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READ 176 - Hooper (Weird Things)
UFO
Online Reference

Credo Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Online Databases

Access World News

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

General OneFile

Website - Statistics
Try this link to the the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life for current statistics about beliefs in weird things:

Beliefs and Practices

Books at FLITE

General - Reserve Desk

Paranormal Phenomena : Opposing Viewpoints (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF1031 .P334 2002

The Paranormal (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 1031 .P325 2009

The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF1031 .K45 2005

Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examing the Scientific Evidence (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserves/Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1031. V37 2000

Why People Believe in Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 773 .S56 1997

General - Main Stacks

Encyclopedia of Afterlife Beliefs and Phenomena
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1311 .F8 L48 1994

An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF1407 .R36 1995

The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained, 3 vols.
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF1025 .S79 2003

Man, Myth, and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion, and the Unknown, 21 vols.
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1407 .M34 1995

Angels

Angels A to Z
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook

A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BL 477 .D3

The Encyclopedia of Angels
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BL 477 .G87 2004

Encyclopedia of Angels
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook

Devils

Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology: Demons, Spirits and Witches
Location: Electronic Resources - ebook

The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1503 .R6 1981

A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1531 .M26 2007

Dreams

The Complete Book of Astrology, Horoscope, and Dreams
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1661 .C65

Dreaming: Anthropological and Psychological Interpretations
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1078 .D72 1987

Dreams and Dreaming
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1078 .D73 1990

Ghosts

Adventures in Paranormal Investigation
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 1001.N53 2007

The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits
Location: Reference (1st Floor): BF 1461 .G85 2007

The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1461 .G85 2000

Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF1301 .V36 2008

Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook

Hauntings
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1461 .H37 1989

Phantom Encounters
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1461 .P45 1988

Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook

Unbelievable : Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 1028.5.U6 H67 2009

Near-Death Experiences

Life After Death: the Evidence
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook; See Chapter 4: View From the Edge

Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon--Survival of Bodily Death
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BL 535 .M64 1975

On the Other Side of Life: Exploring the Phenomenon of the Near-Death Experience
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BF 1045 .N4 E57 1997

Psychic Voyages
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BF 1045 .N4 P78 1987

Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 3rd Floor): Q 172.5 .P77 W96 2001

The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife - Chapter 7: Near-Death Experiences
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BL 535 .B75 2002

Reincarnation

Life Beyond Life: The Evidence of Reincarnation
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 1st Floor): BL 515 .H62 1985

Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction (Highly Recommended)
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 3rd Floor): Q 172.5 .P77 W96 2001

The Search for Yesterday: A Critical Examination of the Evidence for Reincarnation
Location: Main Stacks (1st Floor): BL 515 .R63 1985

UFOs

The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs
Location: Electronic Resource - ebook

The UFO Phenomenon
Location: Reserve Desk/(Main Stacks 3rd Floor): TL 789 .U195 1987

UFOs and Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Myth
Location: Reference (1st Floor): TL 789 .L485 2000

Citing Sources

Citation Style Guide: APA (PDF)
An online version of FLITE's APA Quick Reference handout which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Son of Citation Machine
Online tool for creating citations. Be sure to check the results for correctness.

APA Format
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the APA format.

Copies of the full-length APA Handbook (APA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers) can be found in the Reference section on the 1st Floor of FLITE near the Oval Information Desk.

Citations - a FLITE guide
A guide to understanding citations, and a link to different online citation management tools that can help you input your sources and create your bibliographies.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism tutorials and self-help guides, plus a link to step-by-step citation assistance.


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