The Great Books of the Western World as published by Britannica is a resource that students use for identifying classic authors and reading selections. And the Syntopicon, the two-volume introduction and user’s guide to the Great Books of the Western World, provides outlines, indexing, and bibliographies that students use to find additional authors, reading selections, ideas, topics, and subtopics specific to a program of study and related courses.

Oxford Very Short Introductions, a series of over 700 titles published by Oxford University Press, is a research tool that students use for identifying authors, primary source material, and additional ideas, particularly when recent developments in a specific subject area, technical expressions of a classic idea or theme, and contemporary ideas and issues are important to the student’s program of study (https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/).

Harrison Middleton University students have studied many of the ideas listed below.