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| Description: | A digital archive of over 1,100 important scholarly journals. All issues of each journal are included in full-text except for the most recent 2-to-5 years, based on JSTOR's agreement with the journal's publisher.
August 2009 update: JSTOR is developing Data for Research, a tool for analysis of the content of the database. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching The opening Advanced Search page presents 4 options for searching through the full text of all articles. You can change one or more these options to search through authors' names, words in article titles, words in article abstracts, or words in captions.
To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) to substitute for missing letters. Example: modern* finds modern, modernism, moderns, modernistic, etc. To find articles containing two or more words, connect the search terms with AND. Example: terror* AND nationalis* To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose search terms in quotation marks. Example: "vernacular architecture" Results and Printing The list of articles resulting from a search is displayed in order of relevance (the number of appearances and prominence of your search terms), but can be re-sorted by publication date. To print an article, click on the "PDF" option. | |
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| Descriptors: | Music Economics and Business - General History -- United States Humanities - General Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Economics Theater .General (any topic) Women's and Gender Studies History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Connect to: Philosopher's Index
| Producer: | Philosopher's Information Center / Ebsco | |
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| Description: | Indexes scholarly research in all areas of philosophy, back to 1940. | |
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| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Classics Humanities - General Philosophy Religion Politics -- General Bioethics Islamic Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Religion And Philosophy Collection (Info)
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| 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 | |
21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2011) contains nearly 100 signed entries designed "to provide undergraduate majors in political science with an authoritative reference source that will serve their research needs with far more detailed information than short encyclopedia entries, but not so much jargon, detail, or density as a journal article or a research handbook chapter. Consists of five broad sections: General Approaches; Comparative Politics; International Relations; Political Science Methodology; Political Thought; American Politics. | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge Companion To Feminism In Philosophy (Info)
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| 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. | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Women's and Gender Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge Companion To Tocqueville (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Collections Online | |
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| Description: | This 2006 volume, edited by Cheryl Welch, "contains a set of critical interpretive essays by internationally renowned scholars on the work of Alexis de Tocqueville." 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. | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge Companions Online (Info)
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| 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)
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| 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. | |
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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 History Of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Histories Online | |
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| Description: | 2006 volume "provides a comprehensive overview of the development of western political thought during the European enlightenment." You may preview the contents. | |
| 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: | Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge History Of Nineteenth-century Political Thought (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Histories Online | |
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| Description: | Published in 2011, this is a "comprehensive survey of political thought in Europe, North America and Asia in the century following the French Revolution," with 26 authoritative essays on themes and major figures. You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with searching, printing, and e-mailing Cambridge Histories Online e-books, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge History Of Political Thought (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| 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)
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| 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. | |
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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 Political Philosophy: Methods, Tools, Topics (Info)
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| 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 | |
Concise Oxford Dictionary Of Politics (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Third edition (2009) contains about 1,700 entries, covering "the whole multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory, including political thinkers, history, institutions, and concepts, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics... [and] areas such as international relations, political science, political economy, and methodologies." | |
| 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: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Dictionary Of The History Of Ideas (Info)
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| 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 | |
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 Philosophy (Macmillan) (Info)
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| 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 Science (Info)
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| Producer: | Congressional Quarterly Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Five-colume set (2010) was prepared with the assistance of the American Political Science Association. It contains about 1,500 alphabetically-arranged, signed entries (including one contributed by Washington and Lee Professor Mark Rush) on "political theories, concepts, research frameworks, and political practices from across the world."
Purchase was made possible by funds from the Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Encyclopedia Of Political Theory (Info)
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| 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)
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| 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 Social Theory (Info)
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| 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)
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| 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." | |
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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)
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| 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. | |
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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 Key Thinkers In International Relations (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2008) contains critical and biographical essays on some of the important figures who have "shed new theoretical and empirical light on international events of the past ten years." Entries are grouped by subject sections -- "Realism," "Constructivism," "Feminism," etc. | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Fifty Major Political Thinkers (Info)
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| 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. | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
History Of Political Theory: An Introduction (Info)
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| 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 The Social Sciences (Info)
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| Producer: | Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | This second edition (2008), consisting of nine volumes, is the major revision of the first edition of this title and its predecessor, to which we also have online access. It specializes in coverage of "scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition," containing "nearly 3,000 entirely new articles... contributed by thousands of scholars (including several Nobel prize winners)." You may view the table of contents here.
Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund. | |
| 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 9 volumes, beginning with "Abortion-Congitive Dissonance." You may open the contents of any section of these volumes 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: consum* finds consume, consumer, consumption, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Religion Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- General Economics Women's and Gender Studies Poverty Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Internship Resources At W&L (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
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| Description: | Here are resources available to Washington and Lee students which will help to identify internship opportunities, particularly in politics, journalism, and related fields. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
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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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 the appropriate plus-sign (+) to open the chapter you want. You also can browse the book's Index by clicking on "Index" in the left-hand column and then clicking on thedesired 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 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. | |
| 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 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. | |
| 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"). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| 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"). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Religion Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Oxford Handbook Of World Philosophy (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Handbooks Online | |
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| Description: | Signed essays in this 2011 volume offer scholarly introductions to over 30 major non-European philosophical traditions, beginning with Chinese philosophy and continuing through indigenous envionmental philosophy. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Oxford Handbooks Online interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Oxford Handbook Of The History Of Political Philosophy (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Handbooks Online | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume contains 50 original essays, "each specially written by a leading figure in the field," providing "not only surveys of the state of research but substantial pieces that engage with, and move forward, current debates." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Oxford Handbooks Online interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
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. | |
| 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 the appropriate letter of the alphabet to open the alphabetical list of entries. 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 Politics -- General Politics -- Political 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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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Connect to: Politics: The Basics
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Fourth edition (2008) serves an introduction to modern politics, with reviews of such concepts as "Schools of Political Science" and "Why Should I Obey the State?" | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Princeton Encyclopedia Of Islamic Political Thought (Info)
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| Producer: | Princeton University Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | 2013 volume contains over 400 entries "on the origins and evolution of Islamic political ideas and related subjects, covering central terms, concepts, personalities, movements, places, and schools of thought across Islamic history." You may preview the contents. | |
| 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: | Islamic Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
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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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| 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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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| 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. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| 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.
The Projected Table of Contents also includes topics not yet assigned to an author. The basic "Search the SEP" option (left column) enables you to search through the contents of the database. To search for entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the search terms within quotation marks. Example: "leo strauss" The "Advanced Search" option (beneath the basic search) allows you to search for terms within entry titles and/or the names of entry authors. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
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| Description: | Washington and Lee University Library blog covering new resources and other news for our Politics faculty and students. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |