Selected E-Books for Philosophy and Religion

Selected Books for Philosophy and Religion

Elaine Cox, librarian and subject specialist for Philosophy and Religion compiled this list featuring current e-books available to students and faculty at TWU.

• Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America's College Campuses (2008)
  



• Women and Religion in the West: Challenging Secularization (2008)
  



• Music in the Life of the African Church (2008)
  



• The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court (2008)
  



• Returning to Religion: Why a Secular Age is Haunted by Faith (2008)
  



• The Politics of Latino Faith: Religion, Identity, and Urban Community (2008)
  



• Ageing, Disability, and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life (2008)
  



• Religion and the Politics of Tolerance: How Christianity Builds Democracy (2008)
  



• Tree of Tales: Tolkein, Literature, and Theology (2007)
  



• Blood That Cries Out From the Earth: The Psychology of Religious Terrorism (2008)
  



• Catholics and Politics: The Dynamic Tension Between Faith and Power (2008)
  

General Interest -- Philosophy:

• Angels in Medieval Philosophical Inquiry: Their Function and Significance (2008)
  



• 101 Philosophy Problems (2007)
  



• Philosophy in the Classroom: Improving Your Pupil's Thinking Skills and Motivating Them to Learn (2008)
  



• The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers (2009)
  



• Philosophy without Women: The Birth of Sexism in Western Thought (2002)
  

This list will be posted on the Philosophy and Religion Subject Guide

-- Elaine Cox

Selected E-Books for Literature and Language

Suzanne Sweeney is the new subject specialist for English,
Speech and Foreign Language. This list features selected e-books for students and faculty from those disciplines.

• American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present (Gale Virtual Reference)
  


• Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought (netLibrary)
  


• Companion to the Regional Literatures of America (Blackwell Reference Online)
  


• Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory (Blackwell Reference Online)
  


• Facts on File Companion to World Poetry: 1900 to the Present (netLibrary)
  


• Major 21st-Century Writers, 5v., 2005 (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
  


• Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Oxford Reference Online)
  


• Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (Oxford Reference Online)
  


• Something About the Author (Gale Virtual Reference Library)

This list has been posted on the Literature & Language subject guide at http://www.twu.edu/library/books-literature.asp.

--Connie Maxwell

YouTube for History, Government, and Criminal Justice Students and Faculty

This video will show you around the new Landmark Cases form in LexisNexis Academic. You will learn how the Landmark Cases links save time and confusion.



-- LexisNexis

New Database - EThOS (British Dissertations)

EThOS: Electronic Theses Online Service provides a 'single point of access' where researchers the world over can access theses produced by UK Higher Education. EThOS makes UK theses (e and paper based) available via a 'one-stop-shop' by harvesting e-theses from institutional repositories and digitizing paper theses on-demand from researchers. The British Library, in collaboration with many UK universities and other associations, aims to provide theses produced by the UK higher education system on an open access model to all researchers.

--Jimmie Lyn Harris

78 new videos from MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus now includes a collection of animated anatomy videos as part of the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. These 78 new videos show the anatomy of body parts and organ systems and how diseases and conditions affect them. To see a complete list of the videos, please visit the new English and Spanish anatomy videos pages. You can also find links to the videos in encyclopedia articles and MedlinePlus health topic pages.

• Interactive Tutorials


• Anatomy Videos


• Surgery Videos

-- National Library of Medicine (NLM)

E-Books for Teachers

Thirty Five Selected E-Books for Teachers

--compiled by Jimmie Lyn Harris.