Print materials in the North Library What? Task Definition 1. What is my research question? 2. What do I already know? 3. What information do I need? What is my philosopher's name? What kind of philosopher was he? His major ideas? When did he live? Where did he live? Tell about the life of your philosopher by getting biographical information. What novels, plays or poetry were being written during the time he lived? What was happening at the time in history? How did that influence or get reflected in the novels, plays and poems of the time? Where? Search Plan 1. What type of information do I need? For example: general, in depth, current, historical, biographical, issue oriented, other? 2. Review suggested resources, circle ones that fit, prioritize your list. 3. Evaluate resources for significance, accuracy, currency, authority. Books on Reserve 100 Wea Young person's guide to philosophy 109 Sol A passion for wisdom 109 Tho Understanding the great philosophers Reference Books Ref 809.04 Wor Index to Wilson Author's Series (Indexes 11 volumns covering authors world wide.) Ref 028.5 Adl The Great Ideas Program Ref 082 Gre Great Books of the Western World Ref 103 Enc The Encyclopedia of Philosophy (v.1-3,5-8) Ref 108 Mag Masterpieces of World philosophy Ref 109 Rus The History of Western Philosophy Ref 700.202 Bro Timelines of the Arts amd Literature Ref 809 Lit Literature and Its Times (5v) Ref 809 Cyc Cyclopedia of World Authors (4v) Ref 809.7003 Sno Encyclopedia of Satirical Literature Ref 809.919 Lee Encyclopedia of Allergorical Literature Ref 809 Pen The Penquin companion to European Literature How? Location & Access 1. Jot down rich words that relate to your topic. 2. Check your words, change your words if your search fails. 3. Focus your search by looking for relationships between elements in your research question. Words to try for keyword or SUBJECT searching the North Library catalog. The Subject Headings below may work to locate literary critical interpretive information, biographical, historical, and philosophical information. Substitute your author/philosopher's name where a name is used to locate information on his/her life or works. Search, also by the type of philosophy such as idealism. AMERICAN LITERATURE--HISTORY AND CRITICISM AUTHORS, AMERICAN AUTHORS, AMERICAN--BIOGRAPHY AUTHORS, ENGLISH AUTHORSHIP CLASSICAL LITERATURE CLASSICAL LITERATURE--DICTIONARIES ENGLISH LITERATURE--HISTORY AND CRITICISM HISTORY IN LITERATURE IDEALISM LITERATURE LITERATURE--HISTORY AND CRITICISM LOCAL COLOR IN LITERATURE PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY, ANCIENT THOREAU THOREAU--CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION Some Dewey numbers useful for this assignment 100 Philosophy 800 Literature 809 History and criticism 810 American Literature 820 English Literature

Online materials Library Catalog Find books fast! North Library Online Databases Easy access to current information from reliable , authoritative sources. Home access passwords available from Mrs. Leeson Infotrac magazines, health, literature,history Gale Virtual Reference Library- Reference books Ten titles. New! EBSCOhost magazines, health, images World Book Online encyclopedia, atlas Cyberography Selected Web sites Philosophers Basics plus links EpistemeLinks.com Search by time period or alphabetical The Window Historical significance and further information Individual Philosophers Alphabetical index Cyberography made available by Mrs. Leeson, Librarian Citation Maker Helps you state exactly from where you got your ideas and information.

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