Scholarly articles can be found in peer-reviewed journals. This page includes:
Online Journals and eBooks
Browse and search scholarly journals to find articles about your topic. Scholarly journals:
Choose "Online Journals and eBooks" on the library home page, or use this link. Set the dropdown menu to "title contains all the words" and try a keyword like "religion." Or, select a subject category at the bottom of the page to see a list of journals for a subject.
Use OneSearch
OneSearch is a helpful tool which appears as a search bar on the library home page. It can take you directly to a variety of resources, including scholarly articles, books, videos, news articles, chapters, and more. The video below will help you get started.
Recommended Journals
The following journals will help you get started with your research. You may find others helpful as well.
Folklore
Folklore (London)
Contains scholarly articles on all aspects of traditional and vernacular culture, worldwide. Includes history, theory and method in folklore studies. Also reviews current scholarship in cultural studies, social and oral history, anthropology, ethnology, and related fields.
Contains scholarly articles, essays, notes, and commentaries directed to a wide audience, as well as separate sections devoted to reviews of books, exhibitions and events, sound recordings, film and videotapes, and to obituaries. The contents of the Journal reflect a wide range of professional concerns and theoretical orientations. Articles present significant research findings and theoretical analyses from folklore and related fields.
North Carolina Folklore Journal
Published by the North Carolina Folklore Society, NCFJ features studies of North Carolina folklore and folklife, analyses of folklore in Southern literature, and articles whose rigorous or innovative approach pertains to local folklife study.
Religion and Science
The International journal for the psychology of religion
Presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion.
Journal of religion and health
Explores contemporary modes of religious thought with emphasis on its relevance to current medical and psychological research.
Mental health, religion & culture
Publishes empirically-based work exploring the relationships between mental health and aspects of religion and culture, and discussing conceptual and philosophical aspects.
Religion, brain & behavior
Provides a vehicle for the advancement of current biological approaches to understanding religion at every level from brain to behavior.
Religion and Social Issues
Culture and religion
Promotes critical investigation into all aspects of the study of religion and culture, particularly among scholars with an innovative and multidisciplinary focus.
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society (Online)
Discusses the influence of religions on political, cultural and spiritual dynamics in globalized societies.
Religion & American Culture
Embracing a diversity of methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives, this publication explores the interplay between religion and other spheres of American culture.