Philosophy Department Guide
Books in McCain Library
Searching the Journal Literature
Bibliographies and Indexes
Bynagle, Hans E. Philosophy : a guide to the reference literature Littleton,
Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1986.
B72 .B96 1986
1997 edition available online via Netlibrary: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/gdir?code=zmnl&id=22263
Bell, Albert A., Resources in ancient philosophy : an annotated
bibliography of scholarship in English, 1965-1989 Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press,
1991
B171 .B4 1991
De George, Richard T. The philosopher's guide to sources,
research tools, professional life, and related fields. Lawrence : Regents
Press of Kansas, c1980.
B53.5 .D4
Philosopher's Index Bowling Green, Ohio, Philosophy Documentation Center,
Bowling Green University
Ref. B1 .P44 1967 - 1990
Also available
online - see Searching the Journal Literature for details
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Companions and Handbooks
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
The library owns several titles in this series on various topics, including
environmental ethics, mind, religion, language,
and many more. To find these titles, do a title search in SOPHIA for
"blackwell companions to philosophy" and browse the results:
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
The library owns several titles in this series on various philosophers.
To find these titles, do a title search in SOPHIA for
"cambridge companions to philosophy" and browse the results:
Other companions and handbooks
Oxford companion to philosophy edited by Ted Honderich Oxford
; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
B51 .O94 1995
Also available online via Netlibrary: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/gdir?code=zmnl&id=22941
Great thinkers of the Western world : the major ideas and
classic works of more than 100 outstanding Western philosophers,
physical and
social
scientists, psychologists, religious writers, and theologians edited
by Ian P. McGreal. New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1992
Ref. B72 .G74 1992
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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy edited by Robert Audi.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995, 1997 printing
Ref. B41 .C35 1997
The Oxford dictionary of philosophy edited by Simon Blackburn.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996
Available online via Netlibrary: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/gdir?code=zmnl&id=12313
Lacey, A. R. A dictionary of philosophy London ; Boston :
Routledge & K. Paul, 1976
Ref. B41 .L32 1976
Concise Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy London ; New
York : Routledge, 2000
Available online via Netlibrary: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/gdir?code=zmnl&id=60792
Encyclopedia of ethics edited by Lawrence C. Becker and Charlotte B.
Becker New York : Routledge, 2001
Ref. BJ63 .E45 2001 v. 1 - 3
Encyclopedia of feminist theories edited by Lorraine Code.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2000
Ref. HQ1190 .E63 2000
Also available online via Netlibrary: http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=70627
The Encyclopedia of philosophy. Paul Edwards, editor in chief.
New York, Macmillan [1967]
Ref. B41 .E5 v. 1 -8
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Writing Guides
Watson, Richard A., Writing philosophy: a guide to professional
writing and publishing Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University
Press, c1992
Available online via Netlibrary: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/gdir?code=zmnl&id=22339
Rosenberg, Jay F. The practice of philosophy: a handbook for
beginners Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1978
BD241 .R65
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Searching for Books
Browsing the Shelves
Books in McCain Library are arranged by subject via Library of Congress
Classification. Books can be browsed within each call # area.
B1-5802 Philosophy (General)
- B 69-99 General works
- B 108-5802 By period
Including individual philosophers and schools of philosophy
- B 108-708 Ancient
- B 720-765 Medieval
- B 770-785 Renaissance
- B 790-5802 Modern
- B 808-849 Special topics and schools of
philosophy
- B 850-5739 By
region or country
- B 5800-5802 By religion
Searching SOPHIA
In SOPHIA, a subject search will typically return
the most relevant results, but only if you know the appropriate Library
of
Congress
subject
headings for
your topic. Subject headings in the discipline of philosophy are highly
variable, and include names of philosophers, schools and branches of
philosophy,
time periods, and country. Examples include:
- Absolute, The
- Ethics
- Existentialism
- Form (philosophy)
- Kant Immanuel
- Philosophy German
- Philosophy Ancient
A keyword search will
typically retrieve a greater number of results, though many may not be
relevant. Check the subject headings of relevant keyword search results,
and revise your search strategy as needed. Subject headings are hyperlinked,
and will lead you to all items in the catalog with that particular heading.
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Searching the Journal Literature - Databases
Search the following databases for articles (or citations to articles)
on topics in the discipline of philosophy. Make use of the linked online
help as needed.
Philosopher's Index
"Indexes journal articles in the areas of aesthetics, epistemology, ethics,
logic, and metaphysics; it is also a source of material on the philosophy
of various disciplines such as education, history, law, religion, and
science." Coverage is 1940 to present.
Humanities Abstracts
"Contains citations to articles and book reviews in approximately 500
well-known scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the humanities.
Subjects
covered include archeology, area studies, art, Classics, dance, film,
folklore, history, linguistics, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy,
religion, and theology. Articles are primarily English language." Coverage
is 1983 to present.
Religion
& Philosophy Collection 
"A database with more than 243 full-text journals. It covers topics
in spiritual, ethical, philosophical, cultural, and historical aspects
of the world's major religions." Coverage is 1984 to present, with full-text
from 1990.
JSTOR
The complete backfiles (full-text) of core academic journals in many disciplines,
including 40 history journals. Coverage begins in the 1800s for some journals,
and goes up through 2 to 5 years ago. For a some journals, links to recent
content in Project Muse are included.
Basic
Search Help | General
Help (includes printing) | Philosophy
Search handout (pdf)
Project
MUSE
Full-text of more than 200 scholarly journals in the humanities and social
sciences from several university presses. Coverage is of recent issues
only.
Search
Help
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Finding Full-Text
If the database you are searching does not include the full-text of your
article, search the Journal/Article
Locator. Enter the journal title (not the article title!)
to see if your article is available in full-text in a different database.
The journal locator will also tell you if we have a journal in the McCain
print or microfilm collections. Double-check by searching in SOPHIA for
the journal title (not the article title!).
If we don't own the journal, you can request the article through Interlibrary
Loan, or, check to see if another
local library owns it.
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Philosophy on the Web
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/
EpistemeLinks.com - Philosophy on the Web
http://www.epistemelinks.com/
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
GALILEO Internet Resources - Philosophy
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/internet/arts/philos.html
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