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Resources to help explore a variety of cultures and religions as their beliefs, practices, customs and traditions around the issue of death, grief and funeral/burial rituals.
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Article Databases
Health Sciences & other databases for death/dying & cultures/religions
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PubMedSearches MEDLINE, which is the primary source of journal articles for the health sciences. Coverage is from the 1940s to the present, Potential search terms to use with this database: bereavement, grief, disenfranchised grief; beliefs, cross-cultural comparison; funeral rites, burial
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CINAHL (Nursing & Allied Health)Covers nursing and allied health journal articles. Potential search to use with this database: all of the terms listed under PubMed with the addition of the following: complicated grief, personal loss, burial practices, cultural values
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The MorgueThe Morgue attempts to provide students, scholars and researchers with an on-line tool specifically targeted at the literature in field of Mortuary Science.The database can be searched by subject heading by scrolling through the subjects indexed list. The database can be searched by author's name by scrolling through the authors indexed list. Covers 30 English language journals within the field of Mortuary Science. Years 1997-present (not all journals all years).
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerialsThe American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Religion Database lists journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Some listings link to full text of articles.
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Academic Search PremierPotential search terms for this database: bereavement, grief, mourning customs, rites & ceremonies, christen mourning customs, Islamic mourning customs, Jewish mourning customs
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PsycINFOFind articles in thousands of psychology journal from 1806 to current year. Potential search terms for this database; bereavement, grief, death rites, religious practices
Select EBooks
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Death, Mourning, and Burial by ISBN: 9781119151753Publication Date: 2017-04-26The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortuary cannibalism Few subjects stir the imagination more than the study of how people across cultures deal with death and dying. This expanded second edition of the internationally bestselling Death, Mourning, and Burial offers cross-cultural readings that span the period from dying to afterlife, considering approaches to this transition as a social process and exploring the great variations of cultural responses to death. Exploring new content including organ transplantation, institutionalized care for the dying, HIV-AIDs, animal mourning, and biotechnology, this text retains classic readings from the first edition, and is enhanced by sixteen new articles and two new sections which provide increased breadth and depth for readers. Death, Mourning, and Burial, Second Edition is divided into eight parts reflecting the social trajectory of death: conceptualizations of death; death, dying, and care; grief and mourning; mortuary rituals; and remembrance and regeneration. Sections are introduced through foundational texts which provide the ideal introduction to this diverse field. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of death and dying, as well as violence, terrorism, war, state terror, organ theft, and mortuary rituals. A thoroughly revised edition of this classic anthology featuring twenty-three new articles, two new sections, and three reformulated sections Updated to include current topics, including organ transplantation, institutionalized care for the dying, HIV-AIDs, animal mourning, and biotechnology Must reading for anyone concerned with issues of death and dying, as well as violence, terrorism, war, state terror, organ theft, and mortuary rituals Serves as a text for anthropology classes and provides a genuinely cross-cultural perspective to all those studying death and dying -
After One-Hundred-And-Twenty by ISBN: 1400880467Publication Date: 2016-05-03A deeply personal look at death, mourning, and the afterlife in Jewish tradition After One-Hundred-and-Twenty provides a richly nuanced and deeply personal look at Jewish attitudes and practices regarding death, mourning, and the afterlife as they have existed and evolved from biblical times to today. Taking its title from the Hebrew and Yiddish blessing to live to a ripe old age--Moses is said to have been 120 years old when he died--the book explores how the Bible's original reticence about an afterlife gave way to views about personal judgment and reward after death, the resurrection of the body, and even reincarnation. It examines Talmudic perspectives on grief, burial, and the afterlife, shows how Jewish approaches to death changed in the Middle Ages with thinkers like Maimonides and in the mystical writings of the Zohar, and delves into such things as the origins of the custom of reciting Kaddish for the deceased and beliefs about encountering the dead in visions and dreams. After One-Hundred-and-Twenty is also Hillel Halkin's eloquent and disarmingly candid reflection on his own mortality, the deaths of those he has known and loved, and the comfort he has and has not derived from Jewish tradition. -
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures by ISBN: 9781317520931Publication Date: 2015-06-05All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and although Western science has had a major impact on how people die, it has taught us little about the way to die or to grieve. Many whose work brings them into contact with the dying and the bereaved from Western and other cultures are at a loss to know how to offer appropriate and sensitive support. Death and Bereavement Across Cultures 2nd Edition is a handbook which meets the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, hospital chaplains, counsellors and volunteers caring for patients with life-threatening illness and their families before and after bereavement. It is a practical guide explaining the religious and other differences commonly met with in multi-cultural societies when someone is dying or bereaved. In doing so readers may be surprised to find how much we can learn from other cultures about our own attitudes and assumptions about death. Written by international experts in the field the book: Describes the rituals and beliefs of major world religions; Explains their psychological and historical context; Shows how customs are changed by contact with the West; Considers the implications for the future The second edition includes new chapters that: explore how members of the health care professions perform roles formerly conducted by priests and shamans can cross the cultural gaps between different cultures and religions; consider the relevance of attitudes and assumptions about death for our understanding of religious and nationalist extremism and its consequences; discuss the Buddhist, Islamic and Christian ways of death. Death raises questions which science cannot answer. Whatever our personal beliefs we can all gain from learning how others view these ultimate problems. This book explores the richness of mourning traditions around the world with the aim of increasing the sensitivity and understanding which we all bring to the issue of death and bereavement. -
Death, Ritual and Belief by ISBN: 9781474250979Publication Date: 2017-11-02Death, Ritual and Belief, now in its third edition, explores many important issues related to death and dying, from a religious studies perspective, including anthropology and sociology. Using the motif of 'words against death' it depicts human responses to grief by surveying the many ways in which people have not let death have the last word, not simply in terms of funeral rites but also in memorials, graves, and in ideas of ancestors, souls, gods, reincarnation and resurrection, whether in the great religious traditions of the world or in more local customs. He also examines bereavement and grief, experiences of the presence of dead, near-death experiences, pet-death and the symbolic death played out in religious rites. Updated chapters have taken into account new research and include additional topics in this new edition, notably assisted dying, terrorism, green burial, material culture, death online, and the emergence of Death Studies as a distinctive field. Case studies range from Anders Breivik in Norway, to the Princess of Wales, and to the Rapture in the USA. A new perspective is also brought to his account of grief theories. Providing an introduction to key authors and authorities on death beliefs, bereavement, grief and ritual-symbolism, Death, Ritual and Belief is an authoritative guide to the perspectives of major religious and secular worldviews. -
Death Across Cultures by ISBN: 9783030188252Publication Date: 2019-07-12Death Across Cultures: Death and Dying in Non-Western Cultures, explores death practices and beliefs, before and after death, around the non-Western world. It includes chapters on countries in Africa, Asia, South America, as well as indigenous people in Australia and North America; These chapters address changes in death rituals and beliefs, medicalization and the industry of death, and the different ways cultures mediate the impacts of modernity. Comparative studies with the west and among countries are included. This book brings together global research conducted by anthropologists, social scientists and scholars who work closely with individuals from the cultures they are writing about.
Online Resources -- Bereavement & Grief Counseling
Selected Ebooks available at the University Libraries
Thompson, Neil, & Cox, Gerry R. (2017). Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement (1st ed., Vol. 1). London: Routledge.
Rankin, H. (2019). Guide to supporting children through bereavement and loss : Emotional wellbeing in school and at home. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge.
Kemp, A., & Taylor & Francis. (2019). Death, dying, and bereavement in a changing world (Second editon.. ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
Glazer, Clark-Foster, Glazer, Hilda R, Clark-Foster, Myra. (2019). Understanding the journey : A lifespan approach to working with grieving people. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas, Publisher.
Harris, D., Winokuer, H. (2019). Principles and practice of grief counseling (Third ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Comapny.
Kastenbaum, R., Moreman, C. (2018). Death, society, and human experience (Twelfth ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
General online Resources
- Family Means Center for Grief & Loss
The Center for Grief provides a unique and critical service to the greater St. Paul and Minneapolis area and outlying regions of Minnesota. In operation since January, 1996, the Center for Grief has responded to the harsh reality of traumatic loss from homicide, suicide, accidental death, and multiple family losses. Merged with Family Means in 2012.
- The Compassionate Friends
The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive. The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees.
- Coping with Grief and Loss
This article describes the common symptoms of grief, myths and facts about grief and tips for coping. HelpGuide is a nonprofit mental health and wellness website. Our mission is to provide empowering, evidence-based information that you can use to help yourself and your loved ones.
- Grief, Bereavement and Coping With Loss
Patient summary on loss, grief, and bereavement adapted from the summary written for health professionals by cancer experts.
- Grief Support Directory
“... here are many support organizations and bereavement centers for families. We have outlined some of the services available to families below.” Mouse over state to see list
- GriefNet.org
An Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, trauma, and major loss.
- Guide to Grieving Support Resources
Over 40 of the best grief-related resources on the Web for children, parents, spouses, siblings, friends, acquaintances, coworkers and employers that are categorized into sections that make it easy to find what you – or someone else – needs from Wise Old Sayings
- Managing Grief While in College: Your Guide to Navigating One of Life’s Toughest Assignments
Provides some insight into how college students may best manage their grief and highlight some of the many resources available to help them cope.
- Seeking Help and Support for Grief and Loss
The importance of support during the grief process
Online Resources By Age/Population Group
Children and Teens
- Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families
The Dougy Center provides a safe place for children, teens, young adults and their families who are grieving a death to share their experiences. They do this through peer support groups, education, and training.
- Death and Grief
This article contains information for kids and teens about the process of grief and how to ultimately feel better. From Kidshealth.org
- National Alliance for Grieving Children
The National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC) provides a network for nationwide communication between hundreds of professionals and volunteers who want to share ideas, information and resources with each other to better support the grieving children and families they serve in their own communities. Through this network, the NAGC offers online education, hosts an annual symposium on children's grief, maintains a national data base of children's bereavement support programs and promotes national awareness to enhance public sensitivity to the issues impacting grieving children and teens.
Military
- American Gold Star Mothers, Inc
This organization of mothers honors fallen sons and daughters of the military through their services to veterans and military events.
- Gold Star Wives
The belief of Gold Star Wives is that surviving spouses and dependent children need an organization that’s dedicated to their unique needs, concerns, and welfare no matter what.
- Operations Stephen’s Touch
This non-denominational ministry offers free, confidential and compassionate listening services to members of military families who have lost a loved one.
- Society of Military Widows
Purpose is to: benefit widows of members of all branches of the uniformed services of the United States by giving moral support, advice, referral service and, in general, help the widows of career military members to return to the main stream of normal living.
Parents
- Bereaved Parents USA
Provides a safe space where grieving families can connect, share our stories, and learn to rebuild our lives.
- MISS Foundation
An international 501(c)3, volunteer based organization providing C.A.R.E. [counseling, advocacy, research, and education] services to families experiencing the death of a child.
- National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.
This organization provides various resources to support and assist survivors of homicide victims.
Widows and Widowers
- National Widowers’ Organization
The National Widowers’ Organization is a virtual toolkit for men coping with the loss of a loved one, a place where men can meet others going through the same transition.
- Soaring Spirits:
"Soaring Spirits is an inclusive, secular organization focused on hope and healing through the grieving process. We are positive, and forward-thinking, while offering our community members the tools and resources they need to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of the death of a spouse or life partner. We provide both online and in-person opportunities for finding peer support."
- WidowNet
Established in 1995, it is the first online information and self-help resource for, and by, widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other information helpful to people, of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations, who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner.
Online Resources - Cultural Considerations & Burial Rituals
Selected Ebooks available at the U Libraries
- Parkes, C., Laungani, P., Young, B., Taylor & Francis, & Ebrary, Inc. (2016). Death and bereavement across cultures (Second ed.). New York: Routledge.
- Robben, A., & ProQuest. (2018). Death, mourning, and burial : A cross-cultural reader (Second ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Online Resources
- Chinese Funeral Etiquette
- Cultural and Religious Funeral Customs
- Death and Burial Rituals in World Religions
- Death, Funeral, Requiem -- Orthodox Christian Traditions, Customs and Practice
- Funeral Customs by Religion, Ethnicity and Culture
- Funeral Etiquette: At the service
- Muslim Funeral Traditions
- A Guide to a Proper Buddhist Funeral
- Japanese Buddhist Funeral Customs
- Jewish Funerals, Burial & Mourning
- Military Funeral Customs
- Preparation of the Deceased & Janazah Prayers
- Religious Funeral Customs
- Transition Rituals: A Faith By Faith Guide to Rites for the Deceased
Guides to APA Style
APA Style (American Psychological Association)
- Books
- Concise rules of APA style
1. Concise and bias-free writing -- 2. Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization -- 3. Italicizing and abbreviating -- 4. Numbers, metrication, and statistics -- 5. Tables -- 6. Figures -- 7. Footnotes and appendixes -- 8. Quotations, reference citations in text, and reference list -- 9. Reference examples. - Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
- The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration.
- Writing with style: APA style made easy
- Introduction: the laypeople and you -- Some generalizations about how psychologists write -- Preparing the introduction section and the literature review paper -- Preparing the method section -- Preparing the results section -- Preparing the discussion section -- Preparing the abstract -- Preparing the references section -- Preparing a title page and formatting your manuscript -- Grooming tips for psychology papers -- Preparing a presentation -- Wrapping it up.
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- Introduction: the laypeople and you -- Some generalizations about how psychologists write -- Preparing the introduction section and the literature review paper -- Preparing the method section -- Preparing the results section -- Preparing the discussion section -- Preparing the abstract -- Preparing the references section -- Preparing a title page and formatting your manuscript -- Grooming tips for psychology papers -- Preparing a presentation -- Wrapping it up.
- Concise rules of APA style
- Internet Resources
- American Psychological Association (APA) style examples
- Monash University
- APA Format Citation Guide
- Mendeley.com
- APA Formatting And Style Guide (7th ed.)
- OWL Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.
- APA Quick Citation Guide
- Penn State University Libraries
- Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style
- From the American Psychological Association.
This tutorial is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of APA Style®. It shows users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples.
- From the American Psychological Association.
- Bow Valley College Guide to APA Style
- Bow Valley College, California.
Covers all aspects of APA style. Includes online tutorials and a set of FAQs
- Bow Valley College, California.
- Journal Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
- From APA.org
This guide provides an overview of the process of preparing and submitting a scholarly manuscript for publication in a psychology journal. Drawing on the experiences of authors of scholarly writings, peer reviewers, and journal editors, we seek to demystify the publication process and to offer advice designed to improve a manuscript's prospects of publication.
- From APA.org
- American Psychological Association (APA) style examples
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