LibGuide: Happiness

One of the top database searches of Summer 2018 was "can we buy happiness." If you're looking for resources to help you explore happiness, you've come to the right place! Contact the Library for database login information or answers to your research questions.

eBooks

• The Happiness Philosophers: The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians

• Measuring Happiness: The Economics of Well-Being

• Social Happiness: Theory Into Policy and Practice

• Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life

• Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile

• Psychology of Happiness
  

Books

• The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Artistotle, and Generally Have More Fun

• Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

• Happiness: A Philosopher's Guide

• The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

• The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

Databases

Looking for more specific information? Customize your search with the Psychology Collection and Religion and Philosophy Collection databases.

To help narrow down your results during your search, use Boolean operators to connect search terms and quotation marks to search for multi-word phrases, like these examples:

happiness and prosperity "happiness depends" "happiness of all" happiness and welfare