Libraries provide Research Guides listing subject specific resources, for example:
Use to find terminology, timelines, context, biographies, etc.
For example:
PRINT REFERENCE RESOURCES:
Hammond Atlas of World History - Pratt Ref G1030 .H316 1999
Atlas of World History (Oxford) - Pratt Ref G1030 .A85 2010
The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History - Pratt Ref G1033 .M17 2002
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations - Pratt Ref G1033 .H39 2005
Religions of the World - Pratt Ref BL80.3 .R45 2010
Encyclopedia of Philosophers on Religion - Pratt Ref B104 .V47 2008
Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilizations and Religion - Pratt Ref BP40 .E526 2008
ELECTRONIC REFERENCE RESOURCES:
Encyclopedia of Religion - Online Resource
Religions of the World - Online Resource
Oxford Biblical Studies Online - Online Resource
Oxford Islamic Studies Online - Online Resource
Cambridge Histories Online - Online Resource
Oxford Reference Online - Online Resource
U of T Libraries (UTL) provides access to many scholarly resources
REFERENCE SOURCES
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Guides
BOOKS
PERIODICALS
Journals, Magazines, Newspapers
Scholarly resources need to be evaluated too!