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 Online Databases
and Websites in Philosophy 
Citation Guides - correct
format for proper documentation
Databases - scholarly
material, citation and full text
E Books - use free electronic texts when
you can't find the printed book
Quick Reference -
quality, credible, and timely reference
resources -mostly all are free
Search Engines - online meta sites,
gateways and portals for philosophy
Web Directories - subject guides
to selected and carefully chosen sites on the Web
Web Resources - selective list of
free sites
Web Search in a Nutshell -
getting started in library research
Subscription Databases Available
Only to the WSC Community
Oxford
Dictionary of Philosophy - over 3,000 entries cover every aspect of
philosophy from Aristotle to Zen. Entries include over 500 biographies of famous
and influential philosophers, in-depth analysis of philosophical terms and
concepts, a chronology of philosophical events stretching from 10,000 BC to the
present day, and coverage of themes from Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Jewish
philosophy.
Dictionary of Buddhism - with over
2,000 entries, this
dictionary features broad-ranging entries on the history and doctrines of the
major Buddhist schools, information on the spread of Buddhism in Asia and the
West, and coverage of issues of contemporary concern such as human rights,
abortion, euthanasia, ‘engaged Buddhism’, and the role of women in Buddhist
teachings.
Religion and Philosophy
Collection.
Provides extensive
coverage of world religions, religious history, epistemology, political
philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of
philosophy. The Collection
offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250
peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and
students of theology and philosophical studies.
This database is updated
daily.
You can also find many full text articles in
the general coverage
Academic Search
Complete
(Search
Tips -PDF).
Encyclopedia of Bioethics - available via the
Gale Virtual Reference Library | Social Science section.
This 3rd ed. (2004) 5
volume set covers a wealth of topics on the ethics of
health professions, animal research, population control and the
environment. Helps
researchers to consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its
potential to harm or benefit present and future generations.
You can also find many full text articles in
the general coverage database
Academic One
File (Search
Tips - PDF)
Search the Library's
online catalog for over 3,500 titles in philosophy, including
E-books: our latest collection of electronic books covers publications
from 2004-2005. You can also access the collection of
E-books from home.
FREE
Dictionary of
the History of Ideas -
Studies of selected pivotal ideas.Full-text of
the out-of-print book edited by Philip P. Wiener, Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1973-74. Topics include nature, humanity, art, history, politics,
religion and philosophy, math and logic.
Public Affairs International. Public
affairs and worlds issues with coverage from 1972 to the present. An
index to over 1/2 million articles, books, government documents,
Internet sites and documents from more than 120 countries. Obviously useful for global issues
such as affirmative action, AIDS, ethnicity, climate change, political
persecution, women's rights, war and conflict, etc.
Don't overlook the
following print resource in the WSC Library:
Philosopher's Index,
1969 to present. (shelved in the periodicals/Indexes area) Indexes over
300 journals, books and essays.
Other Web
Resources - selective list of free sites
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Alex: a Catalogue of Electronic
Texts - full-text indexed
collection of classic American and English literature as well as Western
philosophy in the public domain and written or translated into English
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Ask Philosophers -
Search through the archived questions and over 1,000
answers, or ask a new one of your own.
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Bioethics on the Web - From the
National Institutes of Health.
Includes
research involving human participants and animals, medical and health care
ethics, and the implications of applied genetics and biotechnology.
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Dictionary of Philosophical
Terms and Names - by Garth
Kemerling. A concise guide to terms and names;
brief entries; numerous links to other sources and sometimes to electronic
texts; also contains a timeline
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Dictionary of Philosophy
of Mind - terms and concepts
related to the philosophy of mind; searchable alphabetically by entry or by
keyword in search engine for all occurrences of the keyword in various
entries
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Ethics Updates -
contains links to documents about ethical
theory and resources in the field of ethics. It also contains links to
documents about applied ethics that cover such issues as abortion, animal
rights, bioethics, poverty and welfare, and terrorism.
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The Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy - searchable by
keyword, alphabetically by entry; or by timeline of Western Philosophy with
links to entries
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Philosophy Library -
A good source for electronic
texts in many areas of philosophy:
American, Ethics, Late Greek and Roman, Modern, Technology and
Culture, Asian, Art, Early Greek, Medieval, and 20th century;
also philosophy journals.
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Philosophy Since the
Enlightenment -
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Sophia Project - Web based documents and programs to assist beginning
philosophy students in discovering what philosophy is, how to work with
difficult philosophical texts, and how to do basic research in the field.
From Molloy College (NY).
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The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- begun 1995; by experts;
continuous, refereed updating
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Voice of the Shuttle -
a list of links to information on philosophers, movements, e-journals,
professional associations, conferences, list servs, and newsgroups. From the
University of California/Santa Barbara, Humanities on the Web project.
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The Window -
Philosophy on the Internet. clearinghouse; also has an interactive
section
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Search Engines - Meta Sites,
gateways and portals
These are "gateway" sites: they don't have
philosophy information, but link you to other sites
that do.
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Philosophy Links on the Internet
- over 19,000 categorized links to philosophy resources on the
Internet
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Philosophy Research Base -
Worldwide philosophy resources
categorized by history, subject and author, this meta-index integrates text
resources with the best online resources
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Philosophy
Databases - best in Internet resources in Philosophy selected, evaluated
and chosen by subject experts. From the University of Oxford (continues the
Humbul Humanities Web which is no longer maintained)
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Sites Devoted to
Individual Philosophers - 188 philosophers; also links to general sites
and e-texts; journals devoted to individual philosophers and schools of
philosophy
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WWW Virtual Library -
Hosted by the University of Bristol (UK). This
Virtual Library section is provided in collaboration with SOSIG, the Social
Science Information Gateway,
offering access to thousands of high-quality
Internet resources, each selected and described by academic librarians and
subject specialists.
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American Philosophical Association
- resources
section includes a good guide to philosophical resources on the Internet,
including a database of active women philosophers, and a list of sites
dedicated to philosophers
Web Directories
There are excellent subject directories on the web. that can point you
to the best online resources in specific areas of education. These human
guides to the Internet are a great way to find the best of the Web, and
often find sites that can't be accessed by search engines.
The best ones
to use in education for scholarly material are:
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Librarians
Internet Index - Provides
a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy,
librarian-selected Internet resources. Covers a broad range of
subjects, has both a topical directory arrangement and search capabilities.
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InfoMine - Virtual library of
scholarly Internet resources.
Features
well organized access; notable for its
collection of annotated and indexed links.
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Academic Info -
gateway
to freely available academic resources on the web,
with annotated entries. General links, related topics, in
the news sections.
More
subject directories on the web
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