Research Guide: Philosophy
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Finding Background Info [help]
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these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
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New Catholic
Encyclopedia --
Online
encyclopedia covering theology, philosophy,
history, literary figures and more |
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Oxford Reference Online Database -
access to over 140 online reference books
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Oxford Islamic Studies Online -- contains over 3,000
encyclopedia-style articles, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines |
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PastMasters -- contains the history of political thought and
theory, classics, and philosophy in full-text format. It includes such resources as the Works of Charles Darwin, the complete works of Plato and Thomas Aquinas, Kant: Gesammelte Schriften, and
political theory from Machiavelli to Mill.
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Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- features articles from international experts across the discipline of philosophy.
Topics include Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy |
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- includes articles on people, concepts, books,
and other topics in philosophy. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a dynamic reference work. 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 a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public. |
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Finding Articles [help]
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JSTOR -- full text access to scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines |
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Philosopher's Index -- a bibliographic database with
informative author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy, published in journals and books since 1940 |
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Project Muse -- access to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences |
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
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Web Resources |
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EpistemeLinks --
Resources include biographical information on philosophers, descriptions of various disciplines and schools of thought, and links to other
resources |
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The
Labyrinth:
Resources for Medieval Studies (Georgetown) -- Provides access to electronic resources in medieval studies. Note especially the International Culture: Philosophy and Theology link,
which offers primary texts for Aristotle, Augustine, Plato and others |
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The Perseus Digital Library
(Tufts) -- A digital library which focuses on primary and secondary sources for the
study of ancient Greece and Rome, and the Renaissance |
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