Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Library as a Physical Space -- Technical Services -- Public Services -- Chapter 2: The Library Catalog -- The Card Catalog -- The Catalog Card -- The Library of Congress Classification System -- The Dewey Decimal Classification System -- Chapter 3: The Reference Collection-Tomes of Information -- Evaluating a Reference Book -- Dictionaries -- Specialized Dictionaries in Religious Studies -- Encyclopedias -- Government Documents -- Indexes -- Chapter 4: Periodicals and Indexes -- Periodicals -- Indexes -- Chapter 5: Electronic Resources and the Internet -- Good Sources of Information -- Untested Resources -- Citing Electronic Resources -- Chapter 6: The Research Paper-Putting It All Together -- Search Strategy -- Topic Development -- From Chaos to Order: The Organizational Framework -- Chapter 7: A Review of the Process -- Appendix: Resources -- Atlases -- Commentaries -- Dictionaries -- Document Delivery Suppliers -- Encyclopedias -- Lexicons, Concordances, and Handbooks -- Other References -- Indexes -- Major Religion Periodicals -- Style Sheets for Citing Electronic Information -- Internet and Online Resources -- About the Author -- Index.