Philosopher's Index 
This index provides article citations to journals and books in philosophy and related disciplines including aesthetics, epistemology, ethics,and logic. Material on the philosophy of disciplines, such as law, religion, science, and history is also included.
This index provides article citations to journals and books in philosophy and related disciplines including aesthetics, epistemology, ethics,and logic. Material on the philosophy of disciplines, such as law, religion, science, and history is also included.
Religion & Philosophy Collection 
"Collection of periodicals supporting religion and philosophy." Of the 363 periodicals indexed, 140 are peer-reviewed and include some full text articles. Titles include: American Journal of Theology & Philosophy, American Philosophical Quarterly, Buddist-Christian Studies, Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, Islam & Science, Journal of Daoist Studies, Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, and Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion.
"Collection of periodicals supporting religion and philosophy." Of the 363 periodicals indexed, 140 are peer-reviewed and include some full text articles. Titles include: American Journal of Theology & Philosophy, American Philosophical Quarterly, Buddist-Christian Studies, Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, Islam & Science, Journal of Daoist Studies, Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, and Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion.
ATLA Religion Database
ATLA (American Theological Library Association) includes citations to journal articles, book reviews, and essays from over 1,500 sources supporting many areas of religious and theological scholarship. Subjects covered include archaeology and antiquities, church history, ecumenism, ethics, pastoral ministry, philosophy, and world religions.
ATLA (American Theological Library Association) includes citations to journal articles, book reviews, and essays from over 1,500 sources supporting many areas of religious and theological scholarship. Subjects covered include archaeology and antiquities, church history, ecumenism, ethics, pastoral ministry, philosophy, and world religions.
Academic Search Complete 
The world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
JSTOR
An archive of more than 1200 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Fulltext back to their date of first publication to within the current 2-5 years.
An archive of more than 1200 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Fulltext back to their date of first publication to within the current 2-5 years.
Living Biographies of Great Philosophers.
Print Location: General B 72 .T34 1972
Print Location: General B 72 .T34 1972
Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy.
Print Location: REF B 41 .C66 2005
Print Location: REF B 41 .C66 2005
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.
Print Location: REF B 41 .B53 1994
Print Location: REF B 41 .B53 1994
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Print Location: REF B 51 .R68 1998 (10 vols. including index)
Print Location: REF B 51 .R68 1998 (10 vols. including index)
eBook Collection (EBSCO)
This EBSCOhost eBook collection provides access to over 138,000 titles covering a wide variety of subject areas. It is comprised of the following sub-collecctions:
eBook Academic Collection
eBook Clinical Collection
eBook Community College Collection
eBook High School Collection
eBook K-8 Collection
eBook Public Library Collection
This EBSCOhost eBook collection provides access to over 138,000 titles covering a wide variety of subject areas. It is comprised of the following sub-collecctions:
eBook Academic Collection
eBook Clinical Collection
eBook Community College Collection
eBook High School Collection
eBook K-8 Collection
eBook Public Library Collection
Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics.
Print Location: General BD 111 .B57 2002
Print Location: General BD 111 .B57 2002
Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic.
Print Location: General BC 71 .B565 2001
Print Location: General BC 71 .B565 2001
Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind.
Print Location: General BD 418.3 B57 2003
Print Location: General BD 418.3 B57 2003
Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy.
Print Location: General JA 71 .B52 2002
Print Location: General JA 71 .B52 2002
Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science.
Print Location: General Q 175 .B56 2002
Print Location: General Q 175 .B56 2002
World Philosophy: Essay-Reviews of 225 Major Works.
Print Location: REF B 29 .W68 (5 vols.)
Print Location: REF B 29 .W68 (5 vols.)
A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
"Kemerling's 1,000 entries cover the terms and names undergraduates are likely to encounter when studying philosophy. Definitions are clear and concise and many biographical entries include portraits. . .suggested readings and generous cross references. . . The dictionary is a part of a larger site for philosophy students; Kemerling has taught the subject to undergraduates for over 25 years. . .According to the FAQ, the dictionary is updated several times a year. . . Highly recommended." Fontaine, W. Choice Reviews Online. Supp. 2003. Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
"Kemerling's 1,000 entries cover the terms and names undergraduates are likely to encounter when studying philosophy. Definitions are clear and concise and many biographical entries include portraits. . .suggested readings and generous cross references. . . The dictionary is a part of a larger site for philosophy students; Kemerling has taught the subject to undergraduates for over 25 years. . .According to the FAQ, the dictionary is updated several times a year. . . Highly recommended." Fontaine, W. Choice Reviews Online. Supp. 2003. Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
PhilPapers: Phliosophical Research Online
From the Centre for Digital Philosophy, University of Western Ontario. "PhilPapers aims to be both a comprehensive index and an open-access repository of philosophical research. . .it has arguably become-in less than a decade-the central online resource for English-language philosophy. . . The continuously updated database now contains over 1.8 million citations to books, journal articles, reviews, reviews, personal websites, open-access archives. . .in over 30 languages. . .External links are provided to full-text sources via Google Scholar, Google Books, Amazon.com and other open-source portals."
"Highly recommended." McCaffrey, C. Yale University Library. Choice April 2016. 13 July 2016.
From the Centre for Digital Philosophy, University of Western Ontario. "PhilPapers aims to be both a comprehensive index and an open-access repository of philosophical research. . .it has arguably become-in less than a decade-the central online resource for English-language philosophy. . . The continuously updated database now contains over 1.8 million citations to books, journal articles, reviews, reviews, personal websites, open-access archives. . .in over 30 languages. . .External links are provided to full-text sources via Google Scholar, Google Books, Amazon.com and other open-source portals."
"Highly recommended." McCaffrey, C. Yale University Library. Choice April 2016. 13 July 2016.
D. Anthony Storm's Commentary on Kierkegaard
"Storm's commentary on Kierkegaard is an exceptional piece of combined scholarship and Web design. . . His commentary demonstrates an extensive and intimate acquaintance with the Dane's entier literary production from beginning to end. . .Storm's commentary is idiosyncratic at times-the mark of the amateur working in isolation. . .Supplementary sections provide an introductory primer, an essay on the context and aims of Kierkegaard's method, a biographical sketch, a gallery of images of Kierkegaard and his circle, links to other sites and an annotated bibliography. . .Storm's site is a work in progress but very close to being a complete, finished product of high scholarly merit. Highly recommended." Potter, J.D. Choice Reviews Online. Feb. 2005 Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
"Storm's commentary on Kierkegaard is an exceptional piece of combined scholarship and Web design. . . His commentary demonstrates an extensive and intimate acquaintance with the Dane's entier literary production from beginning to end. . .Storm's commentary is idiosyncratic at times-the mark of the amateur working in isolation. . .Supplementary sections provide an introductory primer, an essay on the context and aims of Kierkegaard's method, a biographical sketch, a gallery of images of Kierkegaard and his circle, links to other sites and an annotated bibliography. . .Storm's site is a work in progress but very close to being a complete, finished product of high scholarly merit. Highly recommended." Potter, J.D. Choice Reviews Online. Feb. 2005 Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
Ethics Updates
"Outstanding Title!" "The greatly expanded Ethics Updates has become an increasingly valuable curricular/classroom resource. Designed for instructors and students of applied ethics and ethical theory. . . carefully selected subject-organized collection of full text articles, important philosophical works. . . The Applied Ethics section, previously focused largely on biomedical and environmental ethics, now also covers race, war, world hunger, poverty, gender. . .The videos include interviews with and presentations by contemporary moral philosophers as arranged with the American Philosophical Association, The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, and other institutes. . . Essential." Adams-Volpe, J.A., University at Buffalo, SUNY. Choice Reviews Online. Nov. 2006. Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
"Outstanding Title!" "The greatly expanded Ethics Updates has become an increasingly valuable curricular/classroom resource. Designed for instructors and students of applied ethics and ethical theory. . . carefully selected subject-organized collection of full text articles, important philosophical works. . . The Applied Ethics section, previously focused largely on biomedical and environmental ethics, now also covers race, war, world hunger, poverty, gender. . .The videos include interviews with and presentations by contemporary moral philosophers as arranged with the American Philosophical Association, The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, and other institutes. . . Essential." Adams-Volpe, J.A., University at Buffalo, SUNY. Choice Reviews Online. Nov. 2006. Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
EthicShare, University of Minnesota
"Partially funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, National Science Foundation, and Council on Library and Information Resources. . . an index of literature in the field of ethics, a discussion forum, and a news feed service. . .Main source for most of the literature indexed is PubMed, though abstracts are not included with the citations. . .Focus is on bioethics, but the sponsoring partners have plans for the site to evolve into an interdisciplinary repository of ethics-related kiterature. . .partners include Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Stanford University, and the University of Virginia. . .Users may link to WorldCat to locate resources in libraries." Renaus, J. P. University of Miami. Choice Reviews Online. March, 2010. 24 Aug. 2012.
"Partially funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, National Science Foundation, and Council on Library and Information Resources. . . an index of literature in the field of ethics, a discussion forum, and a news feed service. . .Main source for most of the literature indexed is PubMed, though abstracts are not included with the citations. . .Focus is on bioethics, but the sponsoring partners have plans for the site to evolve into an interdisciplinary repository of ethics-related kiterature. . .partners include Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Stanford University, and the University of Virginia. . .Users may link to WorldCat to locate resources in libraries." Renaus, J. P. University of Miami. Choice Reviews Online. March, 2010. 24 Aug. 2012.
Philosophy Bites
". . .Podcast audio interview series which has had over seven million downloads in its first three years. . ."The site features some 140 conversations, around 15 minutes long, with leading professional philosophers chiefly in the U.S. and Britain. . .providing introductions to an extensive range of topics." Coverage of traditional topics, e.g. epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, etc.) and key figures (e.g. Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche), as well as application of contributors' expertise on contemporary issues. "Higly recommended." R.A. Sica Jr., Eastern Kentucky University. Choice Reviews Online. April, 2011. 24 Aug. 2012.
". . .Podcast audio interview series which has had over seven million downloads in its first three years. . ."The site features some 140 conversations, around 15 minutes long, with leading professional philosophers chiefly in the U.S. and Britain. . .providing introductions to an extensive range of topics." Coverage of traditional topics, e.g. epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, etc.) and key figures (e.g. Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche), as well as application of contributors' expertise on contemporary issues. "Higly recommended." R.A. Sica Jr., Eastern Kentucky University. Choice Reviews Online. April, 2011. 24 Aug. 2012.
PhilSci Archive: An Archive for Preprints in Philosophy of Science
"Launched in January 2001, this preprint server for philosophy of science is sponsored jointly by the Philosophy of Science Association and the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Philosophy of Science. Its aim is 'to promote communication in the field by the rapid dissemination of new work.' Although the Archive's staff does not formally referee papers, the preprints are high quality, and several are forthcoming in prominent philosophy journals. . . contributors include faculty and graduate students from around the world who specialize in philosophy of science. . . contains numerous papers on general philosophical issues such as causation, explanation, and realism/antirealism. . . updated twice daily. . . Highly recommended." Ellis, U., University of Oklahoma. Choice Reviews Online. Supp. 2006. Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
"Launched in January 2001, this preprint server for philosophy of science is sponsored jointly by the Philosophy of Science Association and the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Philosophy of Science. Its aim is 'to promote communication in the field by the rapid dissemination of new work.' Although the Archive's staff does not formally referee papers, the preprints are high quality, and several are forthcoming in prominent philosophy journals. . . contributors include faculty and graduate students from around the world who specialize in philosophy of science. . . contains numerous papers on general philosophical issues such as causation, explanation, and realism/antirealism. . . updated twice daily. . . Highly recommended." Ellis, U., University of Oklahoma. Choice Reviews Online. Supp. 2006. Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
PHILWEB: Philosophy Resources Off- & On-Line
"With sections devoted to 15 branches of philosophy, 21 philosophical methodologies, 4 historical eras, 22 regions, and hundreds of philosophers and other theorists, PHILWEB is a massive pathfinder to print and electronic information in philosophy. Editor, Richard L. W. Clarke
is a professor of literature at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill . . .web portals, course syllabi, and important primary and secondary works" are included on this site. "There is overlap between PHILWEB and the venerable philosophy web portal EpistemeLinks" (Choice Reviews Online, June 2005) "but each includes enough material lacking in the other so as to make the two sites complementary rather than redundant. . .Highly recommended." Seymour, C.S., Wayland Baptist University. Choice Reviews Online. July 2006. Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
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"With sections devoted to 15 branches of philosophy, 21 philosophical methodologies, 4 historical eras, 22 regions, and hundreds of philosophers and other theorists, PHILWEB is a massive pathfinder to print and electronic information in philosophy. Editor, Richard L. W. Clarke
is a professor of literature at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill . . .web portals, course syllabi, and important primary and secondary works" are included on this site. "There is overlap between PHILWEB and the venerable philosophy web portal EpistemeLinks" (Choice Reviews Online, June 2005) "but each includes enough material lacking in the other so as to make the two sites complementary rather than redundant. . .Highly recommended." Seymour, C.S., Wayland Baptist University. Choice Reviews Online. July 2006. Web. 28 Aug. 2012.
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