Traditions in Conversation Research Guide

Books

• The Library's catalog
  Use the Library's online catalog to find books on any topic. A search for Genesis will generate an overwhelming list of titles, which will include the text itself, commentaries on and criticism of Genesis as well as numerous random results. Use the subject search option and/or the facets on the results screen to further narrow your search or search for a particular book of Genesis only such as "Genesis III". For further examples see below:
  

  subject search:  Bible O.T. Genesis
  subject search:  Bible O.T. Joshua
  Find more criticism on books of the Old Testament. 
  keyword search:  Augustine and women
  Note that a keyword search for Augustine and women will include works authored by St. Augustine.
  subject search:  Augustine and women
  subject search:  Plato and Socrates

• WorldCat
  A catalog of library holdings worldwide. WorldCat identifies books available in Falvey Library and offers an inter-library loan request option for books not available in Falvey Library.
• 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 which are currently unavailable.

Scholarly Journal Articles

Looking for scholarly or peer-reviewed journal articles? The Library subscribes to numerous online indexes/databases of scholarly journals. Below are links to some of the Library's databases suitable for your paper, but remember that this is but a small selection of the Library's total subscriptions. Feel free to ask for further suggestions.

• Philosopher's Index
  Indexes and abstracts books and more than 480 journals of philosophy and related fields in many languages. Use the FindIt button to link to the full text. Note that you can limit to English language references.
• ATLA Religion Database
  Indexes and abstracts books and journals in the field of religion.
• MLA International Bibliography
  Contains citations to articles from scholarly journals concerned with literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Use the FindIt button to link to the full text.
  Note that you can limit to English language references.
• Academic OneFile
  This is an index to journals in all subject areas. Contains some full-text and numerous references to articles published in popular magazines, but is less in-depth than specialized indexes such as MLA International Bibliography and Philosopher's Index. Use the FindIt button to link to the full text whenever necessary.

Helpful tips and suggestions

Tip #1:   Your gateway to the full text of journal articles.

Full text online:  Links to the full text online are listed first, if the Library has access.
Holdings information:  Click on the link to the Library's catalog to find out whether the Library has a print subscription.
ILL:  Submit an interlibrary loan request and you will get a digital version of the article via e-mail. Expect to wait 3-7 days.

Background Information

• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Lengthy discussions of philosophical concepts such as free will and detailed biographies of well-known philosophers such as St. Augustine. The Bibliography link in the menu brings up a list of references and suggested further readings. Cross references can be found under the Related Articles link. All entries are written by identified scholars.
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  10 volumes. Macmillan. 2nd edition.
  Call number of print edition: REF B51 .E53 2006, located on the 1st floor of Falvey Library.
  Similar to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. See entries on Utopias and Utopianism and Plato.
• Encyclopedia of Religion
  15 volumes. Macmillan. 2nd edition.
  Call number of print edition: REF BL31 .E46 2005, located on the 1st floor of Falvey Library.
  The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Religion is considered a standard reference in the field. Presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture. Compare the entries on Augustine of Hippo and sacrifice.
• New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  Explores the development of ideas through history and across cultures. See entries on individualism and utopia.
• Literature Resource Center
  Biographies, bibliographies and analysis of over 115,000 authors.In-depth coverage of 2000 of the most studied authors. See entries on Dante, Homer and Shakespeare.
• Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
  Call number of print edition: REF PR2892 .O94 2001, located on the 4th floor of Falvey Library.

This is but a small selection of the subject encyclopedias available in the Library. Ask a librarian for help if you would like to find more encyclopedias.

Evaluating Internet Information

• Evaluating Internet Information
  (Johns Hopkins University Library)
• Evaluating Sources of Information
  (James Madison University Library)

Citing Chicago Style

• Research and Documentation Online.
  Guide to the major documentation styles
• Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide
  Made available free online by Chicago University Press.
• Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources
  (excerpted from Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger).
• The Chicago Manual of Style
  Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
  Information desk Z253.U69 2003
• 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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