Philosophy and Religion 387: Religion and Science
(Dr. Jennifer Jesse)
Library Resources Web Page
Librarian:
Lisa M. Glaubitz
Office: Reference Office 107D, Pickler Memorial Library
Phone: 785-7412
e-mail:
glaubitz@truman.edu
Reference Works and
General
Collection
Searching the
Library Catalog
Finding Journal Articles
On the Web
Citation Style Manuals
and Writing Guides
I. Reference Works
(listed in call number order)
Dictionary
of Philosophy and Religion
Reference B41 .R43 1980
Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
Reference B 51 .C58 2000
Larousse
Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions
Reference BL 31 .D53 1994
Encyclopedia of Religion (New
title)
Reference BL 31 .E46
2005 , 15 vols.
Dictionary of Religious Terms
Reference BL 31 .K34
The
Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Reference BL 31 .O84 1997
Encyclopedia of Science and
Religion (New title)
Reference BL 240.3 .E43
2003 (2 vols.)
The History of Science and Religion in the Western
Tradition
Reference
BL 245 .H57 2000
Encyclopedia
of American Religious History
Reference BL 2525 .Q44 1996
(2 vols.)
Dictionary of Concepts in the Philosophy of
Science
Reference
Q 174.7 .D87 1988
II.
General Collection
(alphabetical order by author)
Works
Concerning the Philosophy of Science and the Philosophy of Religion
Curd, Martin, and
J.A. Cover, eds. Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues
Q 175 .P5129
1998
Godfrey-Smith, Peter. Theory and
Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (New title)
Q 175 .G596
2003
Machamer,
Peter and Michael Silberstein, eds. The Blackwell Guide to the
Philosophy of Science (New title)
Q 175 .B56 2002
Ratzsch, Delvin Lee. Philosophy of Science: The Natural Sciences in
Christian Perspective
BL
240.2 .R34 1986
Salmon,
Merrilee H. et al. Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Q
175 .I633 1999
Stewart, David. Exploring the
Philosophy of Religion
BL 51 .E96
1998
Yandell,
Keith E. Philosophy of Religion: A Contemporary Introduction
BL 51 .Y275
1999
Religion and Science--History
Dillenberger, John. Protestant
Thought and Natural Science: A Historical Interpretation
BL 240.2 .D5 1960
Science
and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives
BL 245. .B77 1991
Livingstone,
David N., D.G. Hart, and Mark A. Noll. Evangelicals
and Science in Historical Perspective
BL 245 .E93 1999
III. Searching
the Library Catalog
The above is just a sampling of our library's collection
in these topics.
Here are a few searching tips for locating books in Pickler Library:
Searching by Keyword
We almost always begin a search on a
new topic with a keyword search. This applies to all
electronic databases (catalogs, journal indexes and web search engines). There are a
few tips you want to keep in mind:
Use AND to combine different or
distinct concepts and to narrow your results:
creationism AND evolution
religion AND science AND history
creationism AND evolution AND evidence
judeo-christian AND natural science*
catholicism AND biotechnology
Use OR to combine concepts that are somewhat similar
in meaning if you need to broaden your search:
conflict OR dissonance
scripture OR bible
sacred OR spiritual
You
can tailor your search by using AND and OR together in a "nested" search:
science AND
(Christianity OR Christian theology)
science AND (miracles OR God )
reason AND (belief OR faith)
More search
tips. . .
- The asterisk * is a "truncation" symbol and allows for plurals and other
variations of a term to be retrieved. For
example, typing in Christian* will retrieve Christian or Christians or
Christianity
- If you type in multiple terms without using AND or OR
in between them, the catalog will first retrieve records that have your terms as
a phrase in
the title. For example, a keyword search for natural sciences
will first bring up items that contain the phrase natural sciences somewhere in the
title of the work. It will then look for that exact phrase in other
fields such as the table of contents, summary and eventually subject heading. If the search
cannot find the exact phrase somewhere in the record,
it will default to an "AND" search and then to an "OR" search.
- If you want to retrieve ONLY those records that
contain your terms as an exact phrase, simply place your terms within
quotation marks:
Keyword search for "natural
sciences"
produces 162 results
versus
Keyword
search for natural sciences produces 389 results
Searching by Subject
Heading:
Keyword searching is a handy and easy way to begin searching in a catalog or
database, as you can simply use terms you are familiar with or that you
have learned in your course.
However, finding relevant subject headings
may facilitate a
more focused search and also help eliminate
"irrelevant" items that are sometimes
retrieved by keyword searches. The example below demonstrates how
important searching by subject can be:
Example:
In the library
catalog, we do this keyword search: creation AND debates.
We retrieve 15 results.
Notice that our results are
ranked from "Most relevant" (record number 1) to "highly relevant"
(record number 2) to "very relevant (records 3-15). Record number 1
does look relevant (Creation-Evolution Debates). However, record
number 2 ("highly relevant") and record number 4 ("very relevant") do not deal with creation and debates
within the disciplines we are interested in. The first deals with the federal
judiciary and the other with the creation of the Constitution! They were
considered "highly relevant" simply because the terms we used showed up in the
title of the second item and the summary
of the fourth item. Indeed, there are not many relevant books based on our
keyword search. In this case, where the keyword search retrieves many irrelevant
items, focus on those that are most useful and examine its
subject headings.
The record below is for number one, which appeared to be quite relevant to our
topic:
|
Title |
Creation-evolution
debates / edited
with introductions by Ronald L. Numbers. |
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Published |
New York : Garland Pub.,
1995. |
|
| |
Series Introduction |
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| |
Volume Introduction |
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"God and Evolution" / William Jennings
Bryan |
1 |
| |
"Evolution and Religion" / Henry
Fairfield Osborn |
9 |
| |
"Bryan and Evolution" / Edwin Grant
Conklin |
15 |
| |
Evolution Versus
Creation / John Roach Straton,
Charles Francis Potter |
21 |
| |
Is Evolution True? / George McCready
Price, Joseph McCabe |
133 |
| |
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One of the subject headings listed for this
book is
Evolution--Religious Aspects--Christianity
When can click on this subject link to see what items the
library has under this specific heading. We will discover that while here are only
fourteen items, we can be assured that they have some relevancy to our basic
topic of creation and debates. Also, once you click on a subject heading,
you will see other headings (broader and narrower) listed on the screen.
There may be others that you notice that might work even better for your topic.
Again, remember that subject searching can be very
important in locating the most relevant materials for your topic.
Subject headings that
may have relevance to this course:
religion and science
religion and science--history
natural theology
bible and science
bible and evolution
faith
and reason--christianity
science--philosophy
religion--philosophy
Don't forget
MOBIUS for finding books that
our library does not have, as well as
Interlibrary Loan
for journal articles not available here. If you need assistance in using any of
these services, please come by the Reference Desk, first floor, or call the
Reference Desk at 785-4051.
IV. Finding Journal Articles
There are several journal indexes that
will be useful for finding scholarly articles in the area of religion and science,
philosophy of science, etc. You can get to these from the library's home page
under " Articles/Databases." You can access these from
any of the computers on campus (in the library or elsewhere), or from off
campus, by connecting through the VPN network, Proxy server or dial-up
system. Click
here for
instructions on setting up your computer for remote access.
Most relevant databases for article citations and abstracts are:ATLA
Religion
Philosopher's
Index
(This database allows for one user at
a time, so you might have to try at a later time if it is "busy.")
Humanities
Abstracts
For some of the citations that you retrieve in the above databases, a link
to the full-text may be available (to JSTOR, Ingenta, or other full text
providers).
JSTOR
This is a collection of full text journals and includes many in the areas of
philosophy, religion, and science. To better focus your search in one
or several of these areas, click on the "Advanced Search" link and then
scroll down to the list of disciplines. Simply select the discipline(s)
in which you want to perform your search.
In all of these databases, you can apply the basic
search techniques as you do for searching the library catalog (using AND, OR
and nesting). Truncation symbols may differ.
Other useful databases may include:
Historical
Abstracts
America: History and Life
sample entry from Historical Abstracts:
Both ATLA Religion and Humanities Abstracts allow you to limit
your search to items held by our library.
V. On the Web
The
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Dedicated to research, teaching, and
public service, the mission of the CTNS is to "promote the creative mutual
interaction between theology and the natural sciences." (CTNS mission statement,
CTNS home page:
http://www.ctns.org/index.html). Click on
"Academics" and then "Publications" to find research topics and CTNS
publications.
The Global Spiral--A Publication of Metanexus Institute
Publishes
articles and essays which explore "humanity's most profound questions and
challenges" (The
Global Spiral home page:
http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/)
The publication also includes book reviews.
Access the Metanexus Institute home
page here.
Zygon: Journal of Religion
and Science
This web site
provides access to some online issues of this journal. Pickler also
subscribes to this journal in print. Bound volumes for 1966-2006 are on
the Periodical Bound Shelves (shelved by call number: BL 240.2 .Z9) and current issues are
located in Current Periodicals shelved under the journal title.
VI. Citation Style Manuals and Writing
Guides
Your
professor may specify a citation style to use for listing your sources
in your bibliography. Below are several style
manuals available in the library:
Chicago/Turabian
Style
A Manual for
Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations
General Collection LB 2369 .T8 1996
Reference LB 2369 .T8 1996
APA Style
Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association
General Collection BF 76.7 .P83 2001
Reserve BF 76.7 .P83 2001
Reference BF 76.7 .P83 2001
MLA Style
MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research Papers
General Collection LB 2396 .G53 2003
Reserve LB 2369 .G53
Reference LB 2369 .G53 2003
For additional
style guides and information on citing Web sites and other electronic
sources, click
here.
The following are several writing guides you may wish to consult as you
construct drafts of your paper:
Slade, Carole. Form and Style:
Research Papers, Reports, Theses
General Collection LB 2369 .C3 2003
Reference Collection LB 2369 .C3 2003
Veit, Richard. Research: The Student's
Guide to Writing Research Papers
General Collection
LB 2369 .V43 2004
Walker, Melissa.
Writing Research Papers: A Norton Guide
General Collection
LB 2369 .W25 1984
Some parts of this research guide may still be undergoing revision
over the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience!
(Jan. 7, 2008)
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