Print Resources

The following items are available on the FIRST FLOOR of I.D. Weeks Library. This list is not comprehensive; additional resources are available.

Books

Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B104.B5 1996
Contains information about over 1,000 philosophers who have lived all or part of their lives in the twentieth century. Includes information about influences on each philosopher and their main areas of interest. Lists of major and secondary works are provided.

The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B41.C35 1999
This is a thorough dictionary covering all aspects of philosophy including terms and philosophers.

Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B163.E53 1997
This book covers subjects and people from the dawn of philosophy in Ionia in the sixth century B.C.E. to the decline of the Academy in Athens in the sixth century C.E.

An Encyclopedia of War and Ethics
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B105.W3E53 1996
This book is extremely useful in tracing the development of ideas about the ethics of war. Bibliographies and index included.

The Great Ideas Today
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR AY59.G7 1961-1998
Each volume in this set (beginning in 1961) covers major ideas of a given year. Topics range from philosophy of science to natural rights and aesthetics.

Great Thinkers of the Eastern World
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B5005.G74 1995
This book covers major eastern philosophers and their works. Each essay includes a bibliography and suggestions for related study.

The Handbook of Western Philosophy
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B804.H17 1998
This book does an excellent job of explaining various schools of western philosophical thought and relating them to each other. Extensive bibliographies are included.

Key Ideas in Human Thought
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B41.K48 1993
Traces and defines the development of major ideas in human thought. Includes eastern and western concepts.

Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B72.Z9B97
Includes bibliographies of major philosophical encyclopedias and dictionaries. Most useful is the section of bibliographies on philosophers and schools of thought. Author/Title and Subject indexes included.

Women Philosophers: A Bio-Critical Source Book
REFERENCE 1st FLOOR B105.W6K47 1989
Contains brief biographical sketches, lists of works and criticism.

Journals

The following journals are available on the SECOND FLOOR of I.D. Weeks Library. This is not a complete list; other titles are also available.

American Philosophical Quarterly
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Continental Philosophy Review
Economics and Philosophy
History and Theory
Journal of the History of Ideas
Journal of the History of Philosophy
The Journal of Philosophy
Metaphilosophy
The Philosophical Quarterly
Philosophy Today

Electronic Journals

Basileus: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for the Philosophy of Law: http://www.helsinki.fi/~rpol_bas/vol2/vol2nr2/vol2nr2.htm
Focuses on the relationship of law to power.

Ends and Means: Journal of the University of Aberdeen Centre for Philosophy, Technology, and Society: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~phl002/techno.shtml
This is a well-maintained web site containing current and back issues of the journal.

Techné: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology: 
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/spt.html
Published by the Society for Philosophy and Technology at Virginia Tech. This site provides access to issues dating back to 1995.

Subscription Databases

JSTOR
Academic Search Elite
Dissertation Abstracts
Expanded Academic ASAP
Humanities Abstracts
PapersFirst
ProceedingsFirst
WorldCat

World Wide Web Resources

Centre for Applied Ethics: 
http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources
From the University of British Columbia, this site contains links to other web resources in the various areas of applied ethics. Business ethics, environmental ethics, professional ethics and moral/ethical decision-making are some of the topics covered. Also includes links to institutions, associations and programs.

Fathers of the Church: 
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers
This site contains English translations of the works of Christian church fathers, liturgies, apocrypha, and other miscellaneous documents.

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet: 
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
This web guide includes links to bibliographies, electronic texts, dictionaries, newsgroups, associations, employment opportunities, journals and projects.

Hippias: 
http://hippias.evansville.edu
Hippias is a peer-reviewed search engine that provides access to philosophy-related resources on the World-Wide Web. Quality is controlled by a system of hyperlinked internet sites that are managed by qualified professionals who serve as the associate editors of the project.

Marxists Internet Archive: 
http://csf.colorado.edu/mirrors/marxists.org
This comprehensive web site includes English translations of the works of Marxist philosophers, translations in other languages, encyclopedias, and documents on the Russian Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, and a section devoted to a variety of non-Marxist writers who contributed in some way to the understanding of Marxism.

Philosophy at Large: 
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
Produced by the University of Liverpool, this site contains links to a wide variety of information including listservs, conferences, employment opportunities, archived papers, resource centers, bibliographies, and more.

Philosophy in Cyberspace: 
http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dey/phil
This web directory includes links to associations, employment opportunities, forums, library collections, texts, conference information and journals.

Voice of the Shuttle: Philosophy Page: 
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/philo.html
An excellent site providing links to e-texts, associations, listservs, newsgroups, and more.

The WWW Virtual Library; Philosophy: 
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Philosophy/VL
Provided in collaboration with the Social Sciences Information Gateway, this site provides links to journals, archived papers, philosophy departments, directories, electronic texts, course planning materials, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.