Thursday, November 8, 2007

Research Log Entry (due Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007)

1. a) Substance, body, and soul: Aristotelian investigation (book stacks)
b) Plato dictionary (reference stacks)

2. BF173.J85 M445 (book stacks)
B351 .S7 (reference stacks)

3. a) I used the search terms "body and soul" and specified the search to only show texts from the book stacks. I immediately found several relevant results. I then used the same search terms, but specified the search to only show texts from the reference stacks

b) My search of the reference stacks yielded no results with the search terms "body and soul."

c) So, I modified my search terms to "Plato" and I came across a text called "Plato dictionary," which most likely contains Platonic conceptions of the body and soul.

1 comment:

Aline said...

In item 2, you will be able to find your books again, which is good, but you will find on Friday that you'll need more information to construct a citation for it, which is one topic we'll cover on Friday.

As for item c), you did the right thing - you broadened your search term and opened the possibility for some results.