This guide outlines major resources to assist in researching topics in Religious Studies.

In addition to the Religious Studies collection in the Dana Porter Library, many publications and resources (all included in Primo) are also available at the federated university and affiliated colleges:

• Conrad Grebel
• Renison
• St. Jerome's

Key Library website links:

Your WATCard is your Library card. Use it to borrow books from uWaterloo and other University Libraries as well as to remotely access the uWaterloo Library's electronic resources.

Access the Library's electronic resources (Research Databases, E-Journals, E-Books, etc.) from anywhere!

• Choose an appropriate resource
  • Books
  • Articles
    • Research Databases
    • Specific Journals
  • Primary Sources
• Break down your topic
  • imagine the title of the ideal book or magazine article
  • identify the key concepts
  • think of synonyms or alternate words for each of the key concepts
• Use appropriate searching techniques
  • boolean operators (and, or, not)
  • phrase searching
  • truncation/wildcard symbols
  • field searching
  • setting limits
  • refining your search (using subject headings/descriptors and other terminology)