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History 3440: The Loss of Faith

 

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Print Sources:

 

Reference works:

Call Number Title
Ref. AHA Guide to Historical Literature (2 vols)
D20 Try starting your research here: you'll have a sense of some of the most important articles and books on your topic.
. A55
 
 
Ref. New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (5 vols)
CB9
.N49
 
Ref.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (10 vols)

.B51  
.R68

 

You should also search the catalog to see if you can discover other books on your topic. For help searching the catalog, check out our explanation sheet.

 

When searching the catalog, try experimenting with subject searches; start with one of the following suggestions and start narrowing your search from there:

  • the name of your philosopher
  • secularization or secularism

 

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Finding Database Articles:

History and Philosophy Databases

  • Jstor is a full-text archive of scholarly essays in a range of subjects. The archives will span every issue of a journal ever publised except the most current 5 years (or so.) This is a great databse to use to track changes in the way that scholars have viewed many topics.
  • Project Muse is a full-text database that covers the most recent 5-10 years of several journals in the humanities.
  • Sage Premier is a full-text database which has some philosophical articles in it, and may be worth your time to search.
  • ATLA covers theological topics, including secularization. This could be a good place to get a religious viewpoint on your topic as well.

 

General Databases you can also search:

  • Academic Search Premier also has a wide range of scholarly and popular sources, all of which are worth a look.
  • If you pick a philosopher who is also studied in another discipline (such as Darwin) try the databases in that subject area as well.

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