Washington and Lee University
| Producer: | American Theological Association | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Premier index to articles and more pertaining to all scholarly fields of religion. | |
| Usage Tips: | Truncation: To search for forms of a word, type an asterisk (*) at the end of the word. Example: monast* finds monastic, monastery, monasteries, monasticism, etc.
Combining Terms: To search for citations containing two or more particular terms, connect terms with the box indicating "AND". Make sure the Boolean Search button is checked. You can find more help with searching, navigating, printing, etc. under this link. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Humanities - General Philosophy Religion Medieval and Renaissance Studies Bioethics Islamic Studies | |
Connect to: L'annee philologique
| Producer: | La Societe Internationale de Bibliographie Classique | |
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| Description: | An international, multi-lingual bibliography of all aspects of classical studies. | |
| Usage Tips: | This online version starts coverage in 1949. The database includes over 500,000 citations from about 1,500 periodicals and hundreds of monographic volumes.
Truncation Most searching terms, including words and "ancient authors," can be truncated by adding an asterisk (*) to search for variations on that term. Example: homer*. Combining Terms When doing a "Full Text" search, you can search for citations containing two or more search terms. Example: homer* funeral* Abbreviations Many of the journal titles in citations are expressed in acronyms. To identify a complete journal title, go to the main search screen, scroll down to the red box, find "List of Journal Abbreviations". | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Classics Humanities - General Literature and Language Philosophy History -- Outside U.S. | |
Connect to: Philosopher's Index
| Producer: | Philosopher's Information Center / Ebsco | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Indexes scholarly research in all areas of philosophy, back to 1940. | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Classics Humanities - General Philosophy Religion Politics -- General Bioethics Islamic Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Religion And Philosophy Collection (Info)
Connect to: Religion and Philosophy Collection
| Producer: | Ebsco | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Full-text coverage of nearly 300 journals, including 262 peer-reviewed publications, "covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy." | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Religion Bioethics Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Blackwell Companion To Consciousness (Info)
Connect to: Blackwell Companion to Consciousness
| Producer: | Blackwell / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Volume (2007) of 55 peer-reviewed chapters constituting a comprehensive survey of the study of consciousness. Topics include the origins and extent of consciousness, different consciousness experiences, such as meditation and drug-induced states, and the neuroscience of consciousness. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | Click on the small plus-sign (+) in the Table of Contents column to "open" the volume.
For additional help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Psychology | |
Cambridge Companion To Arabic Philosophy (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Collections Online | |
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| Description: | 2004 "collection of essays by leading scholars provides an introduction to Arabic philosophy by way of chapters devoted to individual thinkers (such as al-Farabi, Avicenna and Averroes) or groups, especially during the 'classical' period from the ninth to the twelfth centuries." You may preview a copy of the table of contents.
The library also owns a printed copy.
You can search the contents of this and over 290 other volumes in Cambridge Collections Online. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Islamic Studies | |
Cambridge Companion To Feminism In Philosophy (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Collections Online | |
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| Description: | "The thirteen specially-commissioned essays in this [2000] volume are designed to provide an accessible and stimulating guide through an area of philosophical thought and literature that has seen massive expansion in recent years." You may preview a copy of the table of contents.
The library also owns a printed copy.
You can search the contents of this and over 290 other volumes in Cambridge Collections Online. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Women's and Gender Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge Companions Online (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge Companions Online
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | From the printed Cambridge Companions series, this ever-growing database currently contains over 2,000 essays offering "introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods." It includes the contents of over 290 volumes in the Cambridge Companions series in Literature, Classics, Philosophy, Religion, and Culture. The library also holds many of these titles in printed form. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching Three of the "Advanced Search" options are particularly useful for finding material on a topic:
"Full text" -- Search through all content in the database. Perhaps best for finding obscure topics. "Text of extract/abstract" -- Search through essay summaries. Quickly identify the most relevant essays. "Title/volume" -- Search for words within the titles of entire volumes. To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (*). Example: modern* finds modern, moderism, modernity,, etc. To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "latin america" To search for entries containing two or more words, connect them with AND. Example: orwell AND socialism Browsing You can browse through each volume, starting on this page, which is available on the site's home page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Classics Literature and Language Philosophy Religion Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge Histories -- Philosophy (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge Histories -- Philosophy
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Collections Online | |
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| Description: | Various series and volumes of Cambridge History titles concerning studies of philosophy of selected time periods, regions, or themes. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection.
Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "scottish enlightenment" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge Histories Online (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge Histories Online
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Contains the complete texts of over 250 volumes published since the 1960's in this prestigious series of authoritative works on major historical topics. Several series are still active and new volumes will be added to the database as published, as will any new series when they begin. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within a certain subject or across the entire collection.
Browse When you click on "Browse," you will see a list of 15 subject categories. You can open any of these categories, such as "Political and Social Theory," by clicking on its title. You then can see a list of volumes in the series, any of which can be opened by clicking on the title of the individual volume. The subsequent page displays the volume's table of contents (lower right). When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "manifest destiny" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Music History -- United States Literature and Language Philosophy Religion Theater History -- Outside U.S. | |
Cambridge History Of Political Thought (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge History of Political Thought
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Five-volume set, published 1988-2006, provides a comprehensive survey of political thought for selected periods -- Greek and Roman, medieval, Renaissance, eighteenth century, and twentieth century. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection.
Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "scottish enlightenment" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Companion To Contemporary Political Philosophy (Info)
Connect to: Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy
| Producer: | Blackwell / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2nd ed.; 2007) contains over 50 signed essays, providing "in-depth coverage of contemporary philosophical debate in all major related disciplines, such as economics, history, law, political science, international relations and sociology," including "detailed discussions of major concepts in political philosophy, including virtue, power, human rights, and just war."
The library also has a printed copy of the first edition. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
Click on the tiny plus-sign [+] immediately above Volume I or Volume II to display that volume's contents. You will need to click on additional +'s to further open sections. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Companion To Latin American Philosophy (Info)
Connect to: Companion to Latin American Philosophy
| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | This 2009 volume contains 36 original scholarly essays, covering historical perspectives, current issues, developments in the discipline, and biographical approaches. You may preview the contents (wrong book cover, but correct contents). | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
Companion To Political Philosophy: Methods, Tools, Topics (Info)
Connect to: Companion to Political Philosophy: Methods, Tools, Topics
| Producer: | Ashgate / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Overview (2012) in twenty chapters of "the key concepts and issues of contemporary political philosophy, structured in three parts: methodological issues; tools and argumentative strategies employed by political philosophy; and concepts and topics key to the discipline. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Dictionary Of Critical Theory (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of Critical Theory
| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | 2010 collection of over 750 alphabetically-arranged entries "covering the whole range of critical theory, including the Frankfurt school, cultural materialism, cultural studies, gender studies, film studies, literary theory, hermeneutics, historical materialism, internet studies, sociopolitical critical theory, and much more." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Reference Online ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Literature and Language Philosophy Sociology | |
Dictionary Of The History Of Ideas (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of the History of Ideas
| Producer: | Scribner | |
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| Description: | Subtitled Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas, this is a renowned dictionary of important ideas, concepts, and other terms important in the history of philosophy, religion, politics, art, and other areas. First published in 1973-74 and available in printed form in our Reference collection.
A new edition, the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, is available online in our Web site. | |
| Usage Tips: | To find primary articles, use the "Alphabetical" option, on the left side of the screen.
There also is a "Search" option, which allows you to find uses of a term anywhere in the work. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Encyclopedia Of Animal Rights And Animal Welfare (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare
| Producer: | Greenwood / ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2009) is a two-volume set, containing about 200 signed, alphabetically-arranged essays from 150 contributors "covering the full range of topics related to animal rights and welfare, including dog fighting, endangered species in zoos, animals as disease carriers, factory farming, veganism, and more." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy | |
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Ethics
| Producer: | Routledge / Routledge Religion Online | |
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| Description: | Published as a three-volume set in 2001, this work contains 581 signed, peer-reviewed articles on ethical theory and applied ethics. The library also has a printed copy. | |
| Usage Tips: | For assistance with browsing, searching, and printing, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Encyclopedia Of Philosophers On Religion (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Philosophers on Religion
| Producer: | McFarland / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | In this 2008 volume, Bernard Verkamp presents 152 alphabetically-arranged entries on the religious affiliations and beliefs of noted philosophers. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | To open links to the alphabetically-arranged entries, click on the tiny plus-sign (+) next to "The Philosophers" in the Table of Contents.
Here is additional help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Religion | |
Encyclopedia Of Philosophy (Macmillan) (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Macmillan)
| Producer: | Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Major reference work containing over 2,100 signed entries, with broad international and cross-cultural coverage. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 10 volumes, beginning with "Abbagnanto-Byzantine Philosophy." You may open any of the article lists by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Quick Search This option, available on the left side of the opening screen, enables you to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Religion Politics -- General Bioethics Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Encyclopedia Of Political Theory (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Political Theory
| Producer: | Sage | |
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| Description: | Three-volume set (2010) "examines the ideas of the major political theorists from before Plato to our own times; the main schools of political thought; the concepts and issues that have captured the imagination and attention of political theorists; and some of the main institutions and practices inspired by political thought." You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing There are three options for browsing through available entries:
* The Reader's Guide groups entries by an alphabetical list of themes, such as "Religious Thought" and "Power and Authority." * Entries A-Z shows you an alphabetic list of topics. * The Index provides a list of terms and names in the database, with links to the entries in which they appear. For help with searching, printing, and e-mailing Sage e-books, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Encyclopedia Of Religion (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Religion
| Producer: | Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Edited by Mircea Eliade, this is the most important encyclopedic work for religion. Access is provided through the Christopher Keller, Jr. '39 Library Endowment for Philosophy and Religion. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the Table of Contents option. Please note that the list is divided into 14 "volumes," beginning with "Aaron to Attention." You may open any of the article lists by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Humanities - General Philosophy Religion Bioethics Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Encyclopedia Of Science, Technology, And Ethics (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics
| Producer: | Macmillan | |
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| Description: | Published in print form as a four-volume set (2005), this resource contains hundreds of signed essays on "both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the ethical and political issues raised by science and technology in an increasingly complex and global society." A PDF copy of the table of contents is here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 4 "volumes," beginning with "A-C." You may open any of the article listings by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: reproduct* finds reproduction or reproductive.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Sociology Politics -- American Politics Bioethics | |
Encyclopedia Of Social Theory (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Social Theory
| Producer: | Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Published as a two-volume set in 2004, this encyclopedia contains over 300 signed entries which cover "the developments, achievements, and prospects of social theory from its inception in the 18th century to the present." You can view the list of entries here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Please note that the list is divided into 2 "volumes," beginning with "A-to-M." You may open any of the article lists, such as "Labeling-Morality," by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Feminist Philosophies A-Z (Info)
Connect to: Feminist Philosophies A-Z
| Producer: | Edinburgh University Press / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | This 2007 volume by Nancy Arden McHugh is a "concise alphabetical guide to the key terms, issues, theoretical approaches, projects and thinkers in feminist philosophy." | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary
While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. You can open the alphabetical list of entries by clicking on the tiny plus-sign immediately above "Feminist Philosophies A–Z" in the table of contents. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Sociology Women's and Gender Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers (Info)
Connect to: Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Focusing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, this 2002 volume is an introduction to "those religious, philosophical and political concepts central to the medieval worldview." You can view the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and a copy of the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. Click on name of the individual in which you are interested. Or you can click the appropriate plus-sign (+) the parts of that entry. You also can browse the book's Index by clicking on "Index" in the left-hand column and then clicking on the desired page number. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. If that icon does not appear, point your cursor in the blank green space above the book text and right-click on your mouse to display the "Print" option to be able to print the page on the screen. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Religion Medieval and Renaissance Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Fifty Major Political Thinkers (Info)
Connect to: Fifty Major Political Thinkers
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2007) contains essays which outline "the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day," such as Aristotle, Michel Foucault, Mohandas Gandhi, Machiavelli, Karl Marx, Thomas Paine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Mary Wollstonecraft. | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary
While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. You can reach any of the entries either by clicking on the "Alphabetical List of Contents" or by clicking on the plus-sign immediately beneath "Preface," and then clicking on the desired entry title. You also may browse the alphabetical list of entries in the "Index," near the bottom of the table of contents; once you have found a useful reference in this index, you will need to enter the desired page number in the "Page" box near the upper-right corner of the screen. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Green Ethics And Philosophy: An A-to-Z Guide (Info)
Connect to: Green Ethics and Philosophy: An A-to-Z Guide
| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference Library | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume contains 150 alphabetically-arranged signed entries covering "the moral relationship between humans and their natural environment, specifically targeting the contemporary green movement." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with searching, printing, and e-mailing Sage e-books, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Environmental Studies Philosophy | |
History Of Political Theory: An Introduction (Info)
Connect to: History of Political Theory: an Introduction
| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | The above link takes you to Volume I, Ancient and Medieval. Here is the link to Volume II, Modern. Two-volume set (2nd ed.; 2012) offers an "engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western political theory and their most important works." You may preview the contents of Volume I and Volume II. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display. Each volume is indexed separately.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
International Encyclopedia Of Ethics (Info)
Connect to: International Encyclopedia of Ethics
| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | Nine-volume set, published in 2013, contains 700 alphabetically-arranged entries, some up to 10,000 words in length. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy | |
Connect to: Islamic Philosophy A-Z
| Producer: | Edinburgh University Press / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | 2007 volume contains over a hundred alphabetically-arranged entries on essential aspects of Islamic philosophy, including key figures, schools, concepts, topics, and issues. | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Religion Islamic Studies | |
Medieval Philosophy: An Historical And Philosophical Introduction (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | John Marenbom's 2007 update of his earlier volumes covers the "main philosophers and ideas within the social and intellectual contexts of the time, and the most important concepts in medieval philosophy." You can view the table of contents here. | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Medieval and Renaissance Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
New Dictionary Of The History Of Ideas (Info)
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| Producer: | Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | This six-volume set (2004) is the first revision in 30 years of the classic Dictionary of the History of Ideas, one of the most important reference works ever published on "what we think" -- philosophical and theoretical concepts, historical, scientific, social, and critical issues, etc. A PDF copy of the table of contents is available here. The original edition is available online and in our Reference collection. | |
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Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Please note that the list is divided into 6 "volumes," beginning with "Abolitionism to Common Sense." You may open any of the article lists by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Humanities - General Philosophy Religion Science - General Social Sciences - General Sociology History -- Outside U.S. Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Oxford Companion To Philosophy (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
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| Description: | The second edition (2005) of this work offers nearly 2,000 entries from over 200 contributors. | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Oxford Dictionary Of Philosophy (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
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| Description: | Written by Simon Blackburn, this 2008 edition contains over 500 biographies of famous and influential philosophers, in-depth analysis of philosophical terms and concepts, and coverage of themes from Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy. | |
| Usage Tips: | The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the " Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "business ethics". To find articles containing all of several words, connect with words with AND. Example: paradox AND logic To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) as a wild-card term. Example: reali* will find realism, reality, realization, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Religion & Philosophy"). | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Religion Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Oxford Encyclopedia Of Human Rights (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Digital Reference Shelf | |
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| Description: | Five-volume set (2009) contains over 300 signed, alphabetically-arranged entries, providing "situation profiles and full coverage of the development of the movement, historical cases of abuse, the key figures, major organizations, and a range of other issues in economics, government, religion, and journalism that touch on human rights theory and practice." | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary Of Political Thought (Info)
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| Producer: | Palgrave Macmillan / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Third edition (2007) of Roger Scruton's dictionary, first published in 1982. Nearly 1,800 entries on concepts and ideologies, arguments on issues, capsule histories of political institutions, and the thought of major political theorists. | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
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| Producer: | Elsevier / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume contains 15 contributed essays with varying perspectives on the philosophy of medicine, including both scientific and clinical issues. You may preview the contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy | |
Political Theory: An Encyclopedia Of Contemporary And Classic Terms (Info)
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| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | This 2008 volume contains about 250 entries which "are devoted to major thinkers, principal concepts and ideas, memorable phrases or maxims, and enduring ideological strains." | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Routledge Companion To Historical Studies (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Historian Alun Muslow provides brief essays on "keywords, concepts, and issues central to the re-thinking of history that has taken place since the early 1970's... the ideas of key theorists and practioners of history, as well as awareness of ideas in cultural and critical theory, literature, linguistics, and philosophy." Examples: "Deconstructionist history" and "Gender." (Second edition, 2005) | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Philosophy History -- Outside U.S. | |
Routledge Companion To Nineteenth Century Philosophy (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge/Ebrary | |
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| Description: | An outstanding survey and assessment of the century as a whole. Divided into seven parts and including thirty chapters written by leading international scholars, the Companion examines and assesses the central topics, themes, and philosophers of the nineteenth century, presenting the first comprehensive picture of the period in a single volume. | |
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| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy | |
Routledge Companion To Philosophy And Film (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Collection (2008) of about sixty signed essays explores "the main themes, topics, thinkers and issues in philosophy and film," arranged in four parts: issues and concepts; authors and trends; genres; film as philosophy. You may preview the contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Film Studies | |
Routledge Companion To Philosophy And Music (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume is a "guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in philosophy and music," with over fifty signed entries in six categories: general issues; emotion; history; figures; kinds of music; music, philosophy and related disciplines. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
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| Descriptors: | Music Philosophy | |
Routledge Companion To Philosophy Of Psychology (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge/Ebrary | |
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| Description: | The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality. | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Psychology | |
Routledge Companion To Twentieth-century Philosophy (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | 2008 volume contains 22 signed chapters surveying: major themes and movements; logic, language, knowledge and metaphysics; politics, ethics, aesthetics; and more. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Routledge Encyclopedia Of Philosophy (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge | |
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| Description: | Based on the 1998 printed edtion of the encyclopedia (also available in the Leyburn Library collection), the database contains over 2,000 signed articles, with new entries added each year. | |
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| Descriptors: | Classics Humanities - General Philosophy Bioethics Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Routledge International Handbook Of Contemporary Social And Political Theory (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume offers discussions on "key themes, as opposed to schools of thought or major theorists." Three sections cover: the most influential theoretical traditions that have emerged from the legacy of the twentieth century; the most important new and emerging frameworks of analysis today; the major theoretical problems in recent social and political theory. You may preview the contents. | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Sociology Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy (Info)
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| Producer: | Stanford University | |
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| Description: | Online-only scholarly encyclopedia, an ongoing project, with entries submitted by academic experts in the field at the invitation of the work's editors. Entries may be revised from time to time. | |
| Usage Tips: | The alphabetical Table of Contents (column on left) contains links to available entries and entries which have been assigned, but are not ready.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG): A Digital Library Of Greek Literature (Info)
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| Producer: | University of California, Irvine | |
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| Description: | The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) is a research center at the University of California, Irvine. Founded in 1972 the TLG has already collected and digitized most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era. | |
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| Tutorial: | http://www.tlg.uci.edu/help/Help.html | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Classics Literature and Language Philosophy Religion Anthropology and Archaeology | |
Year's Work In Critical And Cultural Theory (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
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| Description: | An annual narrative bibliography of work in the field of critical and cultural theory, recording significant debates and issues of interest in a broad field of research in the humanities and social sciences. Examples: Post-Modernism, Feminisms, Multiculturalism, Deconstruction, etc.
Volumes dated 1996-to-date are available online. The library also holds printed volumes. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing To read entries in the most recent volume, click on "View Current Issue." You also can peek at forthcoming articles at the "Advance Access" link.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Literature and Language Philosophy Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |