Print Reference Books in the Library
Keown, Damien, ed. A Dictionary of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Ref BQ130 .K46x 2003
Powers, John. A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Boston: Oneworld, 2000. Ref BQ128 .P69 2000
Online Reference Book
Jones, Lindsay, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion. 15 vols. 2nd ed. Gale Virtual Reference Ebook. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. Has many articles on Buddhism. TIU students click here to access.
The Atla Religion Database indexes many journals specific to Buddhism. Many other articles related to Buddhism are also included.
These are some of the subject headings that will be most helpful in Atla:
"Buddhism" for general articles
"Buddhism history"
"Christianity and Buddhism" for relations between the religions
"Missions to Buddhists" for evangelism and outreach to Buddhists
You can also restrict by geography:
"Buddhism Japan" etc.
To search Atla, use the search box below.
These are some of the subject headings that will be most helpful in Rolfing Search and I-Share:
"Buddhism"
"Buddhism doctrines"
"Buddhism history"
"Buddhism Japan" etc.
"Buddhism relations Christianity"
"Christianity and other religions Buddhism"
"Missions to Buddhists"
American Religion Data Archive
Available at http://www.thearda.com/
Includes data and statistics on Buddhism in the U.S. and around the world.