
Research by Subject: Philosophy
Main
Links
Toolkit
WorldCat
Course Materials
Contacts
Library Contact
For information on resources, services, collections, and book ordering for your department.
Bibliographic Instruction
For information on scheduling course-related instruction session or faculty training session
Department Home Page
For information on resources, services, collections, and book ordering for your department.
Bibliographic Instruction
For information on scheduling course-related instruction session or faculty training session
Department Home Page
Search Tools
Search the Schaffer Library Catalog
Search Journals
LC Class Number Guide
| B 1 - 5739 | Philosophy (General) |
| B 69 - 5739 | History and systems. Including individual philosophers and schools of philosophy. By period. |
| B 108 - 708 | Ancient |
| B 720 - 765 | Medieval |
| B 770- 785 | Renaissance |
| B 790 - 5739 | Modern |
| BJ 1 - 2195 | Ethics |
Reference Sources
Links
Toolkit
Thesis Search
Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see the Thesis Search page.
Recent Philosophy Theses Search
Recent Philosophy Theses Search
Reference Sources and Citation
Encyclopedias
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Now available in digitized format as DHI Online via the Electronic Text Center.
CALL NUMBER: Ref CB5 .D52 v.1-5
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics.
CALL NUMBER: Ref BJ63 .E44 1998 -v. 1-4
Encyclopedia of Bioethics.
A five-volume set containing articles on meta-ethics; theory; moral problems; political, social, and legal theory; trends; principles and theoretical problems; and ethicists. Bibliographies.
CALL NUMBER: Ref QH 332 .E52 2004 v.1-5
Encyclopedia of Ethics.
A three-volume set which summarizes and analyzes the historical and current state of research in the field of bioethics. Subjects covered include: Concrete Ethical and Legal Problems; Basic Concepts and Principles; Ethical Theories; Religious Traditions; Historical Perspectives; and Disciplines Bearing on Bioethics. A bibliography follows each article.
CALL NUMBER: Ref BJ 63 .E45 2001 v.1-3
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
A comprehensive, authoritative encyclopedia which covers virtually every important Eastern and Western philosophical concept or theory and 900 individual thinkers from ancient times to the present. A bibliography follows each lengthy article.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B41.E5 1972 - v. 1-8
Encyclopedia of Values and Ethics.
CALL NUMBER: Ref BJ 63 .H47 1996
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a non-profit organization and includes from three sources (1) original contributions by specialized philosophers around the internet, (2) adaptations of material written by the editors for classroom purposes, and (3) adaptations from public domain sources (typically from two or more sources for per article).
CALL NUMBER:
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B51.O94 1995
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B51.R68 1998 - v. 1-10
http://www.rep.routledge.com/
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a dynamic reference work and is a publishing project of the Metaphysics Research Lab at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University. Each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are refereed by the members of the Editorial Board before they are made public.
CALL NUMBER:
http://plato.stanford.edu/
Subject Dictionaries
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B41.c35 1999
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
CALL NUMBER: Ref B41.B53 1994
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t98&authstatuscode=200
A Dictionary of Philosophy.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B 41.F63
A Dictionary of Philosophy.
CALL NUMBER: Ref B 41.L32 1996
Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names.
CALL NUMBER:
http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/index.htm
Handbooks
Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind
CALL NUMBER: BD418.3 .O94 2009
Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy
CALL NUMBER: B790 .O94 2005
Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion
CALL NUMBER: BL51 .O94 2005
Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
CALL NUMBER: QA8.4 .O94 2005
Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory
CALL NUMBER: BJ1012 .C675 2006
Oxford Handbook of Free Will
CALL NUMBER: BJ1461 .F74 2002
Oxford Handbook of Epistemology
CALL NUMBER: BD161 .O96 2002
Oxford Companion to Philosophy
CALL NUMBER: Ref B51.O94 1995
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t116&authstatuscode=200
Other Sources
American National Biography Online
CALL NUMBER:
http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html
Dictionary of American Biography
CALL NUMBER: Ref E176 .D56
The Dictionary of Eighteenth-century British Philosophers
CALL NUMBER: B1301 .D5270 1999 v.1-2
Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers
CALL NUMBER: Ref B 104 .B50 1996
Dictionary of National Biography
CALL NUMBER: Ref DA28 .D4
Databases & Articles
Links
Toolkit
WorldCat
Google Scholar
Contacts
Library Contact
For information on resources, services, collections, and book ordering for your department.
Bibliographic Instruction
For information on scheduling course-related instruction session or faculty training session
Department Home Page
For information on resources, services, collections, and book ordering for your department.
Bibliographic Instruction
For information on scheduling course-related instruction session or faculty training session
Department Home Page
Database Listing
Websites & News
Links
Toolkit
Websites
American Philosophical Association
http://www.apaonline.org/
Noesis: Philosophical Research Online
http://hippias.evansville.edu/about.htm
Voice of the Shuttle: Philosophy
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2724
Philosophy of Religion
http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/
Wikipedia: Philosoophy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/
http://www.apaonline.org/
Noesis: Philosophical Research Online
http://hippias.evansville.edu/about.htm
Voice of the Shuttle: Philosophy
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2724
Philosophy of Religion
http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/
Wikipedia: Philosoophy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/
News Alerts
Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog
http://www.leiterreports.typepad.com/
News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture...and a bit of poetry.
http://www.leiterreports.typepad.com/
News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture...and a bit of poetry.
Additional Information
In addition to JSTOR access to subject specific e-journals, including Philosophy with 59 core titles and Reliigion, with 53 titles, Project Muse also offers full-text access to current journals by discipline. Users can search or browse by category/subject. Project Muse includes Philosophy and Philosophy and Science
