University of Calgary Library Pathfinder

Selected Resources for Locating Bio-Critical Information

Library Instruction - Religious Studies 417
Recent Religious Thought

Here are a few suggestions to help you locate biocritical information:
Dictionaries and Encylcopedias
Indexes
Bibliographies

The works listed below, unless otherwise noted, are all housed in the MacKimmie Library Reference collection on 2LB.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS (2LB)

• B 29 W65 1982
  World Philosophy : Essay-Reviews of 225 Major Works
  - 5 vol.
• B 51 R68 1998
  Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  - 10 vol.
  - Also available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the Web.
• B 105 W6 K47 1989
  Women Philosophers: a bio-critical source book
• B 131 E52 1983
  The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. V. 1 Bibliography
  - Note Topical Index at back
• B 5005 N38 1978
  Dictionary of Asian Philosophies
• BL 31 E57 1979
  Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion
  - Good for biographical information. Brief articles
  - 3 vol.
• BL 1005 L4913 1989
  The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion
• BM 50 E52 1971
  Encyclopaedia Judaica.
  - 16 vol.
  - Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219
• BR 95 08 1997
  Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.
  - Good source for for biographical information.
  - Extensive bibliographies at the end of each article.
• BX 841 N48 1967
  New Catholic Encyclopedia
  - 15 vol.+ 5 supplements
• CT 120 F64 1983
  The Fontana Biographical Companion to Modern Thought
• DS 35.59 O94 1995
  The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic Wrold
  - 4 vol.
• DS 37 E5 1987
  E. J.Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936.
  - 9 vol.
• PK 2902 E63 1982
  An Encyclopedia of Indian Literature.
• PS 128 C6525
  Contemporary Authors
  - Biographical information
  - list of writings
  - list of biographical/critical sources

• Philosopher's Index, 1940-
  - Available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web. Book reviews are only available in the print version B1 P49 (2LB-REF)
• ATLAS Full Text Plus, 1949-
  - This major index to Religious studies articles published from 1949 to the present is available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web. Full text is available for a number of the journals.
• BM 1 155
  Index to Jewish Periodicals. v. 18, 1980/81-.
  - also available electronically on standalone workstation 219
• Biography and Geneaology Master Index
  -Available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web.
• DS 1 B53
  Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1956-1991 (5LT)
  - Also available from 1971 to the present electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the Web.
• DS 35.3 I52
  Index Islamicus, 1655 -
  -Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219

• B 2430 W474 L55 1973
  Simone Weil: a bibliography
• B 3213 B84 M65 1981
  Martin Buber and his critics: an annotated bibliography of writings in English through 1978
• B 5131 P67 1988
  Guide to Indian Philosophy
• BL 1202 G83 1981
  Guide to Hindu Religion
  - includes section 8.5 "Modern Spiritual Figures"
• DS 339 P46 1981
  South Asian Civilizations: a bibliographic synthesis
  - use subject index at the back
• PR 9080 A52 E53 1994
  Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
  - 2 vol.
• PR 9747 S53 1981
  Indian Literature in English, 1827-1979