Philosophy

A research guide: books, articles, web sites, & videos

Finding Books

· How to Find Books in the ODU Library: Search in the ODU Library Catalog.

· How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.

· To Help You Search in the Catalogs:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

Reference Books—A Selection

Reference books provide a good starting point for your research. Reference items are located in the Library’s Reference collection, behind the Reference Desk on the Top Floor of Spangler.

Bibliographies

· ARBA In-depth: Philosophy & Religion. R 016.1 A161i

· A Bibliography of Christian Philosophy and Contemporary Issues. R 016.201 M163 vol. 2

· A Bibliography of Philosophy in Catholic Thought 1900-1964. R 016.201 M163 vol. 1

· Cross-Currents of Jungian Thought: An Annotated Bibliography. R 016.15019 D996c, 1991

· A Guide to Philosophical Bibliography and Research

· Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature. R 016.1 B994p

· Resources in Ancient Philosophy: An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship in English, 1965-1989. R 016.18 B433r, 1991

Dictionaries

· The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. R 103 C1442d, 1999

· Dictionary of Asian Philosophies. R 181.003 N299d, 1978

· A Dictionary of Existentialism. R 111.103 W776c, 1960

· Dictionary of Existentialism. R 142.7 D554, 1999

· Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers. R 192.03 D5616n, 2002 vols. 1-2

· Dictionary of Philosophical Concepts. R 103 P485d, 1977

· A Dictionary of Philosophy. R 103 L131d

· A Dictionary of Philosophy. R 103 D5544p

· Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology. R 103 D5616, 1998 2 vols.

· Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers. R 192 D5616t, 2005 vols. 1-2

· Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon. R 103 P481g, 1967

· Historical Dictionary of Kierkegaard’s Philosophy. R 198.9 W322h

· Historical Dictionary of Logic. R 160.9 G288h, 2006

· A Latin-English Dictionary of St. Thomas Aquinas: Based on the Summa Theologica and Selected Passages. R 473.2 T454d

· Spinoza Dictionary. R 103 S758R, 1951

Encyclopedias

· A Companion to Epistemology. R 121 C7381e

· Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy. R 192.03 C7679e, 2006 vols. 1-4

· Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. R 111.85 E193a, 1998 4 vols.

· Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. R 181.003 E193a

· Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. R 940.25 E197e, 2003

· Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. R 100 R869, 1998 10 vols.

Handbooks

· Cambridge History of Later Greek & Early Medieval Philosophy. R 182 A735c, 1967

· Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy. R 190.9 C1444h 2 vols.

· Constructing a Life Philosophy: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 100 C111, 2002

· Handbook of Western Philosophy. R 190 P247h, 1989

· Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language. R 401 K5207t

· Masterpieces of World Philosophy. R 100 M194m, 1990

· Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature. R 016.1 B994p, 2006

· Routledge History of Philosophy. R 190.9 R7647h, 1997 10 vols.

· Socratic Logic. R 160 K92s, 2005

· World Philosophers and Their Works. R 109 W8937p 3 vols.

Reference Resources Online

Oxford Reference Online

Full-text. Brings together 100 dictionaries and other reference books in various subjects into one searchable database. Included under “Religion and Philosophy” are the following: dictionaries: The Oxford Companion to Philosophy and Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.

To access: Library homepage > Books > Oxford Reference Online

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Full-text, online searchable encyclopedia. Includes entries on applied ethics in multiple disciplines.

To access: Library homepage > Quick Reference > Encyclopedias > Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

eBooks

NetLibrary

Full-text ebook database. Search among 15,000 ebooks from multiple disciplines, including reference books, other nonfiction, and fiction—including books about children’s literature Search by keyword, title, or author.

To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and then select NetLibrary.

Finding Articles and Book Reviews

· Use an online research database to find articles in scholarly journals, general magazines, and newspapers.

· To access the databases below, from the Library’s Articles in Databases page, select the Philosophy category, or choose from the A-Z index near the top of the page.

· To Help You Search in the Databases:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print
by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler. If you need additional assistance,
ask a librarian.

Recommended Databases

Humanities International Complete

Covers articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings, and illustrations—all in the disciplines of the humanities.

MLA International Bibliography
Citations only. Catalogs books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Updated 10 times per year.

Oxford Scholarship Online

Oxford Scholarship Online is a cross-searchable library of the full text of over 1,350 Oxford books in the areas of Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. Coverage includes the following areas of philosophy: Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, General History of Philosophy, Logic/Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics/Epistemology, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophy of Science.

Philosopher's Index

Covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.

Religion and Philosophy Collection
The collection covers such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy from over 290 journals.

Finding Periodicals in this Library

Listed below are some philosophy periodicals available in the ODU Library.

How Do You Find Out if a Periodical Exists in this Library?

· Use the ODU Library Catalog to search for the title of the journal or newspaper you’re trying to find.
Choose a TITLE search and type in the title of the journal or newspaper you desire.

· The library's journals and magazines are located:

(1) In print in the Periodicals section on the top floor, arranged alphabetically by title
(2) Back issues in print (usually prior to 1960) in the Back Issues Room on the bottom floor
(3) In microfilm in cabinets behind the Periodicals section

A microfilm reader/printer (with free printing!) is also available on the top floor.
For more information, see the ODU Library Microfilm/Reader page at:

http://www.ohiodominican.edu/library/tour/microfilm/default.asp.

· If you are looking for a specific article in a periodical, be sure to match issue number and YEAR/MONTH of the article to the information listed in our library catalog to make sure we have the specific issue of the journal/magazine you need.

Finding Web Sites

A portal to Internet search engines and directories is available on the ODU Library’s Internet Search page.

In addition, listed below are web sites that may be of particular use to you in your information search.

Minimum recommended criteria for evaluating websites:

· Accuracy of the information

· Authority of the person or group responsible for the information

· When the information was created and last updated

For more information, view Evaluating Internet Sources & Search Tools on the Internet Search page.

Web Sites—A Selection

General Philosophy Sites

· AKAMAC E-texts http://www.cpm.ll.ehime-u.ac.jp/AkamacHomePage/Akamac_E-text_Links/Akamac_E-text_Links.html

· Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts http://www.infomotions.com/alex/

· CogPrints Philosophy categories http://cogprints.org/view/subjects/phil.html

· Electronic Texts in Philosophy http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainText.aspx

· The English Server: Marx & Engels’ Writings http://marx.eserver.org/

· Erratic Impact: Philosophy Research Base http://www.erraticimpact.com

· Guide to Philosophy on the Internet http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm

· Humbul Humanities Hub: Philosophy http://www.humbul.ac.uk/output/subout.php?subj=philosophy

· The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

· Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.ditext.com/encyc/frame.html

· Online Texts: Concepts of Person and Self http://www.philosophy.ucf.edu/pi.html

· Papers on Consciousness http://consc.net/online.html

· Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu

· WWW Virtual Library: Philosophy http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Philosophy/VL/index.html

Philosophy Organizations

· American Philosophical Association http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/index.html

· Directory of Philosophic Societies http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/gpi/ass.htm

· Society of Philosophical Inquiry http://www.philosopher.org

· Society for Women in Philosophy http://www.uh.edu/~cfreelan/SWIP/

Finding Videos

· How to find Videos in the ODU Library:

From the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select ODU Library Catalog, and
search the catalog:

· By KEYWORD and limit your search to MATERIAL TYPE: Audiovisuals

· By AUTHOR or TITLE if you are looking for a specific actor, director, or title.

Or from the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select List of DVDs and Videos, and browse through the listing.

§ How to find Online Videos:

From the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select Digital Media Center Databases, select DMC Databases, then scroll down until you see Digital Video Collection and click on OhioLINK Access only. Search by keyword or browse by subject.

Videos—A Selection

All videos are located in the Library’s Audiovisual (A/V) Materials collection on the top floor of Spangler.