IN140: Good and Evil: Investigating Aggression and Altruism Research Guide
Background Information
Books
Databases
Background Information
In Emerson's Reference collection you will find encyclopedias, handbooks, and dictionaries that address the philosophical, religious, and ethical questions behind the concepts of Good and Evil. You will also find reference materials about specific topics such as the Holocaust and the Ku Klux Klan. Some of the important general sources are listed here.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy [X] B41 .E5 (8 volumes plus supplement)
Encyclopedia of Religion [X] BL31 .E46 1987 (16 volumes)
Ethics [X] BJ63 .E54 1994 (3 volumes)
Encyclopedia of Ethics [X] BJ63 .E45 1992 (2 volumes)
Books
The following subject headings will be useful in searching for books and media materials in the Library Catalog.
You can search for writings by a person by doing an Author search, or do a Subject heading search for materials about the person. When searching in the Library Catalog for a person, you must enter their last name first: Hume David or Mill John Stuart. Punctuation is not required.
Databases
For a topic like Good and Evil, a wide range of databases may be of use. Here are a few good ones to start with.
Academic Search Premier
Social sciences, humanities, business, general science, and education. Includes some full-text.Expanded Academic ASAP
Humanities, social sciences, science, and communications. Includes some full-text. 1980 to date.Issues and Controversies
Current in-depth information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.JSTOR
Complete full-text back issues of hundreds of core journals in the Arts and Sciences.Project MUSE
Full-text of over 100 journals in classics, culture, education, film, performing arts, history, literature, religion, and theater.PsycARTICLES
Full text of 42 journals from the American Psychological Association.PsycINFO
The key database for behavioral and psychological journals and publications. It provides indexing back to 1887. Combine a search in PsycINFO with a search in PsycARTICLES to include the full text of articles published in all journals of the American Psychological Association back to 1985.
