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Prof. Bindu Malieckal and Librarian Judy Romein
Spring 2007
This is a guide to selected sources of information related to "Non-Western Portraits of Human Greatness" in the Geisel Library. It is meant as a starting point for your research. For further research assistance, please take advantage of the reference services available to you in the Geisel Library. Stop by the Reference Desk in person or online at Ask a Librarian.
The reference librarians have created a group of Web pages named Research Help, and a tutorial called Searchpath, designed to help teach you the basics of library research and to introduce you to Geisel Library. On the Research Help pages, you will find a guide on Research Basics and a helpful guide about evaluating your Web sources, Judging What You Find. Please take advantage of these resources.
Reference books are shelved by Library of Congress call number in the reference stacks near the reference desk. They may not be checked out, but photocopiers are available on the lower level of the Library. Online reference sources can be found in the library catalog, or listed on Reference E-Resources.
Oxford Reference Online – The Place to Start
Contains electronic versions of commonly used Oxford dictionaries, encyclopedias and subject reference works.
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
This is a unique resource that offers cross-cultural and interdisciplinary insight into the ideas that have shaped humanity and history. In over 750 articles, distinguished scholars from numerous fields discuss the evolution of our thinking about important concepts such as capitalism, justice, and mysticism. The articles also address how these ideas have shaped our social and cultural institutions over time.
Ref CB5 .D52 (print version)
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Find overviews on a wide variety of topics by searching this online encyclopedia. Besides the search feature, there is also a helpful subject browse, timeline browse, and online atlas. Try the Workspace feature to create a customized page for a research project.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
More than 2,000 articles from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy are now available online, making this an excellent source of background information for research in philosophy and related fields. The editors periodically add new entries written by leading scholars and also provide links to other sites and resources on the web, as well as updates of key entries. REF B51 .R68 (print version)
Masterpieces of World Philosophy
Ref B75 .M37
Encyclopedia of Religion
Ref BL31 .E46
Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions
Ref BL2210.5 .N36
Concise Encyclopedia of Islam
Ref BP40.G42
Muslim Almanac: A Reference Work on the History, Faith, Culture, and Peoples of Islam
Ref BP40 .M83
Contemporary Islamic Revival: A Critical Survey and Bibliography
Ref BP60.H32
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Ref DS4 .E53 2002 (6 Volumes)
Encyclopedia of Asian History
Ref DS31 .E53
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Ref DS35.53 .O95
Cambridge History of Islam
Ref DS35.6 .C3
World of Islam
General Collection DS36.85 I75
Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal,
Bhutan, and the Maldives
Ref DS334.9.C36 1989
Cultural Atlas of China
Ref DS721 .B56
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Ref DS 779.23 .E53
Cultural Atlas of Japan
Ref DS821 .C62
China's New Cultural Scene
Ref DS 779.23 .H8613
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan
Ref DS805 .C36
Encyclopedia of African History
Ref DT20 .E53 3 volumes
Dictionary of African Historical Biography
Ref DT352.6 .L56
Australian People
Ref DU120 .A718
Literature Resource Center
Find biographical information on authors, as well as bibliographies, plot summaries, and literary criticism of their works. Also get full-text articles from more than 100 literary journals. More than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers are covered here. This site also provides links to the Encyclopedia of Literature and a Literary-Historical Timeline.
World Literature and its Time
Ref PJ 307 .M67
Encyclopedia of Indian Literature
Ref PK 2903 .G36
Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India
Ref PK5416 .H27
Dictionary of Oriental Literatures
Ref PJ31 .D55 3 volumes
Guide to Chinese Literature
Ref PL 2271 .I3413
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Ref ML 105 .B16
Classical Music
Ref ML156.9 .C58
Peking Opera Painted Faces
Ref ML 1751 .C5 Z46
Encyclopedia of World Art
Ref N31 .E533
Art History
Ref N5300 .S923
How to Find Biographies
Current Biography
Ref CT100 .C8 (1940 – present)
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Subject headings Suggestions to use in searching the Catalog:
- Philosophy, Chinese
- China – Intellectual life
- Confucius
- Murasaki Shikibu
- The Tale of Genji
- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. – Influence
- Capac
- East Asia – Civilization
- Civilization, Oriental – History
- Japanese literature – History and criticism
Keyword Suggestions to use in searching the Catalog:
- Biography and Leader*
- Cleopatra and literature
- Manco Capac
- Capac and (Peru or Inca)
Use the *(asterisk) as a truncation symbol to retrieve variant forms of a word root. Use the Boolean OR to expand your search by including synonyms and related terms. When using two different Boolean commands in the same search statement ("and" and "or" in the preceding examples) you must include parentheses to indicate which command is to be performed first.
Some General Collection books found using Subject and Keyword searches in the Catalog:
On Sacred Grounds: Culture, Society, Politics, and the Formation of the Cult of Confucius BL1858 .O5
Confucius: The Secular as Sacred B128.C8 F48 1998
The Stoics B528.S68
Fifty Major Thinkers on Education: From Confucius to Dewey LB17 .F56 2001
Freedom of Religion, Apostasy, and Islam BP173.65 .S26 2004
The Philosophical Traditions of India B131.R345 1972
Understanding the Chinese Mind: The Philosophical Roots B126.U45 1989
Tao of the Huainan Masters BJ1290.8 .T37
If you are unable to locate materials in the Geisel Library Catalog, search libraries worldwide using WorldCat.
Academic Search Premier
This is the world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database. Search here for citations and abstracts in areas including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more. (Coverage varies by publication. Click on Publications tab for more information.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch)
This index provides citations to more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals, which include articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, and reviews. Note the cited references feature, which may enhance your search. (1980-current)
ATLA Religion Database
This database is an essential resource for research in theology and humanities, and covers all religious traditions, though the strongest coverage is for materials dealing with the Judeo-Christian tradition. It provides citations and some full-text articles on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. (1949-current)
Contemporary Women's Issues
The focus here is women's health and human rights issues in over 150 countries. This database provides full-text articles and citations from books, journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups and government and international agencies.
(1992-current)
Historical Abstracts
This index provides abstracts to key history journals from around the globe, covering world history from 1450 to the present (excluding North America, which is covered in America: History & Life-see above). Historical Abstracts includes citations from books, dissertations, and a targeted selection of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Browse CLIO Notes for a chronology, overview of listed topics, and bibliography. (1954-current)
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Find full-text newspaper articles from local, national, and international papers. Gain access to full-text law reviews, company news and financial information, medical information, laws and regulations, polls and surveys, and general reference information, such as country and state profiles and entries from a searchable world almanac.
MLA International Bibliography
From the Modern Language Association of America, this index, dating back to the 1920s, contains over 1.8 million citations pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore. (1920's-current)
User Guide EBSCO Alert Guide
New York Times – Current
Full-text of articles published in the New York Times from June 1, 1980 through current; the Final New York City Edition (Lexis-Nexis).
New York Times – Historical
You can get full-text access to every page of the New York Times, from 1851 to 2003. The searchable collection includes digital reproductions, so that even advertisements and political cartoons from every available issue may be viewed. (1851-2003)
Philosopher's Index
The premier international resource in philosophy, this database contains over 160,000 citations with abstracts to journal articles as well as books. The advanced search allows you to limit your results to English-language text or to journal articles only. (1940-current) Journal List User Guide
Project MUSE
This database offers all full-text articles from over 300 peer-reviewed journals; subjects include humanities, arts, medicine, mathematics, social sciences, and more. (See Journal List for dates of coverage.)
PsycINFO
Search for titles and summaries of articles (from more than 1,700 journals), chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. This is also a good source of information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, physiology, pharmacology, sociology, education, nursing, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. (1887-current)
PubMed
PubMed is database of biomedical citations and abstracts that includes Medline (see above). Use this database to search for citations to articles that aren't in Medline because they're outside of that database's scope-for example, citations to general science and general chemistry journals. It also contains some citations that aren't in Medline: current citations not yet added and older citations. In some cases, this database also provides links to full-text articles and will also provide links to citations to related articles. Further information on PubMed and Medline.
Religious and Theological Abstracts
Search here for citations and summaries of articles appearing in scholarly religion and theology journals from around the world-Christian, Jewish, and other world religions are covered. Abstracts have been classified as Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Practical. (1958-current)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Search this database for citations and abstracts from literature in political science and its related fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. Coverage includes books, dissertations, international journals, and book and software reviews. One special feature of this database is linked reference citing: references cited in the bibliography of the source article accompany the citations that have been added to the database since 2001, and for all journals added since 2004. (1975-current) Database Guide
See the library's How To Cite Your Sources guide for resources on how to properly cite research materials. Always confirm the style required by your instructor.
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