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EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY: a guide to resources in Memorial Library
Intellectual history has much in common with political theory, philosophy, religion, and other subjects which deal with ideas. When you are looking for library materials, if you take advantage of these connections you will find a web of reference materials, journals, and databases that will help you go further with your study of intellectual history.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries / Important Journals / Journal Databases / Madcat Tips / Going Further / Guides to Reference Resources / Browsing Areas
BASIC RESOURCES
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES:
These are especially useful for providing an overview of a subject, as well as for identifying themes, terms, names, etc. Often they include a list of important basic books as well.
GENERAL
Dictionary of the history of ideas; studies of selected pivotal ideas. 5 vols. Memorial Library Reference Wall Cases / Call Number: CB5 D52
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 19 vols. Memorial Library Reference Wall Cases and Reference Desk / Call Number: H 40 A2 I5
PHILOSOPHY
The Encyclopedia of philosophy. 8 vols. Memorial Library Reference Desk / Call Number: B41 E5
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. 1998. 10 vols. Memorial Library Reference Wall Cases / Call Number: B51 R68 1998 . Also on CD-ROM in Memorial Library Reference CD-ROM area.
The Oxford companion to philosophy. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: B51 O94 1995.
RELIGION
Encyclopedia of religion. 16 vols. Memorial Library Reference Wall Cases / Call Number: BL31 E46 1987
Encyclopaedia of religion and ethics. 13 vols. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: BL31 E4 1955
Encyclopaedia Judaica. 16 vols. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Room / Call Number: DS102.8 E496 Also on CD-ROM in Memorial Library Reference CD-ROM area.
New Catholic Encyclopedia. 19 vols. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: BX841 N42
Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic church.[1907-12] 15 vols. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: BX841 C25 . Also available on the Internet at: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
Encyclopedia of Islam. 10 vols. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: DS 37 E5
SPECIAL
TOPICS
Ethics:
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: BJ63 A66 1998
Encyclopedia of Values and Ethics. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: BJ63 H47 1996
The Enlightenment:
Wilson, Ellen Judy. Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: B802 W48 1996
Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une sociéte de gens de lettres : mis en ordre & publié par M. Diderot ; & quant à la partie mathématique, par M. d'Alembert. Compact edition. 5 vols. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: AE25 E566 1985 1777 edition is available in Special Collections, 9th floor of Memorial Library.
Marxism, Communism:
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 31 volumes. Memorial Library Reference Wall Cases/ Call Number: AE5 B58
Marxism, Communism, and Western society; a comparative encyclopedia. 8 volumes. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: AE5 M27
IMPORTANT JOURNALS:
COLLECTIONS
OF FULL-TEXT JOURNALS:
These are available via the: "Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Databases" pick on the Library Website. The collections listed below are especially useful for intellectual history because you can search the complete text of articles in a variety of relevant journals, and read the entire article online.
- PROJECT MUSE
Includes recent issues of: Journal of the History of Ideas, Eighteenth-Century Studies, History&Memory, etc.
- JSTOR
Includes earlier years (usually more than 2-3 years old) of: Journal of the History of Ideas, Eighteenth-Century Studies, Renaissance Quarterly, Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Proceedings of the American Political Science Association, Speculum etc.
JOURNAL DATA BASES (FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES):
These
are available via the: "Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Databases"
pick on the Library Website.
- HISTORICAL
ABSTRACTS // ABOUT
This is the most important resource for finding articles in scholarly historical journals. If you are interested in the Medieval period, you should use: IMB - International Medieval Bibliography, available on CD-ROM in Memorial Reference.
- WEB OF SCIENCE: ARTS AND HUMANITIES // ABOUT
Includes a broad cross-section of scholarly journals useful for intellectual history. In addition to the usual search methods such as keyword and author, you can also search by *cited reference* (i.e. works listed in footnotes) to find articles which are relevant to the work or person you are interested in. If your subject involves politics or political theory use: Web of Science: Social Sciences in addition to the Arts and Humanities section.
- ATLA RELIGION DATABASE // ABOUT
ATLA Religion Database is only available via campus library computers. Focus is on theology and religion.
- PHILOSOPHER'S INDEX
// ABOUT
Important for all aspects of philosophy, including political theory.
- PCI: PERIODICALS CONTENTS INDEX // ABOUT
Citations constructed from tables of contents of journals from the 1800's until the 1990's. Very useful for retrieving older information.
IMPORTANT: For the intellectual historian, there is still much useful information in older journals which are not searchable by means of online databases. Older, print indexes to periodicals can sometimes be helpful in leading you to just the article you need. If you do not find what you need in online journal databases, be sure to consult with reference librarians for other possibilities
MADCAT TIPS:
TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE SUBJECT APPROACH. General keyword searching sometimes
is too broad for intellectual history topics.
Try the concept you are interested in as a Subject first, before going on to try a keyword search. Many key concepts are established as subject terms in library catalogs.
For example: Subject= Freedom of Speech
Subject = Freedom of Religion
Subject = Marxism
Subject = Dialectical Materialism
all retrieve useful results. If the subject approach does not work, then try your concept in a KEYWORD search.
Take advantage of your need to know about PEOPLE. Library catalogs are readily searchable under the names of individuals. Do a MADCAT search by author or by subject for the person you are interested in.
For example:
Author = Locke, John will bring up all the works by him. If you don't find the one you need, look for "complete works" or "collected works" under his name.
Subject = Locke, John will bring up everything about him
GOING FURTHER
Listed above are some of the most basic resources for the intellectual historian. But there are many more. If you want to go further, you may want to browse the shelves in the Reference area on the second floor of Memorial Library,or the stacks in Memorial Library. Another approach is to make use of some of the guides to reference resources, both general and specialized, which point the way to additional materials.
GUIDES
TO REFERENCE RESOURCES:
- Guide to reference books / edited by Robert Balay. 1996. Memorial Library Reference Desk / Call Number: Z1035.1 G89 1996
- Philosophy: a guide to the reference literature. 1997. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / Call Number: B72 B9 1997
- Political science: a guide to reference and information sources. 1990. Memorial LIbrary Reference Stacks / Call Number: JA71 Y67 1990
- Religious information sources: a worldwide guide. 1992. Memorial Library Reference Stacks / BL48 M38 1992
BROWSING
AREAS:
Here are some of the call numbers that are often useful for intellectual history.
- Philosophy: B. BC, BD, BH, BJ
- Religion: BL, BM, BR, BX
- History: D through DJ (Countries of Europe)
- Social Sciences: HN (social history), HQ (family and women), HX (Socialism, Communism, Anarchism), JC (political theory)
Compiled for History 600: Fall, 2000
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