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Buddhism

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

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES which contain information on Buddhism
include the following titles:

BL 31 E43 (2LB-REF)
  Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
   - under Buddhism, also consult index volume under Hinayana,    
   Mahayana, etc.


BL 31 E56 1987 (2LB-REF)
  The Encyclopedia of Religion (16 vol.)
   - under Buddhism
   - Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219


BL 1005 L4913 1989 (2LB-REF)
   The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion


BQ 128 E52 1961 (2LB-REF)
   Encyclopedia of Buddhism (in progress)
    - v. 1 - v.5, fasc 4 (A - Japan)
    - very detailed articles
    - valuable source if topic is included in volumes published to date

BQ 130 D54 1981 (2LB-REF)
   Ling, T.  A Dictionary of Buddhism 

BQ 130 P74 1993 (2LB-REF)
   Prebish, C.  Historical dictionary of Buddhism

BQ 336 N34 1980 (2LB-REF)
   Nakamura, H.  Indian Buddhism

PK 933 M63 1971(2LB-REF)
   Williams, Monier. Dictionary of English and Sanskrit

PK 965 E33 1970 (2LB-REF)
   Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary 

 A Dictionary of Buddhism

PERIODICAL ARTICLES about BUDDHISM can be found by using
BIBLIOGRAPHIES and INDEXES.

INDEXES include:

ATLAS Full Text Plus
   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.

BQ 1 B82 (5LT)
   Buddhist Text Information, no.1, 1974-

DS 1 B53 (5LT and Electronic)
   Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1956-1991.
    - Also available from 1971 to the present electronically to University 
of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the Web.
    -  in print version see section "Philosophy and Religion" under India, Japan, China, etc.

GN 1 1559 (6LT)
   International bibliography of social and cultural anthropology, 
     v. 1-37, 1955-1991
     - under "Religions of the East"
     - located 

BIBLIOGRAPHIES include:

B 162 152 1985 (2LB-REF)
   Guide to Buddhist Philosophy

BL 1802 T545 1985(2LB-REF)
   Thompson, Lawrence.  Chinese Religion in Western Languages: a
    comprehensive and classified bibliography of publications in English,
    French and German through 1980

BQ 1105 C64 1982 (2LB-REF)
   Conze, L.  Buddhist Scriptures: a bibliography
   - key source for locating texts and criticism

BQ 1130 G85 1984 (2LB-REF;5LT)
   Gronbold, G.  Der Buddhistische Kanon: eine bibliographie

BQ 4012 H34 1961 (2LB-REF)
   Hanayama, S.  Bibliography on Buddhism
   - articles and books are arranged by author
   - subject index at the back

BQ 4012 R49 1981 (2LB-REF)
   Guide to Buddhist Religion
   - classified arrangement with subject index
   - good source for locating material on various aspects of Buddhism

BQ 4012 Y64 1973 (2LB-REF)
   Yoo, Yushin.  Buddhism: a subject index to periodical articles in
     English, 1728-1971

BQ 4014 B53 (2LB-REF)
   Bibliographie Bouddhique, v.1 - v.32.
   - v. 32 is a subject index to v. 24-31; v. 23 indexes v.7 -23

BQ 7380 P42 1983 (2LB-REF)
    Mahayana Texts Translated into Western Languages:
      a bibliographical guide

BQ 7494 P68 1991 (2LB-REF)
    Powers, John.  The Yogacara School of Buddhism: a bibliography.

BQ 7610 T46 1992 v. 1 (2LB-REF)
    Bibliographie du Tibet

DS 339 P46 1981 (2LB-REF)
    Patterson, M.  South Asian Civilizations: a bibliographic synthesis

PJ 307 G86 1989 (2LB-REF)
    A Guide to Oriental Classics 
    - good source for locating English translations and criticism of major
    religious texts

PK 2902 E63 1982 (2LB-REF)
    An Encyclopedia of Indian Literature