It’s the final database highlight of the year! The highlights will pick up again after the New Year's holiday. 

To close out 2017, this week’s highlight is World Religions Online [1]. This unbiased, comprehensive database is packed full of information delivered through articles, videos, and images. With an easily navigated interface designed to encourage browsing and/or keyword searching, it’s a great place for members or students to start researching a major world religion.

From the beginnings of human history, societies and cultures have established themselves around religious and spiritual practices. Religion has affected decisions personal and political, local and global, and continues to play an important role in the lives of individuals and in the cultures of nations. With a dynamic new design, new features, and expanded coverage, World Religions explores religion and spirituality in an objective manner, from the ceremonies of the first practitioners to the elaborate rituals of today. – from the vendor

Visit timedatedate.com [2], this week’s open site. You'll have to deal with some annoying banner ads but this site has everything you need to know about time and dates. There's a time zone converter, countdowns, holiday lists, and the ability to print a pdf calendar just in time for 2018!

Action Steps

• Check out World Religions Online [1]. Choose a religion you’re unfamiliar with and describe a celebration/tradition in the comments.

OR

• Run a keyword search for a secular holiday you’re either familiar with or a secular holiday you’re unfamiliar with and share something you find interesting in the comments.

Last chance for pocket hand sanitizers!