Philosophy Research Guide
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"Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is
truth"
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
Encyclopedias and Reference Works
Subject Encyclopedias
These can be helpful for obtaining an overview of a subject and related topics.
An entry in an encyclopedia will often contain a bibliography which can lead you
to more sources on that topic.
Here are several we have:
Macmillan
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
8 vols. Reference B 41 .E5 1967
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy 10 vols.
Reference B 51 .R68 1998
Oxford Companion to Philosophy Reference B 51 .O94
1995
Subject Dictionaries
The
Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy Reference
B 41 .C35 1999
The
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy Reference B 41
.B53 1994
The Oxford
Companion to the Mind Reference BF 31 .O94
1987
Handbooks, Manuals and Guides
Handbook of
Metaphysics and Ontology 2 vols. Reference
BD 111 .H225 1991
World
Philosophy: Essay-Reviews of 225 Major Works 10 vols.
Reference B 29 .W68
The following are shelved in the General Collection on
second floor, and can be checked out:
The
Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind BD 418.3 .B57
2003
The
Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy
JA 71 .B52 2002
The
Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science Q 175
.B56 2002
The
Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics BD 111 .B57 2002
The
Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic BC 71 .B565
2001
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Find Books
There are several types of searches you can do in the
library catalog
to locate books. Library catalogs contain subject headings
used by the Library of Congress and most library users are not
familiar with these official headings. Therefore it is always
best to begin with a keyword search rather that a subject
search when first going to the online catalog. Combine
several terms that describe your topic. Use and
to narrow your results, or to broaden your results:
Plato AND virtue
stoics OR sceptics
natural law AND stoicism
(stoic* OR sceptics) and freedom
philosophy AND presocratic*
A few tips on the keyword searches above:
The asterisk * truncates a term and will retrieve all forms of the
word that follow the truncation symbol. For example,
presocratic* will retrieve presocratic, presocratics. Stoic*
will retrieve stoic, stoics, stoicism. The parentheses
allows you to search for concepts similar in meaning and then
combine these with a different term(s). Remember to always
place your similar terms within parentheses when using AND & OR in
one search statement. Click
here
for more tips.
Results from your keyword searches will help you identify
appropriate subject headings that you can search under.
These can help you get even more relevant books on your specific
topic.
If you cannot find a particular title or a sufficient number of
books on your topic, be sure to check the
MOBIUS online
catalog. When you find a book in MOBIUS, just click on the
"request" button and complete the online form. You will
receive an e-mail notice once the book is here, which usually takes
2-3 business days.
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Find Articles
Databases in this section are
restricted to use on the Truman network unless otherwise indicated.
Philosopher's Index 1940+
The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from
books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers
the areas of ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, logic, and
metaphysics as well as material on the philosophy of
disciplines, such as law, religion, science, history, and
education.
Humanities Abstracts 1984+
In print under various titles 1907-1996 : Reference AI 3 S6
Contains citations from more than 325 periodicals in archaeology
and classical studies, area studies, communication, folklore,
history, language, literature, performing and visual arts,
philosophy, religion and theology.
Arts and Humanities Search (Arts & Humanities Citation
Index) 1980+
Provides citations to the world's leading arts and humanities
journals. Over 1,300 sources covered. Indexes articles,
bibliographies, editorials and reviews.
Project MUSE--There are 15 full-text philosophy
journals available online in this collection. Dates vary for
each journal, however the coverage is usually from previous 5
years to current issue.
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Listed below are philosophy journals
available in Pickler Memorial Library. Click on title to
view location and coverage.
* denotes peer-reviewed journal
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Web Links A-Z
D. Anthony Storm's Commentary
of Kierkegaard--"Storm's commentary on Kierkegaard is an exceptional
piece of combined scholarship and Web design. . .Storm's commentary is
idiosyncratic at times--the mark of the amateur working in isolation--but
meticulous in showing the context and interconnectedness of Kierkegaard's life
and thought. . .Storm's site is a work in progress, but very close to being a
complete, finished product of high scholarly merit. Highly recommended."
CHOICE, Feb. '05
A Dictionary of
Philosophical Terms and Names--Over 1,000 entries, cover "terms and
names undergraduates are like to encounter when studying philosophy. . .many
biographical entries include portraits. Most entries include suggested readings
and generous cross-references and link to other online sources such as
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Updated several times a year. Highly
recommended."
CHOICE, May, 2003.
The Husserl Page--According
to CHOICE Reviews (January, 2006), this page is "expertly constructed and
carefully maintained by Bob Sandmeyer, University of Kentucky." The site
provides "exhaustive coverage of the available and relevant online materials
about 20th-century German phenomenologist, Edmund Husserl." Users will be taken
to biographical information and published and unpublished material, "including
an index to his
Nachlass materials, and to many online texts of Husserl's
writings (in English and German)"
CHOICE, Jan. '06
pSearch
--"pSearch is a customized search engine dedicated to
philosophy-related web pages. It is powered by Google Co-op and maintained by
Joe Lau at the University of Hong Kong.
pSearch provides search results
more relevant to academic philosophers by searching only those web sites with
online academic philosophy papers and authoritative reference sites." From the
pSearch home page.
Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
The Isaiah Berlin Virtual
Library--Hosted by Wolfson College, Oxford and maintained by Henry
Hardy, Berlin's editor and one of his "literary trustees. . .Highly
recommended."
CHOICE, Nov. '05
Philosophy in Cyberspace--Meta site with great topics links and useful
information.
Philosophy Research Base--Meta-index of Internet philosophy resources
that links to large philsophy sites and to specific subjects in those sites.
Sites are indexed by individual philosophers, subjects and historical periods.
Variety of virtual resources for beginning, intermediate and advanced students.
PHILWEB:
Theoretical Resources Off- and 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. . .There is
overlap between PHILWEB and the venerable philosophy Web portal
EpistemeLinks, but each includes enough material lacking in the
other so as to make the two sites complementary rather than redundant. Highly
recommended." Reviewed by C.S. Seymour, Wayland Baptist University, for CHOICE,
July/August 2006.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- A "dynamic encyclopedia,"
allowing entries to be updated as research dictates. This is a "work in
progress" with Stanford University Department of Philosophy serving as advisory
board.
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Citing Sources
There are several style manuals available in the library:
Chicago/Turabian Style
A Manual
for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations
General Collection LB 2369 .T8 1996
Reference LB 2369 .T8 1996
APA Style
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
General Collection BF 76.7 .P83 2001
Reserve BF 76.7 .P83 2001
Reference BF 76.7 .P83 2001
MLA Style
MLA Handbook
for Writers of Research Papers
General Collection LB 2396 .G53 2003
Reserve LB 2369 .G53
Reference LB 2369 .G53 2003
For additional style guides and
information on citing Web sites and other electronic sources, click
here.
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For further
assistance, visit or call the Reference Desk (660) 785-4051 or
contact the Reference Librarian for Philosophy:
Lisa M. Glaubitz, Reference
Librarian
(660) 785-7412
glaubitz@truman.edu
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