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GE Cluster 21ABC: History of Modern
Thought
This page will
help you identify, locate and evaluate information for this class.
Links to sections:
History of Modern Thought
- class webpage
Writing a paper - How
to Get Started
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Selected Online Encyclopedias
Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online (UCLA only)
General encyclopedia licensed for use by the UCLA students, staff &
faculty. Some articles include links to other web sites. Copyright ©
1994-2001.
www.biography.com Commercial
site that features search access to "25,000 of the greatest lives,
past & present." Some biographies are much more detailed than
others.
Encyclopedia of world biography
Presents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.
 v.24. Gale virtual reference library. Restricted to UCLA
 v.25. Gale virtual reference library. Restricted to UCLA
 v.1-23. via Thomson Gale Gale virtual reference library. Restricted to UCLA
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Selected Websites
The Galileo Project sponsored by Rice University, Texas
TheNewton Project sponsored by the Imperial
College, London
Project Gutenberg the largest single collection of free
electronic books (over 16,000) including many titles discussed in this course.
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Selected Subject Encyclopedias
- Print Sources
Dictionary of Scientific Biography (18 vols.)
College Ref. Wall & YRL Ref: Q141.D562 1981
The Scientific Revolution: an encyclopedia
College Ref. Wall & Biomed Ref: Q127.E8 B87 2001
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
College Ref. Wall & YRL Ref: B802.W48 1996
The New Cambridge Modern History (14 vols.)
College Ref. Wall & YRL Ref: D208.N42 1957
Dictionary of the History of Ideas: studies of selected pivotal ideas
(5 vols.)
College Ref. Wall: CB5.D562
Great Books of the Western World (61 vols.)
College Ref. Case & Stacks: PN6013.G79 1990
Key Ideas in Human Thought
College Ref. Wall: B41.K48 1993
The Dictionary of Feminist Theory
College Ref. Wall:HQ1115.H85 1990 International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (19 vols.)
College Ref. Wall & YRL Ref: H40.A2.I61
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosphy (10 vols.)
College Ref. Wall & Stacks, YRL Ref.: B 51 R68 1998
The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy & Philosophers
YRL Ref. Desk: B41.U77c 1989
The Columbia History of Western Philosophy
College Library, & YRL: B72 .C593 1999
Science in Europe, 1500-1800: Secondary Sources Reader
YRL: Q127.E8 S354 2002
Isaac Newton by James Gleick
College Library & YRL: QC16. N7 G55 2003
Distilling Knowledge, Alchemy and the Scientific Revolution
Request from SRLF: QD15. M67 2005
Scientific Revolution: Aspirations and Achievements, 1500-1700
College Library: Q125.2 .J33 1999; YRL: Q125.2 .J33 1998
The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy
YRL: B801 .C345 2006
The Life of Adam Smith by Ian Simpson Ross
College Library and YRL: HB103.S6 R67 1995
The Declaration of Independence: A Global History by David Armitage
YRL: E221 .A735 2007
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Finding
Books
Find books at UCLA using the
UCLA Library Catalog.
Learn how to use it .
More information on finding books
Useful subject headings:
People:
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
- Hume, David, 1711-1776
- Locke, John, 1632-1704
- Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786
- Newton , Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
- Smith, Adam, 1723-1790
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
Movements &
Topics:
- Enlightenment
- Europe —Civilization—History
- Europe —Intellectual life
- Feminism History
- France --History--Revolution, 1789-1799
- Great Britain--History-- Civil War , 1642-1649.
- Industrial revolution
- Philosophy--History
- Philosophy, Modern
- Political science--History
- Political Science—Philosophy
- Religion—Philosophy
- Revolutions
- Science--History
- Science—Philosophy
- Sociology--History
- Sociology—Philosophy
- Technology--History
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Finding
Articles
Find
article indexes by subject
Useful article indexes
Expanded Academic
ASAP 1980 - present
Francis
Index
to English Literary Periodicals 1681 to 1914
JSTOR
History of Science, Technology & Medicine
PCI
: Periodicals contents index
Philosopher's
Index
Poole's
Plus: The Digital Index of the 19th Century
Social
Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) via Web of Knowledge
Scholarly
vs. Popular Articles
How
to read a citation
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Periodical
Shelving Locations
Locate magazines, journals,
and newspapers in UCLA libraries.
Locate periodicals at UCLA
using the Library Catalog (
learn how to use)
Locate periodicals at UCLA
using CDL Periodical Titles (
learn how to use)
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Using
Information Effectively
How to Write a Research
Paper
Plagarism
How Not to Plagarize
Writing Style Manuals
Thesauri & Dictionaries
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Other
Sources
Clark
Memorial Library - A rare books and manuscripts collection, with particular
strengths in English literature, philosophy, science and history (1641-1800)
Located off campus. Freshmen welcome!
Need
Help? Ask a Librarian!
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Visitors since 10/17/2003: 
Resources selected
by: Diane Mizrachi, Librarian
Liaison for GE 021
Last updated: September 25, 2007 |
