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Resources for Pacific Seminar II

Prepared by Lorrie Knight
Fall, 2006

The Pursuit of Happiness

Reference Books

The library has a number of reference books of potential use for research in this area. For example:

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution:
REF KF.4548.E53: history and important court decisions that surround the Constitution
Encyclopedia of Community:
REF HM.756.E53: the impact of communities of life and society.
Encyclopedia of Psychology:
REF BF31.E53: scholarly articles about important psychologists and topics in the field.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
REF B51.R68: philosophical interpretations of happiness
West’s Encyclopedia of American Law:
REF KF.154.W47: legislative actions about topics in American society.

Books

Try a keyword search on happiness AND _________(your topics)

Articles

In addition to Academic Search Complete, try the following:

Business Source Complete: effects of business, marketing, consumerism
Communication and Mass Media: role of media and advertising
PsycInfo: psychological concepts and outcomes
Sociological Abstracts: Literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Reliable Websites

Web sources you can trust!

The Happiness Formula:
Features video clips and stories on levels of happiness throughout our lives, and happiness and public policy, politics, diversity, the use of cyberspace
Pew Research Center: Are We Happy Yet?
Facts and statistics derived from a 2005 study of Americans aged 18+.
Journal of Happiness Studies: available from 2000- present on the library’s e-journal list
New peer-reviewed journal with research studies
Scientific American Frontiers: Worried Sick
A companion to the PBS series about the effects of stress on health and happiness