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In-Depth Research Guide: Philosophy


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Librarians for Philosophy

Danielle Boulay, Research & Instruction, x3107

Brooke Henderson
, Collections, x3258


Find articles and essays
Academic Search Complete
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Complete provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.

l'Annee Philologique
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.

JSTOR
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 in JSTOR.

pSearch
A customized philosophy search engine that replaces the previous site, The International Directory of Online Philosophy Papers.

Philosopher's Index 1940-
Comprehensive index to articles, books, and chapters in books in all languages and covering all aspects of philosophy.

Project Muse
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.
Find background information
Ancient Women Philosophers, 600 B.C.-500 A.D. (Clapp Ref B105.W6 A53 1987)

Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers

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)

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)

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)

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

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 (Clapp B5005 .C65 1994)

Women Philosophers: a Bio-Critical Source Book (Clapp Ref B105 .W6 K47 1989)
Find books

Wellesley College Library catalog

WorldCat is a FirstSearch database that searches for book & journal titles, visual materials, etc. in library catalogs worldwide.

Key Websites

American Philosophical Association
The main professional organization for philosophers in the United States.

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.

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