Getting Started
Welcome to your Subject Guide, where you'll find tailored guidance and advice on key library resources.
Most print books on Philosophy, Religion and Ethics are located on the first floor of the Library at the following shelfmarks:
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Philosophy |
100-199 |
Religion and Theology |
200-299 |
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Philosophy: general |
100-110 |
Doctrines |
202 |
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Metaphysics |
111-119 |
Philosophy & theory of religion |
210-219 |
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Philosophical Systems |
140-149 |
Bible |
220-229 |
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Logic |
160-169 |
Christianity & Christian theology |
230-239 |
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Ethics |
170-179 |
Christian ethics |
241 |
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Ancient, Medieval and Eastern Philosophy |
180-189 |
Christian denominations & sects |
280-289 |
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Modern Western philosophy
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190-199 |
Religions of Indic origin |
294 |
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Political science |
320-329 |
Judaism |
296 |
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Islam |
297 |
Bible Commentaries
You can find a handy list of many Bible Commentaries held in the Library here: Bible Commentaries Resource List.
Most Essential texts, and many more, are provided as eBooks and can be found via UR Library Search. The following eBook collections are particularly useful for these subjects:
Reference works, Handbooks & Companions
Reference works such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, companions, etc. are a great place to start learn about a new topic, e.g. by providing helpful summaries and useful bibliographies.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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This collection of reference works allows cross searching of over 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press.
- Cambridge Companions This link opens in a new window
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Includes the Companions in: Philosophy, Religion and Culture, Literature and the Classics and Music.
- Cambridge Histories This link opens in a new window
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Cambridge Histories offer a big picture perspective in each subject area, making them essential reading for anyone researching or studying a subject that has an historical element. Includes The New Cambridge History of the Bible ; The New Cambridge History of Islam ; The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World. - Encyclopaedia Judaica 2007 This link opens in a new window
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Overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive and diverse reference guide to current knowledge of the Islamic World, including details of Islamic history, religion and the global Muslim diaspora.
- Brill's New Pauly Online This link opens in a new window
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A recognised standard reference work for students and scholars of the ancient world.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Classics This link opens in a new window
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Each article is a guide to current scholarship in Classics, written and reviewed by academic experts to guide users through the subject. Combines the features of an annotated bibliography with a high-level encyclopedia.
- American National Biography Online This link opens in a new window
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Profiles of nearly 20,000 Americans from all eras who have influenced and shaped the USA's history and culture. From missionaries to musicians, social workers to statisticians, cowboys to chemists, and Vikings to astronauts. Includes people from pre-colonial times to those who have died in the last 5 years.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
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50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000.
- Who's Who and Who Was Who This link opens in a new window
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The leading source of up to date information about over 90,000 influential people from all walks of life, worldwide, who have left their mark on British public life.Who Was Who is an archive of people included in previous editions of Who's Who.
Specialist databases
Databases are large, searchable collections of academic materials (journal articles, ebooks, newspapers, videos, etc). Some journal databases provide access to full-text articles, whilst others provide abstract or citation information about journal articles that we may or may not have full-text access to. The content of most databases are linked to 'Search Everything' on UR Library Search, or for more precise and relevant search you can choose to search the individual databases.
- Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials This link opens in a new window
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The most comprehensive resource for research in Theology and Biblical Studies. It provides full-text access to over 100 major religion and theology journals. Additionally it indexes c. 1,750 journals on all aspects of religion and many essays in edited books.
- Bloomsbury Collections This link opens in a new window
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A collection of arts and humanities eBooks, with a strong focus on Philosophy.
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive social sciences database which provides an index to books, journals, newspapers and dissertations dating back to 1951.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Hundreds of full text journals and eBooks in the arts, humanities, social sciences and life sciences.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to journal articles, eBooks and reviews in the humanities and social sciences. Spotlight on Project Muse blog post.
- St. John's Timeline Project This link opens in a new window
Interactive timelines containing video interviews from a theological perspective on subjects as diverse as 'Gospel and Empire', Jacques Lacan, onto theology, Richard Dawkins, natural evil, and feminist theology. Note: see additional information for how to access off campus.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Streams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Note: Click 'Log in to Roehampton' on the left side of the screen to gain access. Please note: BBC programmes may be available via Roehampton Online Broadcasts (ROB).
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Record and stream freeview TV and radio programmes for educational use, create clips and playlists, and access the archive of recorded programmes including BBC and Shakespeare Archives. ROB is managed by AVR, for assistance contact: avr@roehampton.ac.uk.
- BFI Player for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
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The British Film Institute's curated streaming service for higher education, with a focus on British and European independent films. Note: after logging in with your Roehampton email address, you need to create a personal user account for access. You may watch content on personal devices or in class, but BFI Player is not licenced for public screenings.
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Provides access to curated high quality images from reliable sources that have been rights-cleared for use in education and research. It contains 300 collections composed of over 2 million images.
- Europeana This link opens in a new window
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Access to digitised books, music, and artworks from Europe's museums, libraries, and archives.
- PressReader This link opens in a new window
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Access thousands of current, international newspapers and magazines. You can also download the PressReader App. Note: To log in, click sign in at the top of the screen, select Library or Group, then find University of Roehampton and Sign In via Open Athens. Spotlight on PressReader blog post.
- The Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism for freeFree online database, containing many open access journal articles on the subject of Ethics and Theology. Its focus is on theology,intercultural and interreligious dialogue, ethics, and ecumenism. To access full-text articles you must create a free account.
The University's Foyle Special Collections & Archives consist of rare books, original documents and artefacts which support various teaching and research areas of the University of Roehampton.
- Jewish Resource Collection - UR ArchivesThe Jewish Resource Centre Collection is a collection of theological, historical and pedagogical books. It is a collection of the Jewish Resource Centre which was founded in 1996 as a joint project between The Roehampton Institute School of Education and the local Jewish Community. The aim of the Centre is to support Judaism and Jewish education and culture.
The Collection consists of theological, historical and pedagogical texts that will be of interest to a wide range of study programmes including Religious Education, History, Social Sciences and Human Rights. The JRC collection also addresses the wider community and will be of use to Hebrew specialist, the Religious Education teacher, the member of the Jewish community and to the general reader interested in Judaism. - Digital Archives & Research ResourcesThis pages contains links to useful archives and digital collections, e.g. The National Archives, The British Library Digital Collections, Archive Hub, etc.
It also contains a selection of digital content from the University's own collections, includes historical photographs, images of archival material as well as publication fragments (which can be made available to individuals upon request), and the Roehampton Digital Collections a freely available digital library of key texts for the Children's Literature Collection and the Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies.
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