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PRIMAL RELIGIONS
Library Resource Guide
Books
Search the library's holdings (the catalog) using the search box above, or search multiple libraries’ holding through WorldCat.
Articles
Search EBSCOhost (including ATLA Religion Database and Academic Search Premier) using the search boxes above.
For more controlled searching, search ATLA Religion Database or Academic Search Premier without the other EBSCOhost databases. You can also search the Philosopher's Index trial during the early part of the semester.
For older articles, search JSTOR.
Films
Films from the library and the OCU Film institute may also be located through the library catalog. Type a broad term (for example for example “religion” or “mythology”) in the “Find” box and choose “videorecording” in the drop-down box labeled “Refine your search”
Searching Hints
The online catalog, WorldCat, and EBSCOhost databases all use the Library of Congress Subject Heading system. This system has a distinct 19th century American bias, so some of the useful keywords may suprise you. Here are some examples of subject headings related to primal religions:
Anthropology and religion
Australian Aborigines
Cosmology, Amerindian
Creation – Comparative studies
Creation myth
Incantations
Indians of North America—Religion
Initiation rites
Magic
Mayas {or other specific tribe} – Religion
Medicine man
Mythology, Amerindian
Paleolithic period
Primitive societies
Religion – Origin
Religion, Prehistoric
Religion, Primitive
Rites of passage
Shamanism
Sociology and religion
Totemism
Tribes and tribal system
Witchcraft
Reference Books
200.3 En56 2005
Encyclopedia of Religion. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005.
200.3 D561b 1970
A Dictionary of Comparative Religion. New York: Scribner, 1970.
210 En192t 2005
The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. London: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005.
299.703 H616e2
Hirschfelder, Arlene B. Encyclopedia of Native American Religions: an Introduction. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
201.3 W893w 1993
World Mythology. New York: Holt, 1993.
201.3 L329 1989
Grimal, Pierre, ed. Larousse World Mythology. New York: Gallery Books, 1989.
Internet Sources
A good internet source should include:
author information and qualifications (Why should we believe this person?
sponsorship information (Who supports this work and why? Do they have a bias?)
date (How recently was the site updated? If it was added years ago, does anyone think it is worth keeping up?)
If you are a student in Dann May's class and find a good web site on primal relegions in general or on a specific practice, please send the link to vswinney@okcu.edu and I will review it and add it to this page.
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