Ancient World Religions

The following resources will help you research ancient world religions

 Print Resources 

  Religions of the World (291 BRE)
Religions of the World looks at the key issues of faith as it exists today. It includes features on beliefs, traditions, festivals, and practices of the major faiths, and also looks at and discusses the differences within, as well as between, the faiths.
 
   
 
World Religions (291 WOR)
Provides narratives describing the origins, growth, beliefs, doctrines, and practices of hundreds of religions - great and small, past and present, Western and non-Western. The worldwide faiths of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism are explored in thorough detail.


 Online Encyclopedia

Grolier Encyclopedia (Access from School)
Offers a combined search feature of encyclopedias, magazines,
websites and more.
Grolier Offsite (requires password)

 

 Internet Sites


BBC Religion & Ethics: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/

Infoplease - Major Religions of the World: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113529.html

Religion Facts: http://www.religionfacts.com/

World Religions - Photo Library: http://www.worldreligions.co.uk/

 

 

If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.
 

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.google.com or www.yahoo.com
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "world religions", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on world religions as opposed to all of the sites containing the word world plus all of the sites containing the word religions.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about world religions, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about ancient world religions and philosophies, I would enter the following:

    "world religions", ancient, philosophies

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 

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