Library Research Guides: REL 263: Islam in the Modern World: Find Articles

ATLA Religion Search Tip

Did you know that you can search by scipture citation in ATLA? Simply change the drop-down menu from "Select a Field" to "Scripture Citation" and enter the book, chapter, and verse number you are interested in. Check out this search for citations to Acts 1:5.

Multidisciplinary Databases

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Collection of key scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences & natural sciences, starting from the first issue but typically not the most recent 3-5 years.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Academic journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database. Dates of coverage vary by title and go back as far as 1887.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search engine for scholarly literature in all disciplines; link to fulltext articles in Wellesley-licensed databases.

Core Databases

Index Islamicus This link opens in a new window
A bibliography of books and index of journal articles on Islam and the Muslim world, 1906 to present.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Articles on world history from 1450, excluding US & Canada, written since 1955. Can be co-searched with America: History & Life
Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials This link opens in a new window
Index to articles, books, and essays on all aspects of religion, 1949 to present, with full text of more than 80 major religion and theology journals.
Oxford Islamic Studies Online This link opens in a new window
Reference content and commentary by renowned scholars in areas such as global Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture.

Related Discipline Databases

Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes international scholarly literature in sociology, 1952 to present.
America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
U.S. and Canadian history and culture articles, prehistory to present, written from 1955 to present.
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) This link opens in a new window
Indexes Asian studies in western languages, including journal articles, books, book chapters & conference proceedings, 1971-1991, and articles published in the 100+ most-used journals in this field, 1991 to present.
Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
Articles, books, and chapters in books on all aspects of philosophy, 1940 to present
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary subject searching of scholarly articles in the social sciences (1898-present) physical & life sciences (1899 to present), and arts & humanities (1975 to present). Search for articles that cite known journal articles or books.