Philosophers Index to Childrens Books

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Philosophers Index to Childrens Books
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• Quality picture books are produced each year for
  young children. Many of these can be rich sources
  for philosophical discussions.
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  works can be posted and accessed thematically or
  by author, concept, keyword, or title.

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alphabetical index excerpt
revenge SEE ALSO ethics rich SEE wealth A road
might lead anywhere (Field, Rachel) Rylant,
Cynthia The old woman who named
things seasons SEE ALSO nature self SEE
ALSO person self-identity SEE self sensation
SEE ALSO perception should SEE ought to size
SEE ALSO space and time similarity SEE ALSO
metaphysics slow SEE speed small SEE
size somewhere SEE place sound SEE ALSO
perception
space SEE space and time space and time SEE
ALSO metaphysics special SEE uniqueness speed
SEE ALSO time and space Steig, William The
amazing bone structure SEE ALSO
aesthetics talking SEE ALSO language thinking
SEE thought and thinking thought and thinking
SEE ALSO epistemology Three up a tree (Marshall,
James) time SEE space and time truth SEE ALSO
epistemology uniqueness SEE ALSO
identity uselessness SEE ALSO judgment
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selected index terms, illustrating degree of
classification within alphabetical index
revenge Willie the champ (Browne, Anthony)
SEE ALSO ethics rich SEE wealth A road might
lead anywhere (Field, Rachel) space and
time beginning The amazing bone (Steig,
William) ending The amazing bone (Steig,
William) in and out A rainbow of my own
(Freeman, Don) infinity The mountains of
Tibet (Gerstein, Mordicai) The old woman
who named things (Rylant, Cynthia) new and old
Baboon (Banks, Kate) place A road
might lead anywhere (Field, Rachel) size
The mountains of Tibet (Gerstein,
Mordicai) speed A rainbow of my own
(Freeman, Don) SEE ALSO metaphysics
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• 2nd level theme (under metaphysics) with 3
  further sub-levels
• being
• animals
• pets
• difference
• habit
• isolation
• person
• busyness
• care
• comfort
• culture
• emotions
• ----fear
• ----loneliness
• ----misery
• ----regret
• good at

excerpts from classified index

• Top level theme with 2 sub-levels of
  classification
• epistemology
• belief
• dreaming
• imagination
• judgment
• criteria
• uselessness
• knowledge
• lost and found
• memory
• monsters
• naming
• perception
• expectation
• sound
• thought and thinking
• truth

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• by title - title
• by author - statement of responsibility
• by keyword - title, statement of responsibility,
  publication information, notes
• by concept - notes field (Concept)
• Searching thematically brings user directly to
  term in classified index.
• Successful searches point by way of hyperlinks to
  the surrogate record for an appropriate
  manuscript.
• Alphabetization is word-by-word names are
  alphabetized according to AACR2 titles are
  italicized if the first word of a title is a,
  an, or the, alphabetization will begin with the
  following word.

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Results of hypothetical electronic
search(Underlined terms are hyperlinks.
Clicking on the title will access the surrogate
record. Clicking on the author will bring up the
list of titles by that author. Clicking on the
SEE ALSO reference will initiate a new search
using that term. A method of capturing search
results should be provided, either as a listing
in a sidebar or a page that can be printed out at
the end of the search.)

• relationships
• The amazing bone (Steig, William)
• The mountains of Tibet (Gerstein, Mordicai)
• SEE ALSO ethics

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Full record surrogate for The Mountains of Tibet
by Mordicai Gerstein

• Title The mountains of Tibet
• Author Gerstein, Mordicai
• Publication information First Edition. NY
  Harper Row. 1987. 26 pages (not numbered).
  Illustrations. Height 23.5 cm.
• Language English
• Submitted by Levanon, Maya
• Exercises written by Levanon, Maya
• Exercises available from IAPC, Montclair State
  University, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 USA
• Summary After dying, a Tibetan woodcutter is
  given the choice of going to heaven or living
  another life anywhere in the universe.
• Concepts beauty, choice, culture, difference,
  dreaming, fate, identity, infinity, life and
  death, opposite, perception, possibility,
  relationships, size
• ISBN 0-06-022144-5
• ISBN 0-06-022149-6 (lib. bdg.)

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International Standard Bibliographic Description
for Monographic Publications ISBD(M) record
structure for The Mountains of Tibet by
Mordicai Gerstein(Brackets enclose information,
other than that in the notes area, that is not
from the prescribed sources of information. If
the book summary were provided by a source other
than the CIP, it would appear in brackets.)

• The mountains of Tibet / Mordicai Gerstein
  Gerstein, Mordicai. - First Edition. - NY
  Harper Row, 1987. - 26 p. ill. 23.5 cm. -
  Language English. -
• Submitted by Levanon, Maya. - Exercises written
  by Levanon, Maya. - Exercises available from
  IAPC, Montclair State University, Upper
  Montclair, NJ 07043 USA. - Summary After dying,
  a Tibetan woodcutter is given the choice of going
  to heaven or living another life anywhere in the
  universe. - Concept beauty. - Concept choice. -
  Concept culture. - Concept difference. -
  Concept dreaming. - Concept fate. - Concept
  identity. - Concept infinity. - Concept life
  and death. - Concept opposite. - Concept
  perception. - Concept possibility. - Concept
  relationships. - Concept size. -
• ISBN 0-06-022144-5. - ISBN 0-06-022149-6 (lib.
  bdg.)