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Your search for information on Victor Frankl can include books, periodicals, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Use the Library Catalog to find books on your topic that are available in the Cerritos College Library. Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. You can search for books by Author, Title, Subject, or Keyword.

Listed below are some Library of Congress Subject Headings used in the catalog for books relating to Victor Frankl and Man’s Search for Meaning. Use these terms to Search by Subject. Remember, this list is by no means conclusive.

Existentialism

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Psychological Aspects

Holocaust (Jewish theology)

Holocaust survivors

Humanism

Humanistic psychology

Logotherapy

Meaning (Psychology)

Psychotherapy

World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities

Reference books are a good starting point for your research because they help you become better acquainted with your topic. Listed below are some reference books that may be useful in your research.

Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic.

To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below. These databases usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic. Conduct your search in these databases by using subject headings and keywords similar to those you used to locate books.

Online Databases for information on Viktor Frankl:

EBSCOhost – Choose MasterFILE Premier and Literary Reference Center
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Project Muse

The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.

http://logotherapy.univie.ac.at/

http://www.logotherapyinstitute.org/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/frankl.html

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/frankl.html

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