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Database of Religious History

"...the world’s first comprehensive online quantitative and qualitative encyclopedia of religious cultural history." Select the 'browse' link to begin your search.
Encyclopedia of Monasticism Physical item available at the library.
Encyclopedia of Religion For current UWest patrons only.

This is the online version of the second edition of this highly regarded encyclopedia (physical version also available: http://uwest.worldcat.org/oclc/56057973). Comes with searchable full text entries, with information intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987. Includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries -- many heavily updated -- as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

A scholarly and refereed encyclopedia hosted by The University of Tennessee at Martin.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

A scholarly and refereed encyclopedia hosted by Stanford University.