Sociology of Religion: Religious Inequality in America

Secondary Sources are materials written about a topic from a critical or analytical approach, preferably by an expert in that field. You can consult secondary sources to learn more about a topic and how it has been discussed by historians and religious studies scholars.

Use the databases listed below to start your search. You can search by SUBJECT or KEYWORD. I've included some sample searches below.

If you want to browse subject terms, select "Browse Alphabetically: Subject" from the drop-down menu and search on broad categories, like "Mormon Church."

Because this is an alphabetical search, the order of the words matters; "Mormon church" will have different search results than "Church--Mormons." You we see different results if you search for "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" or "Latter-day Saints."

If you want to find resources with your terms anywhere in the subject field, search the Library Catalog and select SUBJECT from the drop-down menu.

The order of the words does not matter; Mormon church will have the same search results as church mormon. 

This search will include any subject terms with ANY WORDS searched, including Book of Mormon, Mormons, and Mormon Church.

Searching for SUBJECT vs. search for KEYWORD will produce overlapping but different results. It is often useful to try both types of searches. In general, a SUBJECT search will be more focused, and a KEYWORD search will be broader. 

To search by KEYWORD, select ALL FIELDS from the drop-down. This will produce the largest possible result list. 

You will get a much longer result list if you search for the keywords Mormon church. Note: a keyword search is the same as searching ALL FIELDS in the Library catalog. It will find all the catalog records with the words Mormon AND church anywhere in the record.

If you wish to search for an exact phrase in the Catalog, then place the phrase in quotes, for example "Mormon church."