LibGuides: Buddhism Studies: Home

All Buddhism Studies Databases

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials
Lists articles on all aspects of religious studies from journals in many disciplines. Includes citations to book chapters and to book reviews. ATLASerials adds the full text of many journals.

Historical Abstracts
Find articles about the history of the world from 1450 to the present, published in over 2,000 journals from many countries. Includes book reviews. Does not include articles about the US or Canada. For these see America: History & Life.
JSTOR
Older issues of scholarly journals, from the start to 3-5 years ago.
PAO: Periodicals Archive Online
Search the full text of nearly 400 international humanities and social sciences journals published from 1770 to the 1990s.
Web of Knowledge/Web of Science
Includes Science Citation Index (1970-), Social Sciences Citation Index (1981-), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1981-), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present). Daily updates make it a good source for very recent information. Citations include number of times the article has been cited.

Classic Web of Science While the New Web of Science (linked above) offers features which improve searches, you may prefer the Classic Web of Science if you are missing some functionality on the new platform.

Use the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) to find impact factors for journals in science, social sciences, and technology.

WorldCat: OCLC
Online catalog of books and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide as catalogued by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).

Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971-present)
Lists journal articles and book chapters on all subjects related to Asia. Most articles are in western languages. Includes book reviews.
Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
Full text collection of Tibetan works for online reading. Covers not only Tibetan Buddhism, but also history, literature, science, law and other topics.