Religion: An Undergraduate Research Guide : Hinduism
News
- Newspaper Source PlusNewspaper Source Plus includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles.
- Newspaper Research GuideThis guide describes sources for current and historical newspapers available in print, electronically, and on microfilm through the UW-Madison Libraries. These sources are categorized by pages: Current, Historical, Local/Madison, Wisconsin, US, Alternative/Ethnic, and International.
Organizations
- Hindu Temple & Cultural Center Of WisconsinThe American Hindu Association was founded in 1997 to provide leadership and opportunities for members of the Hindu community of greater Madison to preserve, espouse and enhance the cultural, religious, educational and social needs of its members.
About Hinduism
This guide provides an introduction to databases, books and other resources relating to the Hindu religion.
Try searching these terms using the resources linked on this page: Hinduism AND History, Hinduism AND Practice, Hinduism AND India, Hinduism AND Beliefs, Hinduism AND America, Hinduism AND Vedas.
Overview Resources - Background Information
- Opposing Viewpoint in ContextOpposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
- CQ ResearcherContains weekly in-depth reports that cover the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.Basic instructions for CQ Researcher
- World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy (FLAG)The diversity of faiths and beliefs in human experience makes the study of religion uniquely fascinating and valuable. Religion plays an essential role in societies worldwide, motivating decisions in every facet of life. Religion isn't simply an aspect of human culture—our beliefs define who we are and directly affect how we view the world.
Books
- Hindu Worldviews: Theories of Self, Ritual, and Reality by Jessica FrazierISBN: 9781474251563Publication Date: 2017-02-09
- The Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation by Gavin Flood; Charles MartinISBN: 0393345130Publication Date: 2013-07-15
- Was Hinduism Invented?: Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion by Brian K. PenningtonISBN: 9780195166552Publication Date: 2005-04-28
Articles- Scholarly and Popular
- Academic SearchAcademic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. A total of 8,500 journals are indexed and abstracted.
- JSTORProvides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.
- Internet Sacred Text ArchiveThe Internet Sacred Text Archive provides archived, mostly public-domain texts (plus links to some others offsite) of significant primary writings in world religions. Where public-domain primary texts are not available in any number, public-domain secondary material is used to provide overviews of religious beliefs and practices.
- ATLA Religion DatabaseThe ATLA Religion Database (formerly ATLA Religion Index) indexes more than 600 of the leading journals in the field of religion and theology. The index also includes essays from multi-author works and book reviews.
- Bibliography of Asian StudiesThe Bibliography of Asian Studies lists journal articles about Asia in Western language journals and books. Citations to books were discontinued in 1992. Covers all subjects, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, pertaining to East, South and Southeast Asia published worldwide 1971 - present.
Statistics
- Pew Forum on Religion and Public LifeAbout Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.