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Librarian: Rodney Jackman (temporary), rjackman@uno.edu,
504.280.3273
Indexes
and Databases
The
comprehensive index in this field is The Philosopher's Index
(B 1.P45 INDEX). It indexes the major British and American philosophical
periodicals, selected journals in other languages, and related interdisciplinary
publications.
Academic
Search Premier
is the world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database,
Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly
publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed
journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and
offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated
on a daily basis via EBSCO host.
The
Arts and Humanities Citation
Index is the online version of Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
It includes indexing and abstracting of more than 1,000 scholarly
journals in the Arts and Humanities (1975-).
Also
helpful is the Humanities Index (REF INDEX AI 3.H85). It indexes selected
major periodicals in each area of the humanities (i.e., literature,
art, music, philosophy, etc.). Holdings: 1974/75 - 1995/96.
Reference
Books
- Guides
to the Literature
- Philosophy:
A Guide to the Reference Literature, Hans E. Bynagle, ed.
REF B 48.Z99B97
- The
Philosopher's Guide -- to Sources, Research Tools, Professional
Life, and Related Fields, Richard T. DeGeorge, ed.
REF B 48.Z99D42
- Research
Guide to Philosophy, Terence Tice and Thomas Slavens, eds.
REF B 52.T5 1983
- Encyclopdias
- Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
REF B51 .R68 1998
-
Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
REF B51.C58 2000
- Encyclopedia
of Philosophy, Paul Edwards, ed.
REF B 51.E57
The library will soon make available the new Routledge Encyclopedia
of Philosophy.
It is expected to arrive some time in mid-1998.
- Dictionaries
- Dictionary
of the History of Ideas, Philip P. Wiener
REF B 21.D52
- Dictionary
of Philosophy, Dagobert Runes, ed.
REF B 41.D53 1982
- Oxford
Dictionary of Philosophy, Simon Blackburn, ed.
REF B 41.B53 1994
- Key
Ideas in Human Thought, Kenneth MacLeish, ed.
REF B 41.K48 1993
- Special
Topics
- Handbook
of Metaphysics and Ontology, Harry Burkhardt and Barry Smith,
eds.
REF BD 111.H225 1991
- Encyclopedia
of Religion, Mircea Elibrarye, ed.
REF BL 31.E46 1986
- New
Catholic Encyclopedia, William J. McDonald, ed.
REF BX 841. N44 1967
- Encyclopedia
of Ethics, Becker and Becker, eds.
REF BJ 63.E45 1992
- Ethics,
John K. Roth, ed.
REF BJ 63.E54 1994
- Encyclopedia
of Applied Ethics
REF BJ 63.E43 1998
- Histories
- The
Routledge History of Philosophy
REF B 72.R68
The
library has the following volumes:
Vol. 1 From the Beginning to Plato, C.C.W. Taylor, ed.
Vol. 2 From Aristotle to Augustine, David J. Furley, ed.
Vol. 3. Medieval Philosophy, John Marenbon, ed.
Vol. 4 The Renaissance and Seventeenth Century Rationalism,
G.H.R. Parkinson, ed.
Vol. 5 British Philosphy and the Age of Enlightenment, Stuart
C. Brown, ed.
Vol. 6 The Age of German Idealism, Robert C. Solomon & Kathleen
Higgins, eds.
Vol. 7 The Nineteenth Century, C.L. Ten, ed.
Vol. 8 Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Richard Kearney,
ed.
Vol. 9 Philosophy of Science, Logic, and Mathematics in the
Twentieth Century, Stuart Shanker, ed.
Vol. 10 Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge, and Value in the Twentieth
Century, John V. Canfield, ed
Internet
Resources
Associations
The
Philosophy Documentation
Center is a non-profit organization,whose website is an excellent
source for information on philosophy. The publish philosophical
directories, bibliographies, scholarly journals, and instructional
software for philosophers.
The American Philosophical Associationis
the main professional organization for philosophers in the U.S.
Their website contains mostly information about the association.
Megasites
These
sites are organized collections of links to various Internet resources
in the field of Philosophy.
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