SELECTED RESOURCES
RELI 224—Lutheran Heritage
September 26 & 27, 2000
Gail Egbers
 535-8869  egbersgl@plu.edu

PERIODICALS:  Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Following are some indexes you might want to use for this project:

ATLA, (via PLU Library Home page)  Electronic version of Religion Index

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index,  (1967/68+ Index Area refAI3. C33)  Indexes journals and newspapers from the Catholic press.

EBSCOhost (via PLU Library home page) This comprehensive index covers over 3,100 scholarly journals and general periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including  religion.  Coverage  prior to 1990 is sparse. Some full text for 1,000+ publications.

Humanities Index, (1974-1999 Index Area, refAI3.R51)(via PLU Library Home page)  Indexes sources from all areas of the humanities including philosophy, religion, history, and literature.

Religion Index One:  Periodicals, (1949+ Index Area ref Z7753.A52 & via ATLA) Provides subject and author indexing to journal articles from 400 major publications in religion, theology, and biblical studies.  Author index provides abstracts.  Included book reviews until 1987.

Religion Index Two:  Multi-Author Works, (1977+ Index Area, ref Z7753.A522 & via ATLA)  Indexes books that are collections of essays or chapters written by several authors.

Index to Book Reviews in Religion, (Index area, ref Z7753.I5 & via ATLA)   Provides access to book reviews.  Prior to 1987 book reviews were included in “Religion Index One”.
 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Periodicals are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system.  Use Journals at PLU to identify the location of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are inter-filed with the books in the main collection on the second and third floors.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Basic History Of Lutheranism In America (ref.BX8041.W38)
Contemporaries Of Erasmus : A Biographical Register Of The Renaissance And Reformation
  (ref.PA8518.C65x 1985)
Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church (ref.BX8007.B6)
Historical Guide to Lutheran Church Bodies of North America (ref.BX8041.W5 1998)
Lutheran Cyclopedia (ref.BX8007.J3)
New Dictionary Of Religions (ref.BL31.P48 1995)
Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (ref.BL31.O84 1997)
Oxford Encyclopedia Of The Reformation (ref.BR302.8.O93 1996)
Religious Cultures of the World : A Statistical Reference (ref.BL85.P325 1997)
 

OTHER INTERESTING SOURCES:

Luther Digest : An Annual Abridgment Of Luther Studies (BR323.5.L84)
Martin Luther (VIDEO BR325.M3 1990)
Martin Luther, Exploring His Life And Times, 1483-1546 (CDROM 083)
New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 2. The Reformation, 1520-1559 (D208.N4)
Occasional Papers Of The American Society For Reformation Research (BR300.A45a)
Sixteenth Century Journal (D220.S57)
 

INTERNET:

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (http://www.elca.org)
Lutheran Heritage Foundation (http://www.lhfmissions.org/)
Martin Luther 1486-1546 (http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1667/luther.htm)
 (http://www.educ.msu.edu/homepages/laurence/reformation/Luther/Luther.htm)
Martin Luther Discussion Deck (http://westerncanon.com/cgibin/lecture/MartinLutherhall/mobydick.html)
A  Mighty  Fortress   Is  Our  God (http://www.luther.de/e/index.html)
Our Lutheran Heritage (http://www.tier.net/ctkonline/lutheran.htm)
Reformation Guide (http://www.educ.msu.edu/homepages/laurence/reformation/)
Selected Works of Martin Luther (http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-luther.html)
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.  You may either order them from Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally.  We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:  Northwest College, St. Martin's College, University of Puget Sound, Seattle Pacific University, and Seattle University.  You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.  If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive. Ask at the Reference Desk if you have questions about Interlibrary Loan.
 
 

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