Research Guides: ENGLISH_111-DL: Writing Seminar II: The Pursuit of Happiness: Reference

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These materials can provide a source of background information as well as additional readings. They can also be a good place to start when you are beginning research in an area you are unfamiliar with.

Happiness: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Edward N. Zalta, principal editor
This work is published by The Metaphysics Research Lab, Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), Stanford University. Tip: see the entry on Happiness, by Dan Haybron.

Reference Tools

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Searchable database of several hundred subject encyclopedias and other reference works across all subject areas, but with particular strengths in the social sciences and humanities. It includes a number of major reference works, and is Northwesterns largest single collection of reference materials. A good source for authoritative background information.

Global Handbook of Quality of Life by Wolfgang Glatzer (Editor); Laura Camfield (Editor); Valerie Møller (Editor); Mariano Rojas (Editor)
ISBN: 9789401791786
Publication Date: 2015-01-22
This handbook provides a comprehensive historical account of the field of Quality of Life. It brings together theoretical insights and empirical findings and presents the main items of global quality of life and wellbeing research.
Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture by Dale Southerton (Editor)
ISBN: 9780872896017
Publication Date: 2011-09-15
Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture covers consuming societies around the world, from the Age of Enlightenment to the present, and shows how consumption has become intrinsic to the world's social, economic, political, and cultural landscapes.
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology by Shane J. Lopez (Editor); C. R. Snyder (Editor)
ISBN: 0199862168
Publication Date: 2011-10-07
To search within this particular book, use the search box in the middle of the page, left side (ignore the Sign In button above the search box and just type your search terms in the box). To broaden your search, use the search box at the top of the screen, on the right (this searches all Oxford Handbooks).