

{"id":6627,"date":"2005-07-07T13:18:52","date_gmt":"2005-07-07T13:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/libtest\/2005\/07\/07\/exciting_new_online_encycloped\/"},"modified":"2005-07-07T13:18:52","modified_gmt":"2005-07-07T13:18:52","slug":"exciting_new_online_encycloped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/2005\/07\/07\/exciting_new_online_encycloped\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting New Online Encyclopedias!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Temple has just purchased electronic access to seven excellent encyclopedias, mainly on religious topics, through <a href=\"http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/temple_main?db=GVRL\">The Gale Virtual Reference Library<\/a>, which is accessible from TUL <a href=\"http:\/\/library.temple.edu\">homepage<\/a> on the <strong>A-Z<\/strong> database list, the <strong>eBooks<\/strong> list, and in the <strong>Library Catalog<\/strong>.  These specialized encyclopedias are great places to start research on unfamiliar topics, providing nice overviews, bibliographies, and linked cross-references.  In addition to the great content, The Gale Virtual Reference Library interface is much more user-friendly than those of other e-book vendors, and each encyclopedia can be searched or browsed.  Check out the links below!       1) <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T002&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3401399999&amp;eisbn=0-02-865880-9&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Contemporary American Religion<\/a> 2 volumes, 1999<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3401300022&amp;eisbn=0-02-865880-9&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Angels<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3401300034&amp;eisbn=0-02-865880-9&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Astral Planes<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3407701599&amp;eisbn=0-7876-7694-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Book of Common Prayer<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3401300058&amp;eisbn=0-02-865880-9&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Born Again Christians<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3401300101&amp;eisbn=0-02-865880-9&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Confucianism<\/a>, and hundreds more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  2) <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T002&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3402699999&amp;eisbn=0-02-865910-4&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Encyclopedia of Buddhism<\/a> 2 volumes, 2004<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3402600040&amp;eisbn=0-02-865910-4&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Ascetic Practices<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3402600072&amp;eisbn=0-02-865910-4&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Buddhahood and Buddha Bodies<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3402600103&amp;eisbn=0-02-865910-4&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Consciousness, Theories of<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3402600102&amp;eisbn=0-02-865910-4&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Confucianism and Buddhism<\/a>, and hundreds more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>   3) <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T002&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3403599999&amp;eisbn=0-02-865912-0&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World<\/a> 2 volumes, 2004<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3403500025&amp;eisbn=0-02-865912-0&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Abu Bakr (573-674)<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3403500099&amp;eisbn=0-02-865912-0&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Caliphate<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3403500130&amp;eisbn=0-02-865912-0&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">East Asian Culture and Islam<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3403500174&amp;eisbn=0-02-865912-0&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Hadith<\/a>, and hundreds more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>   4) <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T002&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424599999&amp;eisbn=0-02-865997-X&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Encyclopedia of Religion<\/a> 2nd ed., <strong>15 VOLUMES<\/strong>, 2005 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424500041&amp;eisbn=0-02-865997-X&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Aegean Religions<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424500094&amp;eisbn=0-02-865997-X&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Akhenaton<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424500121&amp;eisbn=0-02-865997-X&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Alphabets<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424500564&amp;eisbn=0-02-865997-X&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Christian Ethics<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424500499&amp;eisbn=0-02-865997-X&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Canaanite Religion, The Literature<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424500644&amp;eisbn=0-02-865997-X&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Conservative Judaism<\/a>, and thousands more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    5) <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T002&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3404299999&amp;eisbn=0-02-865911-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Encyclopedia of Science and Religion<\/a> 2 volumes, 2003 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3404200024&amp;eisbn=0-02-865911-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Anthropic Principle<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3404200044&amp;eisbn=0-02-865911-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Avicenna<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3404200072&amp;eisbn=0-02-865911-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Causation<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3404200122&amp;eisbn=0-02-865911-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Creationism<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3404200139&amp;eisbn=0-02-865911-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Descartes, Rene<\/a>, and hundreds more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  6) <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T002&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3407799999&amp;eisbn=0-7876-7694-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">New Catholic Encyclopedia<\/a> 2nd ed., <strong>15 VOLUMES<\/strong>, 2003 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3407700036&amp;eisbn=0-7876-7694-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Abelard, Peter<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3407700342&amp;eisbn=0-7876-7694-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Alexandria<\/a>;  <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3407701628&amp;eisbn=0-7876-7694-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Boston College<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3407702210&amp;eis\nbn=0-7876-7694-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Celtic Religion<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3407702207&amp;eisbn=0-7876-7694-2&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Celibacy, Clerical, History of<\/a>, and thousands more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  7) <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T002&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424399999&amp;eisbn=0-684-31452-5&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">New Dictionary of the History of Ideas<\/a>  6 volumes, 2005  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424300033&amp;eisbn=0-684-31452-5&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Anarchism<\/a>  ;<a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424300051&amp;eisbn=0-684-31452-5&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Aristotelianism<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424300085&amp;eisbn=0-684-31452-5&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Black Consciousness<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424300263&amp;eisbn=0-684-31452-5&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Evolution<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/find.galegroup.com\/gvrl\/infomark.do?&amp;type=retrieve&amp;tabID=T001&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;docId=CX3424300291&amp;eisbn=0-684-31452-5&amp;source=gale&amp;userGroupName=temple_main&amp;version=1.0\">Free Will, Determinism, and Predestination<\/a>, and hundreds   &#8211;Fred Rowland\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Temple has just purchased electronic access to seven excellent encyclopedias, mainly on religious topics, through The Gale Virtual Reference Library, which is accessible from TUL homepage on the A-Z database list, the eBooks list, and in the Library Catalog. These &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/2005\/07\/07\/exciting_new_online_encycloped\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,188],"class_list":["post-6627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-sciences","tag-new-electronic-resources","tag-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/805"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}