Honors Fall 2012
This guide is suggested for students of HON 2003.
Researching the Life and Thoughts of Historical Persons
Books
- Library Catalog
Use the online Library Catalog to find books and journal titles, whether in print or online format. The Library's catalog has a number of different search options: keyword and subject searches are good starting points when first exploring a topic. Search results can narrowed with facets, which appear to the right of the results. Topic, era, language are some of the available facets.
Keyword searcy: Darwin AND letters
Subject search: "Eliot George" AND criticism
- WorldCat
Books that are not owned by Falvey Memorial Library can be found via WorldCat. WorldCat is an online catalog that includes the collections of most U.S. libraries as well as a large number of libraries abroad. Titles owned by the Library are tagged, titles not held by Falvey can be requested through interlibrary loan with the Borrow from another library link - E-Z Borrow and Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan is available for books and journals that are not owned by Falvey. EZ-Borrow is generally faster than interlibrary loan, since the books come from a local library network. EZ-Borrow can also be used for books that the Library owns, but that are currently unavailable.
Reference Works
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography - REF Q141.D5
- Encyclopedia of Psychology - REF BF31.E52 2000
- International Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Neurology - RC334.I57
- The new Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians - REF ML100 .N48 2001
Reference Works
American National Biography Online
Biographical resource on more than 18,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities. All articles originally included in the ANB Online were on biographical subjects who died before the end of 1995. Articles on important figures who have died since 1995 are being added in quarterly updates.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online
A reference work providing 50,000 specially-written signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000. State-of-the-art search options, extensive internal cross-referencing, access to articles from the original DNB, and navigation by "themes" combine with rigorous research and scholarship to make the Oxford DNB one of the most innovative and important reference sites available online.
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Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2nd ed.
The Encyclopedia contains more than 2,100 entries including 1,000 biographical entries on major figures in philosophical thought throughout history.. Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics; art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and war; social and political philosophy; the Holocaust; feminist thought; and much more.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
The Dictionary of Literary Biography print series has been a favorite with students and scholars for many years, often the first place to go to find authoritative biographical and critical essays on “the world’s most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.”
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Encyclopedia of European Social History
Peter Stearns, Ed. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. 3186 pp. 6 vols. This six-volume reference on European social history includes more than 230 articles on everything from serfdom and the economy, to witchcraft and public health.
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
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New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
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Biographical resource on more than 18,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities. All articles originally included in the ANB Online were on biographical subjects who died before the end of 1995. Articles on important figures who have died since 1995 are being added in quarterly updates.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online
A reference work providing 50,000 specially-written signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000. State-of-the-art search options, extensive internal cross-referencing, access to articles from the original DNB, and navigation by "themes" combine with rigorous research and scholarship to make the Oxford DNB one of the most innovative and important reference sites available online.
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Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2nd ed.
The Encyclopedia contains more than 2,100 entries including 1,000 biographical entries on major figures in philosophical thought throughout history.. Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics; art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and war; social and political philosophy; the Holocaust; feminist thought; and much more.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
The Dictionary of Literary Biography print series has been a favorite with students and scholars for many years, often the first place to go to find authoritative biographical and critical essays on “the world’s most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.”
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Encyclopedia of European Social History
Peter Stearns, Ed. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. 3186 pp. 6 vols. This six-volume reference on European social history includes more than 230 articles on everything from serfdom and the economy, to witchcraft and public health.
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
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New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
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General Databases
Academic OneFile (Gale) Humanities Full Text (EBSCO) Historical New York Times (ProQuest) The Times Archives 1785-1985 British Periodicals Collection I (ProQuest) American Periodicals Series - APS Online (ProQuest) Selected specialized databases in subject areas
Historical Abstracts (Ebsco) America: History and Life (Ebsco) MLA International Bibliography (ProQuest) ATLA Religion Database (EBSCO) Philosopher's Index (ProQuest) PsycINFO 1872-current (ProQuest)Style Guides and Citation Management Software
- Research and Documentation Online.
Guide to the major documentation styles - Chicago Manual of Style Online
- RefWorks
Never type a bibliography again! RefWorks will help you easily gather, manage, and store bibliographic citations for all types of information, as well as generate footnotes and bibliographies.
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