Valpo Core Library Resources 2007-08: Coming of Age & Education Unit

All book titles are located in the Christopher Center Reference stacks (2nd floor) unless noted otherwise; many are multi-volume works. For additional books be sure to check GALILEO, our online library catalog, with appropriate keywords or author searches, such as "coming of age" or "Hosseini, Khaled" -- or ask a librarian for further assistance.

All of the internet resources have been chosen by the librarians as useful and appropriate supplemental sites.

For author information online, use Biography Resource Center, one of your VU databases. For country information, use Europa World Plus, an online resource VU subscribes to. For off-campus access to these resources, use the appropriate Proxy Server setting.

Plato, “Allegory of the Cave” (from Republic, Book VII) (coursepack)

Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy Ref. B51 .R68 1998
Oxford companion to classical civilization Ref. DE5 .094 1998
Handbook to life in ancient Greece Ref. DE77 .A35 1997

The Perseus Project: Greco-Roman Collection
(scroll down the page or search for "Plato")
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/perscoll?collection=Greco-Roman

Philosophy Around the Web: Plato
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/phil-3.html#plato

Exploring Plato’s Dialogues
http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/suzanne.htm

Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

Historical dictionary of Afghanistan Ref. DS356 .A27 2003
South Asia 2004: Regional Surveys of the World Ref. DS 331 .S6518 2004
East Asia and the United States Ref. DS 518.8 .E22 2002
Chronological history of United States foreign relations Ref. E183.7 .B745 2003
Encyclopedia of American foreign policy Ref. E183.7 .E52 2002
Aggression and conflict: a cross-cultural encyclopedia Ref. HM136 .L46 1994

Riverhead Books Interview with Khaled Hosseini (Also has a biography and links to several other useful articles)
http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/microsite.asp?id=480&section=1&aid=863

NPR Interview with Khaled Hosseini (Links to an audio file)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1358775

Official Website of Khaled Hosseini
http://www.khaledhosseini.com/

Garden State (film; director: Zach Braff)

Blackwell companion to the sociology of families Ref. HQ519 .B53 2004
Encyclopedia of children and childhood : in history and society Ref. HQ767.84 .E53 2003
Handbook of death & dying Ref. HQ1073 .H36 2003
Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol & addictive behavior Ref. HV5804 .E53 2001

Garden State: Internet Movie Database
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0333766/

Garden State: Official Site
http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/gardenstate/

Simone Weil, “Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies With a View to the Love of God” (from Waiting for God) (coursepack)

Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy Ref. B51 .R68 1998
Encyclopedia of religion Ref. BL31 .E46 2005
Companion to philosophy of religion Ref. BL51 .C634 1997
Concise encyclopedia of the philosophy of religion Ref. BL51 .T4274 2002
Religion and American cultures : an encyclopedia of traditions,diversity, and popular expressions Ref. BL2525 .R448 2003
Encyclopedia of Jewish concepts Ref. BM50 .B55 1979

Simone Weil (Google directory listing)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Philosophy/Philosophers/W/Weil,_Simone/

Simone Weil Home Page (personal site)
http://rivertext.com/weil.html

Simone Weil Home Page (personal site)
http://members.aol.com/geojade/

Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle

Marriage, family, and relationships: a cross-cultural encyclopedia Ref. GN480 .B76 1994
Encyclopedia of marriage and the family Ref. HQ9 .E52 1995
Blackwell companion to the sociology of families Ref. HQ519 .B53 2004
Parenthood in America : an encyclopedia Ref. HQ755.8 .P3783 2000

Encyclopedia of children and childhood: in history and society Ref. HQ767.84 .E53 2003
Boyhood in America : an encyclopedia Ref. HQ775 .B635 2001
Girlhood in America : an encyclopedia Ref. HQ777 .G5745 2001

Encyclopedia of homelessness Ref. HV4493 .E53 2004
Alcohol And Temperance In Modern History: An International Encyclopedia Ref. HV5017 .A43 2003
Gale encyclopedia of mental disorders Ref. RC437 .G35 2003

Truth and Consequences: Why memoirists don't always have the last word by Jeannette Walls
Publishers Weekly; 9/19/2005, Vol. 252 Issue 37, p74-74, 1p
Available to VU users full-text: Use JournaLocator to search for Publishers Weekly; then choose correct year, volume, and issue

Film clip of Jeannette Walls and her mother, including some footage of her mother's artwork
http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=7&pid=367420&agid=7

Jeannette Walls interview (many questions and answers specifically about parents)
http://gothamist.com/2005/05/27/jeannette_walls_author_the_glass_castle_gossip_columnist_msnbccom.php

LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newman, and David Isay, Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago

Marriage, family, and relationships: a cross-cultural encyclopedia Ref. GN480 .B76 1994
Encyclopedia of marriage and the family Ref. HQ9 .E52 1995
Blackwell companion to the sociology of families Ref. HQ519 .B53 2004
Parenthood in America : an encyclopedia Ref. HQ755.8 .P3783 2000

Encyclopedia of children and childhood: in history and society Ref. HQ767.84 .E53 2003
Boyhood in America : an encyclopedia Ref. HQ775 .B635 2001
Girlhood in America : an encyclopedia Ref. HQ777 .G5745 2001

Handbook of child psychology Ref. BF721 .H242 2006
Handbook of youth and justice Ref. HV9069 .H312 2001

American project : the rise and fall of a modern ghetto, Christopher Ctr-3rd floor, HD7288.78.U52 C476 2000

For more books available for checkout, use these phrases as "LC Subject" searches in GALIILEO
  Public housing
  Public housing -- Illinois -- Chicago
  African Americans -- Housing -- Illinois -- Chicago
  Low-income housing
  Low-income housing -- Illinois -- Chicago
  Crime in public housing
  Crime in public housing -- Illinois -- Chicago
  Inner cities -- Illinois -- Chicago

Home site for works that make up Our America
http://soundportraits.org/on-air/ghetto_life_101/
http://soundportraits.org/on-air/remorse/

Charlie Rose interview with all of the authors, 1997
http://www.charlierose.com/guests/lealan-jones

"Graduation Ends a Partnership Born in a Chicago Ghetto," New York Times, June 9, 1997
For the last five years, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have squeezed magic from the streets of their struggling South Side neighborhood, a place where ambitions and people often die young. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E3DD123CF93AA35755C0A961958260

Ida B. Wells Homes (excellent photos)
http://www.b-levi.com/stuff/travels/chicago/wells.php

Residents At Risk: A Profile of Ida B. Wells and Madden Park
http://www.urban.org/publications/310824.html

The Chicago Housing Authority
   http://www.thecha.org/
Overview: CHA's 20 Housing Developments http://www.thecha.org/housingdev/family_sites.html
Madden Park - Wells - Darrow Homes http://www.thecha.org/housingdev/madden_wells.html
Housing Map http://www.thecha.org/housingdev/housing_map.html

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