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PAR 205 - American Philosophy
STARTING POINTS
These encyclopedia sets may be useful for overviews or to fill in gaps in your knowledge about philosophers or concepts:
Encyclopedia of American Social History
Location: REF HN57 .E58 1993
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Location: REF B41 .E5
Encyclopedia of the History of Ideas
Location: REF CB5 .D52
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Location: REF B51 .R68 1998
Because the language of philosophy is not precise, you will want to try keyword searches on the concepts you are researching. Retrieve words with variant endings by using an *. For example, intellect* retrieves records containing any of the following words: intellect, intellectual, intellectuals, intellectualism. Then, look at the subject headings field of the records that seem relevant to discover new terms to search. Basic Subject Headings to use when searching for materials related to your project on American philosophy and scientific research are:
ONLINE INDEXES
WORKING FROM OFF CAMPUS
UNCW Students and Faculty may access Databases from Home. If you are NOT on campus, you must add a PIN to your library record.
PIN Number:
To set a PIN (Personal Identification Number) on your library record, simply click on the "My Library Record" link on the Library homepage and follow the instructions. In addition to using your PIN for home access to library resources you need to have a PIN number to check your due dates, renew materials, put holds on books already checked out, or to access certain electronic reserves.
These encyclopedia sets may be useful for overviews or to fill in gaps in your knowledge about philosophers or concepts:
Encyclopedia of American Social History
Location: REF HN57 .E58 1993
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Location: REF B41 .E5
Encyclopedia of the History of Ideas
Location: REF CB5 .D52
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Location: REF B51 .R68 1998
Because the language of philosophy is not precise, you will want to try keyword searches on the concepts you are researching. Retrieve words with variant endings by using an *. For example, intellect* retrieves records containing any of the following words: intellect, intellectual, intellectuals, intellectualism. Then, look at the subject headings field of the records that seem relevant to discover new terms to search. Basic Subject Headings to use when searching for materials related to your project on American philosophy and scientific research are:
| Inventions-United States | Science-Philosophy-History |
| Philosophy and Science | Science-Social Aspects-United States |
| Science and Civilization | Technology and State |
| Science and State | Technology-History-United States |
| Science-History-United States |
For your project on
anti-intellectualism, try:
| Education-Social Aspects-United States |
| Intellectual life-United States |
| Intellectuals-United States |
| Learning and Scholarship |
For your final project, try:
| Allegiance | Responsibility |
| Christian ethics | Social Contract |
| Citizenship | Social Ethics |
| Civil society | [specific religious, ethnic or other group identities] |
| Civics |
If you know of
specific philosophers who wrote about the topics you are researching, search
their names (last name first) as authors and as subjects. To find even
more, search the name as a keyword. This will also retrieve books in which
the name appears in the contents notes of book or video records.
Library Catalog
Search for materials in Randall Library by using
the online Library Catalog located in the middle of the Randall Library homepage
[http://library.uncwil.edu]. Searching the Library Catalog will give you call
numbers and locations for books, maps, N. C. documents, U.S. Government
documents, special collections, microforms, music scores, periodicals titles,
audiovisual materials, reserve materials and the Curriculum Materials Center
materials help in the Library.
Article Databases/Indexes
Online, CD-ROM and Print periodical indexes provide citations (e.g., author, title, a journal name, volume, issue, page numbers, etc.) to identify articles. Most indexes also include abstracts (summaries) and a small handful of online indexes provide selected full text of the actual article. The Library does not own every article cited in each index so remember to check the Library Catalog to verify if we own the journal the article was published in.ONLINE INDEXES
| Humanities Index--Guide to Humanities Index | Citations to periodical articles about art, archaeology, folklore, literature, music, philosophy, religion, and world history. 1984+|
| JSTOR | Archive of scholarly online journals, full text with search engine. Coverage is usually back to volume 1 of of the publication, but excludes the latest 3-5 years.|
| Science Direct | Offers access to the Elsevier Science journal collection, along with journals from a host of prestigious societies. 1995+ |
| America: History & Life | U.S. and Canadian history. Indexes history journal articles, book reviews, media reviews and dissertations. 1964+ |
| PAIS International | Citations to public policy, economics, government, law, etc. Indexes periodical articles, books, chapters in books and websites. 1972+ |
| EbscoHost | Indexing and abstracts of scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education and more. (indexing: 1984+, full-text: 1990+). |
| PRINT INDEX |
| Philosopher's
Index Index Collection B72 .P45 |
An alphabetical title listing of online databases/indexes can be found on the Library homepage by choosing "Database
and Article Searching" located at the top of the page. A listing of databases broken down into general subject areas can be accessed by choosing "Subject Research Guides" on the Library home page.CITATION CYCLING
When you find a useful resource, be sure
to check its bibliography for additional resources. This technique will
often find new information sources that even the most complete online searches
miss. Then, when you go to those resources, look in their bibliographies
for even more.
WORKING FROM OFF CAMPUS
UNCW Students and Faculty may access Databases from Home. If you are NOT on campus, you must add a PIN to your library record.
PIN Number:
To set a PIN (Personal Identification Number) on your library record, simply click on the "My Library Record" link on the Library homepage and follow the instructions. In addition to using your PIN for home access to library resources you need to have a PIN number to check your due dates, renew materials, put holds on books already checked out, or to access certain electronic reserves.
LIBRARY MAPS:
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Randall Library. To use the maps, simply click on the area of the library you
would like more information about.
First Floor
[http://library.uncwil.edu/librarytour/1stfloor.html]
Second Floor
[http://library.uncwil.edu/librarytour/2ndfloor.html]
NEW USERS:
If you are a new user of Randall, take a moment to look over the online guide
"Using
Randall Library" [http://library.uncwil.edu/randallguide/welcome.html]
for a "how-to" basics of using the Library.
Last Update: December 12, 2005