1. Quick Reference / Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
2. Biography
3. Research

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Quick Reference / Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Designed as a scholarly dynamic reference work, this electronic encyclopedia of philosophers and topics in philosophy is intended to be responsive to new research.  Each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field, and all entries and updates are refereed by an editorial board before being made public.  Archived fixed editions created on a quarterly basis may be used for citation.
  
  
• REF B51 .O94 1995. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
  Authoritative, updated and revised to include many new topics.
  
  
• REF B41 .C35 1995. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
  This and The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (above) are the best single volume encyclopedic dictionaries in the field.
  
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• Ref B51.R68 1998 v.1-10 Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  A major encyclopedia in the field.
  
  
• REF B41 .B53 1994. The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
  Provides good coverage of women and non-western subjects.
  
  
• REF B72 .B34 1987 A Ready Reference to Philosophy East and West 
  Especially useful for the chronological and topical outline arrangement of entries.
  
  
• REF CB5 .D52 v.1-5 Dictionary of the History of Ideas (1974) Excellent interdisciplinary work. Does not provide entries for individuals.
  
  
• REF B41 .K48 1993. Key Ideas in Human Thought 
  Covers concepts in intellectual history that often have relevance to philosophical thought.
  
  
• REF BH56 .E53 1998. Encyclopedia of Aesthetics 
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• ART REF BH56 .C65 1992. A Companion to Aesthetics
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• REF B163 .E53 1997 Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy
  
  
• REF BL1005 .L4813 1989  The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen
  
  
• B131 .E5 1977 Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
  
  
• REF B121.C66 1997. Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
  
  
• REF BJ63 .E44 1998  Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
  
  
• REF BJ1199 .W47 1986 The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics
  
  
• REF QH332 .E52 1995 v.1-5 Encyclopedia of Bioethics

Biography

• REF B105 .W6 K47 1989 Women Philosophers: a Bio-Critical Source Book
  
  
• REF B104 .B5 1996 Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers
  

Research

• Philosopher's Index
  Coverage: 1940 - present
  Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 300 journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields. It is a major source of information in the areas of aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics. It is also a rich source of material on the philosophy of various disciplines, such as education, history, law, and religion.

Last Updated Date: 03/05/2008    
Created by:  Menchen, Margaret P. 
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