Concepts, Philosophies, Ideas, Theories

The ideas, philosophies, concepts of man are many and varied. There have been many books written over the ages that contain theories and ideas of different men and women. Doing research in this topic area will require you to gather information from possibly many resources. Here at the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library there is much useful information that is available in many different locations in the library and also in many different formats. This document will hopefully point you in the right direction in locating the right materials for your educational research project.

SIRSI ILINK CATALOG

Use reference works as a starting point for research. For example, Encyclopedias give short descriptive articles on a topic, plus references that can be used to build a research paper.

• CQ Researcher. CQ Press, a Division of Congressional Quarterly, Inc. 1991- (R 070.442 Ed4c)
• Issues and Controversies on File. Facts on File, 1996. (R 070.442 IS7)
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968 (R 903 D56)
• Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Oxford University Press, 1998. (R 111.8503 En1k)
• The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The Macmillan Company & The Free Press, 1967 (R 103 Emle)
  The Encyclopedia of Philosophy Supplement Macmillan Reference USA and Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International, 1996. (R 103 Enle Suppl.)
• The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 1999. (R 103 C14A2)
• A World of Ideas: A Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs and Thinkers Ballentine Books, 1999. (R 103 R63W)
• Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Greenwood Press, 1997. (R 180.3 En1e)
• The Story of Philosophy. DK Publishing, 1998. (R 190.9 M27s)
• Encyclopedia of Human Behavior Academic Press, 1994.
• Encyclopedia of Sociology 2nd Edition. Macmillan Reference USA, 2000 (R 301.03 En1)
• Encyclopedia of Ethics. 2nd edition. Routledge, 2001 (R 170.3 En3)
• Ethics. Revised Edition. Salem Press, 2005 (R 170.3 ET3)
• The Encyclopedia of Religion MacMillan Publishing Company, 1987 (R 200.321 En1)
• Dictionary of Theories. Gale Research International, 1993 (R 032 D57L)
• The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Oxford University Press, 1989 (R 890.9001 H83o2)
• The Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908-1926 (R 230.003 Enlo)
• Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. (R 973.03 En1c)
• Encyclopedia of American Studies. Grolier Educational, a Division of Scholastic Incorporated, 2001. (R 973.003 En1k)
• A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion. OneWorld, 2002. (R 210 T34c)
• Encyclopedia of World Biography Gale Research, 1998 (R 920.02 W17b2)
• Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000. (R 182 G81b)
• The Encyclopedia of Prophecy ABC-Clio, 2001.
• Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature ABC-Clio, 1995. (R 809.93372 Sn5e)
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 2nd ed. Macmillan Reference USA, 2002 (R 364.03 En1)
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment Sage Publications, 2002
• The Great Ideas(Great Books of the Western World, Volumes 2,3) Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc, 1952
• Folklore ABC-Clio, 1997
• Encyclopedia of Rhetoric Oxford University Press, 2001
• Encyclopedia of the Future Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1996
• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information Macmillan Reference USA, 2002

MAGAGINES,JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS

There are many magazines and journals published that are related to education. Some of these journals contains articles written for educators, but are not research content. Other journals and magazines contain helps for educators, ideas to help in teaching, or news items for educational associations. Doing educational research requires that you look at journals that contain results of research. Again there are many journals that contain results of research. How do you access the information in these journals? Well, some research education journals are located in the basement of this library, others are located in an online database, while others are located in neither location, but are located in other libraries.

Unlike books, the contents of journals are not available in the SE library catalog. So where are they located? They are located in magazine and journal indexes. Magazine and journal indexes assign a subject to each article in each journal indexed in the magazine and journal index. Until the 1990's most magazine and journal indexes were in paper, now they are almost all on the Internet. Some of these journal indexes on the Internet index popular magazines, other scholarly, while others are devoted to one subject area, NO Journal Index indexes every journal that is published, so they are selective.

HOW TO FIND ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, MAGAZINES

Step One: Look in a Periodical Index

A periodical index is a publication that indexes the content of periodicals. There are many different periodical indexes, some general and some subject specific. One thing needs to be made clear: There is not any periodical index that indexes every single periodical being published today. So each index is selective in what periodicals it indexes. Periodical indexes tend to index the most important or most popular or most respected or well known periodicals.

PAPER PERIODICAL INDEXES

For many years periodical indexes were published in paper, like a book. They would usually come out every few months with an update, and then come out at the end of the year with an annual cumulation. Paper periodical indexes are cumbersome to use and take some take to look at every year, but they can contain information on many valuable articles written sometimes years ago, and paper indexes are valuable places to search for topics in music, drama, art, literature and history.

ONLINE PERIODICAL INDEXES

Why use online databases?

• It is much easier to use online databases, and you can search years of a database with one search
• You can also find the most recent articles on any topic because most online databases are updated daily or weekly

There is a disadvantage to online databases for those who are researching topics in history or literature

• Most online databases go back only to the 1990's or the 1980's, and so many potentially valuable articles in older magazines and journals can be missed if you search only in online databases.

Some Online Databases that the SE Library Has

1. Where the Databases are located
These databases are all to be found on the SE Library's Electronic Resources Page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm

2. What EBSCOHost and FirstSearch are
The word EBSCOHost or FirstSearch to the right of the database name in the table above indicates the name of the database vendor where you can find these databases. If you look at the list of links on the ELectronic Resources page, you will see the links organized by the type of database that they are. You will find EBSCOHost and FirstSearch under the listing of databases called Periodical Databases. When you go down the list, you will see at least two links for both EBSCOHOst and FirstSearch. The first link is for those that are on the SE campus. Click on that link, and you will be taken to the list of databases under EBSCOHost or FirstSearch. The second link is the off campus link. This link is necessary to use if you are off of the SE Campus. This link takes you to a page where you will be asked to type in a userid or authorization number, and a password. The userid or authorization number and password to gain access to EBSCOHost and FirstSearch is available at the SE Library Reference Desk, and also is on the proxy server.

Step Two: Check to see if the article is available online Full-Text

Step Three: Check to see if the article is available online Full-Text in another database

Step Four: Check to see if the the SE Library has the journal in paper

Step Five: Use InterLibrary Loan to obtain the article from another college library that has the journal that you want

1. Obtain an Interlibrary loan form from the circulation desk or go to an online InterLibrary Loan form at: http://www.se.edu/lib/illjournalreq.htm for a journal article and http://www.se.edu/lib/illbookreq.htm for Interlibrary loaning a book. 2. Fill out the form, take note that those fields of the form that have an asterisk in front of them are required fields that are needed to send the information via e-mail. Click submit after filling out the form. 3. The process of receiving something from InterLibrary loan takes about 4 days to two weeks, so if InterLibrary Loans are needed,

Internet Resources by Subject: Philosophy
http://www.se.edu/lib/subphilo.htm

Internet Resources by Subject: Humanities
http://www.se.edu/lib/humanities.htm

Internet Resources by Subject: Religion
http://www.se.edu/lib/subrel.htm