Background Information
NOTE: Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia can help you familiarize yourself with a subject, but are not considered appropriate sources for a college-level research paper.
Key Databases
- Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac Searchbank)
Scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers in disciplines ranging from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. Many with full text and images. Coverage begins in 1980.
- General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac Searchbank)
General interest database with articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Includes current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies. Coverage begins in 1980.
- Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)
Full text for over 2,000 titles includings journals, books, and other sources.
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InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy Index
Users of this collection can research different religions, philosophies and how they impact our daily lives.
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and Complement; Biological Sciences; Health and General Sciences
Full text access to back volumes of core scholarly journals in a broad range of disciplines within the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences, including both interdisciplinary and discipline-specific journals. Coverage usually begins very early, including some prior to 1900, and ends two to five years prior to present.
- Project MUSE
Full-text online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
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Proquest Religion
A comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives
including religious news and information , commentary on topics of general interest from the
perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies.
Recommended Websites
Journals:
Key Journals Available Online:
Key Journals Available at the Library:
- The Christian Century
- Commonweal
- Teaching Philosophy
Find Books and E-Books
To browse the stacks, check out these call number areas:
B: Philosophy ( General)
BC: Logic
BH: Aesthetics
BJ: Ethics
BL: Religion, Mythology, Rationalism
BM: Judaism
BP: Islam
BQ: Buddhism
BR: Christianity
BS: The Bible
Super Sources in the Reference Section:
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy / B72 C35 3003
- The Perennial dictionary of World Religions / BL31.A24
- The Encyclopedia of Religion / BL31.E46 1993
- The Harper Collins Dictionary of Religion / BL31.H29 1995
- Ethics / BJ63.E54 R845
- Encyclopedia of Values and Ethics / BJ63.H58 1996
- The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy / B41.B62 1994
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy / B51.E53 2006
- The Philosophy Student Writer’s Manual / B52.7 G78
Contact Brenda Racht at Racht@champlain.edu or 651-6987
Page Author: Brenda Racht
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