tibetan literary tradition are not lost, but are made available for future generations.
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Digital South Asia LibraryThe Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago, provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users.
Databases
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Asian Classics Input Project (ACIP)Asian Classics Input Project (ACIP) is an educational organization dedicated to preserving ancient Asian philosophical texts and manuscripts and making them available through electronic media.website that provides Bibliographical information on philosophical literature of the Classical period in India, as well as secondary scholarly works on the same topic
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Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) This link opens in a new windowRECOMMEND USING CHROME; This on-line version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
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Encyclopedia of Indian PhilosophiesA website that provides Bibliographical information on philosophical literature of the Classical period in India, as well as secondary scholarly works on the same topic.
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Encyclopedia of China This link opens in a new windowThe essential reference to China, its history and culture.
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Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields--ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. [Not compatible with Internet Explorer 9]
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Access to InsightSite provides information on Theravada Buddhism with translations and commentaries.
Reference E-Books
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Encyclopedia of BuddhismProviding a comprehensive overview of one of Asia's most important religious and social forces, the Encyclopedia of Buddhism describes the Buddhist world view, basic teachings and practices of Buddhism, as well as its different schools and sects.
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Encyclopedia of ReligionThis second edition, which is intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries -- many heavily updated -- as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles. Preserving the best of Eliade's cross-cultural approach, while emphasizing religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture, this new edition is the definitive work in the field for the 21st century.
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World Religions Reference LibraryReligion influences the views and actions of many people, in both political and personal ways. To make sense of many historical and current events, to learn how many people find meaning and purpose in their lives, students and the general public need to understand the development and doctrines of the world's religions. UXL's World Religions Reference Library meets the demand for a thorough, objective resource covering the history, traditions and worldviews of dominant and less prominent religion
Subject Guide

Rachel Garza Carreón
Contact:
Religious Studies, Philosophy, Classics and Latino Native American Cultural Center
(319) 335-6441
Additional Resources
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Digital Dictionary of BuddhismThis dictionary contains over 38,000 entries, including Buddhist terms, texts, schools, temples, and persons. Entries range in scope from short glossary type, to full-length encyclopedic articles. Now supported by dozens of collaborators with specialist's expertise in a wide range of areas in Buddhist studies, this dictionary is expanding as collaborators continue to add or revise entries.