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Religious Studies

This guide offers help in finding books, articles, and other sources on world religions. The guide is introductory and broad in scope.

Ask a Librarian!

  • Ask a Librarian - Manhattan College students, faculty and staff may use this form to email questions. We try to answer all questions within 24 hours when the library has regularly scheduled hours, excluding holidays. You can also access the chat with a librarian box from this page while the service is online.
  • Text:   (718) 578-4975
  • Phone:  (718) 862-7743 
    Ask for reference about resources
    Ask for circulation for general questions about the the library services, inquiries regarding your account or campus referrals.

Consult a Librarian during Reference Hours:
Ask at the circulation desk for the on-call librarian if you are in the library, or check out our chat function if you are not. 

  • Sundays to Thursdays: Noon to 9:00 PM
  • Fridays: Noon to 4:00 PM
  • Saturdays: No Reference Desk hours

Schedule a Research Appointment with a Subject Area Librarian: 

Interlibrary Loan Request

If the O'Malley Library does not have what you are looking for, you can use  Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to get books and periodical articles from other libraries. It can take up to two weeks to receive your material.

For books not in JasperCat, if you use the "Request It! (ILL)" link directly from WorldCat search, then information about the item you want us to borrow will be transferred over to your ILL request.

For articles, if you use the "Request It! (interlibrary loan)" link in Discovery Search for items where full text was not found in our collection, then information about the item you want us to borrow will be transferred over to your ILL request.

Citation Mining

If you have a citation and want to find the full-text article, this is the easiest way to do so:

  • Identify the journal title and publication year.
  • Go to the library’s Journal List and type the journal title.
  • A list of databases will appear where you can locate the journal, followed by a date range.
  • Select the date range that includes your specific article and click on that database.
  • You will be brought directly to a listing of years available for the journal.
  • Select the year, volume & issue of your citation.

Evaluating Sources

  • Authorship
    • Who wrote it and what are their qualifications?
  • Date
    • Is the information current? Does it meet assigned time parameters? 
  • Content
    • Is the information well researched, contain footnotes, or give sources or have supporting data? 
  • Publisher
    • Who published this text?  Does this source typically give reliable information? 
  • Check for bias
    • Are alternate views presented & treated fairly?
  • Assess the argument
    • How is the claim supported? Are statistics used correctly? Are there logical fallacies?