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Rhetoric of Happiness

PWR 1RL - Spring 2015 - Instructor: Lee, R.
Last Updated: 1-Apr-2015

A guide for PWR 1 RL: The Rhetoric of Happiness

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Background/reference sources

Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument.

Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
GREAT SOURCE TO SEARCH FOR THE HAPPINESS/EMOTIONAL ASPECT OF ANYTHING! JUST CLICK ON THE SPRINGER LINK "GO" BUTTON  IN THE FIND FULLTEXT PAGE AND SEARCH WITHING THE JOURNAL (ALL FULL TEXT)
Dordrecht : Springer, c2006-
Medical Library (Lane) » Check Lane Library catalog for status » SPRINGER
Search this journal for the perspective of quality of life on any topic you choose
2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2013.
Green Library » Stacks » BF121 .H213 2013 V.1
London : Academic Press, 2009.
Green Library » Information Center » BF311 .E53 2009 V.1
London ; Burlington, MA : Academic Press, c2010.
Biology Library (Falconer) » Stacks » QP360 .E52 2010 V.1
Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2009.
Green Library » Information Center » BF204.6 .E53 2009 V.1
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2010.
Green Library » Information Center » BF531 .R445 2010 V.1

Selected books on happiness

Here's some books we have at Stanford libraries. Take a look at the subjects in the full Searchworks records for these to find other books with similar topics -- perhaps with different perspectives/points of view.

1st ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Green Library » Stacks » BF511 .E46 2014
An interesting perspective: how has the concept of emotion changed over time.
Green Library » Stacks » HM851 .I5695985 2014
Notice the chapter on the neuroscience of happiness.
Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Green Library » Stacks » HB74 .P8 B78 2006
New York : Routledge, 2012.
Green Library » Stacks » BF575 .H27 L65 2012
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Green Library » Stacks » BF531 .G76 2006

Suggested Databases and Websites

When you are just starting, it's a good idea to use the ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER database. Besides the selected general and subject-specific databases listed here , try these databases for articles to support your research. ACCESS TO MOST ONLINE RESOURCES LISTED REQUIRE STANFORD LOGIN

atstanford symbol Mental Measurements Yearbook Searchable database provides scholarly reviews and summaries of the test. 

atstanford symbolCommunication & mass media complete: Offers information from over 600 journals in communication, mass media and related fields

atstanford symbolCommunication Studies: A Sage Full-Text Collection: covers such subjects as Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studie

atstanford symbolSociology: Full text of articles on such subjects as Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Classical Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Work and Employment (Labor Studies).

Social Science Research Network "Tomorrow's Research Today": working papers and open access scholarly articles

atstanford symbolInternational encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences: online encyclopedia

Searchworks and many other databases you will use allow you to get a simple citation by using a "CiteThis" feature or gather more information by using a Send to/Export feature to send records to bibliographic management tools such as Refworks or EndNote.  You can also use resources such as Zotero or Mendeley to gather information including citations.  For more on these, see the guide to Bibliography Management.