This Research Guide is designed to assist students enrolled in Philosophy and Religious Studies courses with locating VVC Library resources for their research assignments. The guide is organized into steps that cover the basic research process for locating and citing relevant sources. For general research assistance view the links listed under Research Tools on the VVC Library webpage.

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Jung • Freud • Descartes Rene • Metaphysics • Ethics • Pragmatism • Existentialism • Medieval Philosophy • German Philosophy •  Chinese Philosophy • Thomas Aquinas • Utilitarianism • Kant • Aesthetics • Logic • Epistemology • Ethnophilosophy • Feminist Theory • Free Will • Determinism • Hermeneutics • Classical • Medieval • Renaissance • Modern • Humanism • Empiricism • Critical Theory • Deconstruction • Analytic • Rationalism • Phenomenology • Idealism  • Post Structuralism • Structuralism • Transcendentalism • Mysticism • Taoist Philosophy • Western Philosophy • Yoga • Zen • Morality • Marx • Sartre • Aristotle • Plato • Locke • Nietzsche • Metaphilosophy • Skepticism • Analytic Philosophy 

New Religious Movements • Mysticism • Magic • Theology • Phenomenology • Myth • Pilgrimage • Ritual • Secularism •  Sect • Catholicism • Schism • Protestant • Orthodox • Monotheism • Polytheism • Wicca • Fundamentalism • Morality • Judaism • Islam • Sufism • Sikhism • Hinduism • Buddhism • Omnipotent • Atheism • Ecumenism • Qur'an • Torah • Upanishads • Bible • African Religions • Neo Paganism • Paganism • Zoroastrianism • Daoism • Confucianism • Baha'i • Jainism • Fundamentalism • Morality • Judaism • Islam • Sufism • Sikhism • Hinduism • Buddhism • Omnipotent • Cult • Witchcraft • Santeria • Voodoo • Transcendence • Mircea Eliade • Prophet • Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Devī (Amma) • Gautama Buddha • Jesus of Nazareth • Martin Luther • Joseph Smith, Jr. • Sun Myung Moon • Unification Movement • Scientology • L. Ron Hubbard • Christianity