Subject
Research Guides
Philosophy
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of philosophy topics.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| World Philosophy (5 volumes) | REF B29 .W68 1982 |
| Dictionary of Philosophy | REF B41 .D52 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of Philosophy (8 volumes) | REF B41 .E5 |
| Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | REF B51 .C58 2000 |
| Research Guide to Philosophy | REF B52 .T5 1983 |
| Ready Reference to Philosophy East and West | REF B72 .B34 1987 |
| Handbook of World Philosophy | REF B804 .A1 H36 |
| Encyclopedia of Ethics (3 volumes) | REF BJ63 .E45 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of Amer. Cultural and Intellect. History (3vols.) | REF E169.1 .E624 2001 |
| International Ethics: a Reference Handbook | REF JZ1242 .E43 1998 |
| Writers and Philosophers | REF PN49 .T447 1990 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the B (General Philosophy), BC (Logic), BD (Speculative Phil.) and BH (Aesthetics) and BJ (Ethics) call number ranges.
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
- General Reference Center Gold/InfoTrac: reviews, newspaper articles, and reference info.
- CQ Researcher: articles about controversial issues such as business and medical ethics.
- LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Law or Religion.
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/
a nonprofit site featuring brief biographies of philosophers and definitions of terms - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
short articles about philosophers and philosophical issues from Stanford University - Philosophy Pages
http://www.philosophypages.com/
includes a dictionary, historical articles, a timeline, a study guide, and links to resources - EpistemeLinks
http://www.epistemelinks.com/
categorized links to philosophy resources on the Internet with several browse options