Research Resources for Philosophy
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Research Resources for Philosophy
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Wellesley College Library catalog
WorldCat WC
(Via FirstSearch). Use for finding books at other libraries.
Ancient Women Philosophers, 600 B.C.-500 A.D. (Clapp Ref B105.W6 A53 1987)
Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers. (Clapp Ref B104 .B56 1996)
Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. (Clapp Ref B121 .C66 1997)
A Companion to Feminist Philosophy. (Clapp Ref HQ1190 .C665 1998)
The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers. (Clapp Ref B1301 .D527 1999)
A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations. (Clapp Ref B21 .D54 1994)
The Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
Dictionary of the History of Ideas. (Clapp Ref CB5.D52)
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. (Clapp Ref BJ63 .E44 1998)
Encyclopedia of Bioethics. (Clapp Ref QH332 .E52 1995) Also online: Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. (Clapp Ref B163 .E53 1997)
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. (Clapp Ref BL1005 .L4813 1994)
Encyclopedia of Ethics. (Clapp Ref BJ63 .E45 2001)
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (Clapp Ref B41.E5 1972)
Fifty Eastern Thinkers. (Clapp Ref B5005 .C645 2000)
Medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment Women Philosophers, A.D. 500-1600. (Clapp Ref B105 .W6 M39 1989)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (Clapp Ref B51 .R68 1998)
An authoritative source for information about philosophers and philosophy of all ilks. See the online version below.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy CD-ROM. (Clapp Ref CD-ROM stations)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: An online encyclopedia with articles about a variety of philosophical subjects. Still under construction, so many articles may not yet be available.
Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers. Also in stacks: Clapp B5005 .C65 1994
Women Philosophers: a Bio-Critical Source Book. (Clapp Ref B105 .W6 K47 1989)
Academic Search Premier
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search
Premier provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for
more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
L'Annee Philologique WC 1969-2001 A major ongoing international bibliography covering the Greek-Latin antiquities in literature, linguistics, archeology, history, philosophy, science, etc. from prehistory to the Middle Ages. It is also available in print version in Clapp Ref (Z7016 .M35 A5).
JSTOR WC -2001ish.
Use this to find articles in selected scholarly philosophy journals (Philosophical Review; Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Philosophy, etc.) written prior to about the last five years. JSTOR is an archive of back issues of selected journals. More about philosophy journals on JSTOR.
Noema: The Collaborative Bibliography of Women in Philosophy
Citations only for "over 16,000 records representing the work of over 5,000 women." It covers a broad range of writings, in time (ancient through modern), language (English and foreign language) and format (books, journals and web-sites).
pSearch
A customized philosophy search engine that replaces the previous site, The International Directory of Online Philosophy Papers.
The Paideia Project On-line
Search engine to ca. 900 papers read at the Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August, 1998.
Philosopher's IndexWC 1940-
Comprehensive index to articles, books, and chapters in books in all languages and covering all aspects of philosophy.
Project Muse WC
Use this to find articles in selected scholarly philosophy journals (Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal;Hypatia; Philosophy East and West, etc.) written in the last two to five years.
Other databases may be useful for you, depending on your specific topic and approach. AskUs and get some customized suggestions.
Library Instruction Class Guides
Philosophy 209: Scientific Reasoning
Philosophy
215: Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy
312: Aristotle
American Philosophical Association
The main professional organization for philosophers in the United States.
Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
A resource page created for Wellesley's environmental studies concentration in environmental philosophy and ethics.
Episteme Links: Philosophy Resources on the Internet
A well-organized gateway to Web sites on philosophy. Topic areas include philosophers, journals, e-texts, jobs, organizations, and events.
Ethics Updates
Provides access to information sources about ethical theory and applied ethics, including bioethics and environmental ethics, for faculty and students of philosophy. Includes a wide variety of sources; a glossary, texts of papers and lectures, bibliographies, discussion groups, case studies, audio and video clips, plus abstracts of articles from the journal Ethics.
Perseus Project is an "evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world and beyond." Contains full text of the writings of many ancient philosophers.
Philosophy Pages
Focusing on Western philosophy, the site offers basic information about
philosophers, a timeline, and study guides.
Project Archelogos
Permits searching of selected ancient Greek philosophical arguments, plus analyses of those arguments written or compiled by modern philosophers. Site includes interactive demonstrations for Plato's Protagorus and Aristotle's Generation and Corruption..
University of Bristol Dept. of Philosophy: Web Gateway
Nicely organized gateway to philosophy sites on the Web.
Worldwide Philosophy Resources
Links to online and book resources on a wide range of topics connected to philosophy: enviromental philosophy, gender studies, and many others.
Contact the departmental Library liaison
For help with your research, or to schedule a library research session for your class, contact Danielle Boulay, library research liaison to Philosophy.
To discuss acquiring particular resources, contact Brooke Henderson, library collections liaison to Philosophy.
The staff members above work together to support the needs of the Philosophy department.
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