Welcome to the Tisch Library guide for REL 0194: Jewish Philosophy. This guide is organized by types of resources:
- Reference sources - These sources provide important background and contextual information on your subject. Reference sources include bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks. A reference source usually provides an overview of a topic and can help you identify keywords and main ideas to use as search terms.
- Primary sources - These sources provide the raw data for your topic. Primary sources may include artwork, correspondence, diaries, interviews, literary texts, material artifacts, newspapers, speeches, statistics, and videos.
- Secondary sources - These sources provide in-depth information on a topic while also arguing for a specific perspective on the topic. Secondary sources include articles, books, and podcasts. Secondary sources are useful for in-depth analysis of your topic and for learning about scholarly perspectives on your topic.