Selected Resources for Public Reasoning and Communication

Submitted by beecheym on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 15:16

Selected Resources for Public Reasoning and Communication

Finding Books | News & Article Sources | Finding Journals
Other Pages: Evaluating Web Sites | Brief Guide to Citations

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg:EZRA
At other Ohio LibrariesOhioLINK Catalog
In North America For ILLWorldCat

Reference Works

Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
Ref. BJ 63 .E44 1998
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Ref. KF 154 .W47 2005
Also look for subject specific dictionaries and encyclopedias
Various call numbers. Great sources for overviews and definitions
Credo Reference
Online Reference Books -- great place to look for good definitions of terms
Wikipedia
Of variable reliability, but great for very current information. Always use in conjunction with other sources to verify information.

News and current events in indexes, databases and web sites


Academic Search CompleteIndexes about 2000 periodicals -- both scholarly journals and popular magazines; covers 1986-Present, with some fulltext coverage starting in the early 1990s.
Philosopher's IndexArticles on philosophy, including ethics
EconLitArticles on economics
SocINDEXIndex to articles on Sociology
Sociological CollectionIndex to articles on Sociology

Locating Journals:

At Wittenberg: See our online list of Journals the Library Has

Contact the reference desk for research assistance or fill out this form to request an appointment with a librarian.
Compiled by Ken Irwin.

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