Philosophy Research Guide

In addition to the reference works cited in this guide, be sure to check TrinCat (the library catalog). Works on philosophy of religion are cataloged under "Religion-- Philosophy." There are many subheadings under "Philosophy" for a list please consult the red Library of Congress Subject Headings on top of the card catalogs.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Ref B51 .R68 1998
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Edward Craig, ed.

Ref B655 .Z69 A84 1999
Augustine Through the Ages: an Encyclopedia. Allan D. Fitzgerald, ed.

Ref B41 .B79 2004
Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy. Nicholas Bunnin, ed.

Ref B802 .W48 1996
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Ellen Judy Wilson.

Ref B819 .D455 1999
Dictionary of Existentialism.

Ref H41 .B53 1994
The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Social Thought. William Outhwaite, ed.

Ref B 41 .C35 1999
The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy. Robert Audi, ed.

Ref B 41.R43 1996
Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion.

Ref B163 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy.

Ref B121 .C664 1997
A Companion to World Philosophies.

REF B 41 .T45x (1892)
A Dictionary of Philosophy in the Words of Philosophers.

REF B 51 .O94 1995
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy.

Ref B105 .W6 K47 1989
Women Philosophers : a Bio-Critical Source Book. Ethel M. Kersey.

REF B 104 .B56x 1996
Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers

Philosophy Databases

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Philosopher's Index -1940 - present. Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields.

Humanities Abstracts - Database contains citations covering diverse subject areas of the humanities from over 465 journals with indexing from 1984 to present and abstracts since 1994. Includes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs.

ECO - 1995- present. An OCLC collection of scholarly journal abstracts and full-text articles.

ATLA Religion Database - 1949 - present. Indexes from Religion Index One, Religion Index Two and IBRR

Directories & Bibliographies

Ref Z7129.G7 C58 1977
The Classical world bibliography of philosophy, religion, and rhetoric.

Ref Z7125 .W87 1993
World philosophy: a contemporary bibliography. John R. Burr, ed.

Ref B935 .D5 1994-95
Directory of American Philosophers.

REF B 35 .I55 1990
International Directory of Philosophy & Philosophers.

REF Z7125 .B39 1991
Resources in ancient philosophy : an annotated bibliography of scholarship in English, 1965-1989.

Web Sites

The Catholic Encyclopedia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
Superior reference work, containing a large amount of information on philosophy, much of it unavailable elsewhere.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
A fully searchable on-line encyclopedia, featuring articles written by professional philosophers.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
Each entry in encyclopedia is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or a group of experts in the field.

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
Maintained by Peter Suber, Philosophy Department, Earlham College.

http://eserver.org/philosophy/
Selected philosophy texts online.

http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/
Homepage of the American Philosophical Association.

http://www.siu.edu/~scp/
Homepage of the Society of Christian Philosophers

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2724
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