Philosophy

Background Information

Journal Articles

Books

Websites

Other

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Reference texts for overviews, definitions, general background

• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  - also on shelves in Reference:
   [B 51 R68 1998 v.1-10]
• Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
• Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
• Concise Routledge Encyclopedia (abbreviated version)

JOURNAL ARTICLES (DATABASES)
Suggested databases to search for articles on your topic

• Philosophers Index - the core resource for scholarly articles in philosophy journals
  • Available online from 1940-present
  • Also available in printed form; volumes back to 1967/68 in periodicals stacks (level 2 1/2)
• JSTOR: Philosophy titles - major philosophy journals in full text format
  • NOT current - these are the historical back issues, usually more than 4 years old.
• BioEthics - a subset of Medline/PubMed for articles on ethical issues in medicine, biotechnology and health put together by the National Library of Medicine 
• Art Abstracts - includes articles on aesthetics
  • Available online from 1984-present (also Art Index Retrospective for 1929-1984)
  • indexing and abstracts for more than 450 international art publications.

BOOKS
Areas in the stacks you might browse, or major subject headings you could search under in the library catalog

• The best way to find a book on your topic is to start with a search in the Library Catalog. Once you've found something of interest, you might also browse the stacks in that particular area. In general...
• Books on philosophy are found in the Williston (Main) Library stacks on Level 1 with the call numbers starting  B - BD

WEBSITES

• Great Philosophy Sites -recommended from the Librarians' Internet Index

SPECIAL RESOURCES

• The English Server - Philosophy: canonical philosophy texts in electronic form (and a few other resources)
• PhilSci Archive a preprint server for Philosophy of Science papers sponsored by the Philosophy of Science Assoc. and the Univ. of Pittsburgh's Center for Philosophy of Science.
• The Paideia Project Online (700 papers from the 20th World Congress of Philosophy-1998)