Barnard College Library Research Guide BC3160y: Junior Colloquium Skepticism and Affirmation Spring 2003
	The development of modern concepts of subjectivity and authority. The rise of art and the artist. Humanism, Rationalism, and Empiricism. Ethics and evil. The exploration of limits, and the limitless.
Self-portrait with Two Pupils Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Copyright © 2000 The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org		Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife Jacques-Louis David Copyright © 2000 The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org

Contents
Online Books | Videos | Reference Books | Using CLIO
Using Indexes | Web Resources
Research Skills Worksheet | Consultation with a Librarian

BOOKS ON THE SYLLABUS AVAILABLE ONLINE

Cervantes, Don Quixote  Concordance.com | University of Maryland Reading Room  
Descartes, Discourse on Method  Concordance.com | literature.org
Diderot, The Encyclopedia  Collaborative Translation Project (in English), ARTFL Project, University of Chicago (in French)
Diderot, Rameau's Nephew   Association des Bibliophiles Universels (in French)
Goethe, Elective Affinities  Project Gutenberg
Goethe, Faust  Levity.com version
Goethe, Werther  Bartleby.com | Project Gutenberg (in German)
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, The Phenomenology of Mind
Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature  McMaster University History of Thought Archive
Johnson, Rasselas  Concordance.com | In Parentheses version
Kant, Analytic of the Sublime in The Critique of Judgment  Concordance.com | University of Adelaide version 
Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals  University of Adelaide version
Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons   Association des Bibliophiles Universels (in French)
Madame de Lafayette, The Princess of Cleves  Howthree.org version   
Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding  Concordance.com | McMaster University History of Thought Archive
Moliere, Don Juan   Association des Bibliophiles Universels (in French)
Racine, Phaedra  Project Gutenberg | Association des Bibliophiles Universels (in French)
Rousseau, Confessions  University of Adelaide version
Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man  Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Vico, The New Science  Northern Illinois University Department of English version (in Italian)
Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Women  University of Adelaide version

RELEVANT VIDEOS IN THE BARNARD OR BUTLER LIBRARY

The Age of Gold.  Program 3 of the 1991 TV documentary series The Buried Mirror
The New World brought Spain enormous treasures: gold, silver, chocolate, tomatoes, the potato. Yet Spain's most powerful ruler, Philip II, lived in austere solitude in a cell-like study. He sought to protect the Catholic faith, while Cervantes questioned all values in Don Quixote, Velazquez painted masterpieces of psychological penetration, and the Baroque style vaulted the Atlantic and celebrated its transformation into a tool for Indian fantasy in the magnificant churches of Potosi and Ocotlan.
BARNARD MEDIA DP96 .B87 1991g program 3

L'Ancien regime.
Volume 1 of 1989 television documentary l'Histoire de la Revolution Francaise.
This programs shows Versailles and its political purposes in the years before the French Revolution.  After the death of Louis XIV, new political concepts were prevalent: the ideals of Montesquieu, Diderot and the Encyclopedie, Voltaire and Roussseau, and the satires of Beaumarchais.
BARNARD MEDIA DC138 .A63 1994g

Dangerous Liaisons
1988 movie with Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, and Keanu Reeves.
BARNARD MEDIA PQ1993.L22 L5 1988g
BUTLER MEDIA PQ1993.L22 L5 1988g

Dom Juan by Moliere.  
1975 production by Films for the Humanities.
BARNARD MEDIA PQ1831 .A1 1988

The Eighteenth Century Woman
1982 documentary about an exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art of costumes, accessories, and objets d'art that reveal the unique ways in which fashionable 18th Century women made their presence felt in the society, art, and politics of their time.
BARNARD MEDIA NX652.W6 E44 1982g

Faust: eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 German silent film, with music sound track and English subtitles added.
BUTLER MEDIA PN1997 .F378 1996g

Grandeur and Obedience; The Light of Experience.  Programs 7 and 8 of the 1969 TV series Civilisation by Kenneth Clark.
In "Grandeur and Obedience", Clark visits the Rome of the Counter-Reformation, the Rome of Michelangelo and Bernini. The Catholic Church in its struggle against the Protestant north developed a new splendor symbolized by the glory of the Vatican.  In "The Light of Experience", the telescope and microscope reveal new worlds in space and in a drop of water. The realism found in Dutch painting took the observation of human character to a new stage of development.
BARNARD MEDIA CB68 .C54 1993g

Great Philosophers: a History of Western Philosophy.
Volume 4: Descartes; Volume 6: Locke and Berkeley; Volume 7: Hume; Volume 8: Kant; Volume 9: Hegel and Marx.  Bryan Magee interviews several contemporary philosophers on the great philosophers of the past.
BUTLER MEDIA RESERVES B72 .G735 1997g

Les Liaisons dangereuses
1960 movie in French directed by Roger Vadim with Jeanne Moreau and Gerard Philipe
BARNARD MEDIA PQ1993.L22 L5 1989gb
BUTLER MEDIA PQ1993.L22 L5 1989gb

The Passing Show
Using a replica of David's studio, the "newsreel" technique, and a commentary derived from David's own writings, this 1984 film provides insight into David's impact on the art of revolutionary and Napoleonic France, as well as his political activities.
BARNARD MEDIA ND553.D25 P27 1986

Phedre by Racine
1968 French movie version with English subtitles.
BARNARD MEDIA PQ1898 .A1 1983g
BUTLER MEDIA PQ1898 .A1 1983g

The Pursuit of Happiness; The Smile of Reason  Programs 9 and 10 of the 1969 TV series Civilisation by Kenneth Clark.
In "The Pursuit of Happiness", the harmonius flow and complex symmetry of 18th century music--the compositions of Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart--are reflected in the Rococo architecture of that period, as seen in the churches and palaces of Bavaria.   In "The Smile of Reason", the polite chat in the elegant salons of 18th century Paris became the precursor of revolutionary politics. Lord Clark's theme takes him from great European palaces to Jefferson's Monticello in Virginia.
BARNARD MEDIA CB68 .C54 1993g

The Worship of Nature; The Fallacies of Hope.  Programs 11 and 12 of the 1969 TV series Civilisation by Kenneth Clark.
In "The Worship of Nature", the belief in the divinity of nature usurps Christianity as the chief creative force in Western civilization, ushering in the Romantic movement.  In "The Fallacies of Hope", the French Revolution led to the dictatorship of Napoleon and the dreary bureaucracies of the 19th century. The disillusionment of Romantic artists is traced through the music of Beethoven, the poetry of Byron, the art of Delacroix, and the sculpture of Rodin.
BARNARD MEDIA CB68 .C54 1993g

FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON YOUR TOPIC USING REFERENCE BOOKS
When you are beginning to research your topic, encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books can provide useful background information and bibliographies that can lead you to relevant books and articles.  The reference books in this list are available in the Barnard Library reference area on the second floor.  

USING CLIO TO FIND BOOKS AND JOURNALS
You can enter CLIO from the Barnard Library home page or from the Columbia University LibraryWeb.    
CLIO (Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for materials added to the Columbia University Libraries since 1981; for older materials, use the card catalogs.

• For commentaries or criticism of an author's works, do a subject search for the name of the author and look for the subdivision CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION. 
  A subject search for "diderot denis" finds a list of subject headings which includes
  DIDEROT DENIS 1713-1784--BIBLIOGRAPHY
  DIDEROT DENIS 1713-1784--BIOGRAPHY
  DIDEROT DENIS 1713-1784--CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
  
  
• Works of literature and literary criticism have Library of Congress call numbers starting with P.  (For an overview of the Library of Congress Classification Outline click here.)  Works about an author are shelved next to works by that author; for criticism on a particular author or work, find the correct call number for the author or work and look on the shelf near it.
  e.g. Don Quixote by Cervantes has the call number PQ6329 .A2, while books about Cervantes have call numbers beginning with PQ6337
  
  
• Note that although the Barnard Library is in the building called Lehman, works in the Barnard Library have the location BARNARD; the Lehman Library is the social sciences library at Columbia
  
  
• Teachers’ College, Union Theological Seminary and the Law Library’s holdings are not listed in CLIO; they have their own online library catalogs.  CATNYP is the online catalog of the NYPL Research Libraries.  There are links to these library catalogs from the Catalogs list on CU LibraryWeb.                       

The indexes and databases listed below will probably be the most relevant to your research.                 

FINDING INFORMATION ON THE WEB

Subject Guides to the Internet on the Barnard and Columbia Libraries Homepages
Both the Barnard and Columbia Library homepages have lists of recommended Web pages on various topics.  These make a  good place to start with finding information on the World Wide Web.

The Subject Guides to Websites page, available from the Barnard Library homepage, includes subject guides on art, history, literature, politics, ready reference, science, theater, women's studies, etc.

The Subject Guides page is available from the Columbia LibraryWeb page and includes a guide to Humanities and History resources from the Butler Library.

Writing, Planning and Researching Help Available on the Web
For help with selecting a topic, writing an outline, dealing with writer’s block, etc., consult the following Online Writing Labs: MIT Writing Center, Princeton University Writing Center, Purdue University Online Writing Lab.    

OTHER LIBRARY SERVICES

Research Skills Worksheet
Click here for a Research Skills Worksheet to print out which will enable you to test and improve your library research skills.                                 

Consultation with a Reference Librarian
Click here to complete a form you can e-mail to the library requesting a consultation on your research, or come to the Reference Desk on the second floor.  To contact a reference librarian, e-mail refdesk@barnard.edu or call 212-854-3953.  We'll be happy to help you find additional information.

Last Modified 3/06/03
Lois Coleman
Reference Librarian
Barnard College Library