Subject guides: Philosophy: Home

This guide to Library and information resources for philosophy has been compiled by Anne Donnelly, Academic Support Librarian for the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences.

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Referencing and Reference Management

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Databases for Philosophy

MIT Cognet
Includes the full text of major reference works and over 250 cognitive science books, full text of journals in the field of cognitive and brain sciences, and a growing collection of other relevant books, journals and reference works.
Philosopher's Index
Bibliographical information and abstracts of articles in philosophy and related disciplines published in over 300 journals world wide, from 1940 to date.

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Major areas covered include aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, history of philosophy, logic, metaphysics, political and social philosophy, and the philosophy of disciplines, including education,
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Fully searchable online edition of the classic 10-volume Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy with new content added regularly.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.

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All entries and substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public.
Additional databases for Philosophy

Searchable full-text resources from Oxford University Press

Oxford Bibliographies
Authoritative research guides , featuring the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects, including philosophy.
Oxford Handbooks Online: Scholarly Research Reviews
An outstanding collection of the best Handbooks in fifteen subject areas, including philosophy.
Oxford Scholarshp Online
A vast and rapidly-expanding online library, providing easy access to thousands of books across the world-renowned scholarly list of the OUP, including around 1900 titles for philosophy.

Additional resources

Hume Texts Online
A free and open access collection of almost everything written by the great Enlightenment thinker, David Hume, alongside bibliographies and links to Hume scholarship on the web.
Ethics Updates
Informed discussion of moral issues.
Internet Encylopedia of Philosophy
Open access to detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy.
Philosophy Bites
Podcasts of top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics.

Philosophy Events

What's on and where
Calendar of workshops, seminars, conferences and other events taking place in Philosophy.

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