Doing the research

The Humanities Index: Exercise

The Humanities Index is cumulative index to English language periodicals. The main body of the index consists of author and subject entries to periodical articles. In addition there is an author listing of citations to book reviews, following the main body of the index.

It indexes over 500 internationally respected humanities journals. There is also a web-version available.

Subject fields indexed include: archaeology and classical studies, area studies, folklore, history, language and literature, literary and political criticism, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology, and related subjects.

Look at the following extract from 1978/79. Answer the questions that follow:

MOTIVATION (psychology)

Butler on benevolence and conscience. A. O. Rorty. Philosophy 53:171-84 Ap '78

Objection to systematic humbug. M. Midgley. Philosophy 53:147-69 Ap '78

On Hume's corrections to Treatise III. D. Raynor. Philos Q 28:265-8 Jli '78

Rule-utilitarianism and the slippery slope. G. W. Trianosky. J Philos 75:414-24 Ag '78

Social explanation and rational motivation. H. Aronovitch. Am Philos Q 15:197-204 Jl '78

Virtues with reason. J. Jackson. Philosophy 53:229-46 An '78

See also

Competition (psychology)

Goal (psychology)

Work-Psychological aspects

How many articles are there?
Which is the longest article?
Who is the author of the first article?
What is the title?
Which journal is the article in?
Which volume of the journal is the article in?
When was the article published?
Which page does the article start on?
How long is the article?
Does the article have any illustrations?
Write an entry for this article to include in the References section of your essay.
Where else in the Index might you want to look?

ABBREVIATIONS

+	Continued on later pages of this issue	ed	edited, edition, editor	pseud	pseudonym
abp	archbishop	F	February	pt	part
abr	abridged	fl	flourished	q	quarterly
Ag	August	il	illustrated, illustration, illustrator	rd	road
Ann	annual	inc	incorporated	repr	reprint
Ap	April	int	interviewer	reprod	reproduction
Aut	autumn	introd	introduction	rev	revised
auth	author	irr	irregular	S	September
ave	avenue	Ja	January	s	series
bibl	bibliography	Je	June	sec	section
bi-m	bimonthly	Jl	July	secy	secretary
bi-w	biweekly	jr	junior	semi-ann	semi-annual
bp	bishop	jt	joint	Spr	spring
bull	bulletin	ltd	limited	sq	square
ca	circa	m	monthly	st	street
choreog	choreographer, choreography	Mr	March	Summ	summer
co	company	My	May	supp	supplement
comp	compiled, compiler	N	November	tr	translated, translation, translator
cont	continuation, continued	no	number	v	volume
D	December	ns	new series	w	weekly
dir	director	O	October	Wint	winter
dr	drive	photo	photograph	yr	year

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