Earlham Seminar: Love, Protest, and Hope

Library Resources

November 2007

Finding general and background information

Encyclopedias can provide overviews of topics and references to other resources. Look up "love" or related topics and thinkers in the following. Also try your organization/movement.

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. 3 vols.
Ref HM 671 .E53 2007

Encyclopedia of American Social Movements. 4 vols.
Ref HN 57 .E594 2004

Encyclopedia of Christianity . 4 vols.
Ref BR 95 .E8913 1999

Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 10 vols.
Ref B 51 .E53 2006  

Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols.
Ref BF 31 .E52 2000
 
Encyclopedia of Religion. 15 vols.
Ref BL 31 .E46 2005

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. 6 vols.
Ref CB 9 .N49 2006

Oxford Companion to Christian Thought.
Ref BR 95 .O84 2000
 
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 10 vols.
Ref B 51 .R68 1998

Finding books and articles

Earlham Libraries Online Catalog  
Find books in the Earlham libraries. Try especially a Browse Search on the phrase "love religious aspects."
 
Academic Search Premier
Covers thousands of general magazines and scholarly journals on all topics. Includes the full-text of many articles.
 
ATLA Religion Database
Indexing of scholarly religion journals and book chapters. Some full-text available.
 
JSTOR
Full-text of a selective set of scholarly journals. Limit by subject area(s). Note that the latest 3-5 years are missing.
 
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Provides recent full-text of newspapers from the U.S. and around the world.
 
Philosopher's Index
Indexes scholarly journals and books in philosophy.

Finding resources on the Web

Use Google to find the website for the organization/movement you're working with in your paper. You may wish to search longer names in quotes, e.g. "Human Rights Watch," to ensure that the search prefers the words as a phrase. At a group's home page, look for mission statements, "about us" sections, newsletters, program descriptions and reports, etc.

For help evaluating websites, consider these two questions: who is the author (person or organization), and what is the goal or purpose of the site?

How to Cite Sources