Philosophy Databases
(see also Religion and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- The Philosopher's
Index (Ebsco)
  
- Provides references to scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy:
logic, ethics, axiology, aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, metaphilosophy,
philosophical anthropology, social and political philosophy, as well as the philosophies
of history, science, religion, language, and education, Covers nearly 570 journals from
43 countries dating back to 1940, along with books, book articles, and book reviews.
- The
Philosopher's Index (Ovid)
- Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of
philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics,
social philosophy, political philosophy, epistomology, and metaphysic
logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science,
history, education, and language. Covers 1940 to the present.
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
General Works -
Specialized by Region -
Specialized by Topic -
Ethics
- General Works:
- Biographical
Dictionary of 20th Century Philosophers (Credo/xrefer)
- Provides detailed accounts of the lives, works, influence, and reception of
thinkers from all areas of twentieth-century philosophy worldwide, including
general entries on important philosophical schools and currents of thought.
Each entry provides: dates, career, education, influences, nationality, publications,
areas of interest ,critical reception, philosophical school, intellectual development,
and more.
- Bloomsbury
Guide to Human Thought (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Cambridge
Dictionary of Philosophy (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Features comprehensive entries on major philosophers, including
non-Western and Continental philosophy, as well as extensive coverage of rapidly
developing fields such as applied ethics and the philosophy of mind.
- Cambridge
Dictionary of Philosophy (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Dictionary
of Philosophy, Macmillan (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Dictionary
of World Philosophy (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers the diverse and challenging terminology, concepts, schools, and traditions
of the vast field of world philosophy, including all major subfields such as logic, ethics,
aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and sociopolitical philosophy, as well as the
philosophies of law, mind, culture, history, science, and religion. Looks at the historical and
cultural contexts to explore the interconnections and the cross-cultural diffusion and adaptation
of terms that have taken place over time, as well as related areas such as cognitive science,
computer science, language and physics.
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- Encyclopedia
of Philosophy
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Magill
on Literature Plus (Ebsco)
- Combining MagillOnLiterature and
MagillOnAuthors, this database provides the full text of Magill's World
Philosophers and Their Works and other reference books containing
editorially reviewed critical analyses, brief plot summaries, and
extended character profiles, covering works by more than 8,500 long and
short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and philosophers.
Also contains over 6,500 biographical
essays on more than 3,500 different authors, more than 1,000 images,
a glossary of 1,310 literary terms, and 376 genre-driven
overview essays providing details about important literary genres,
time periods, and national literatures.
- New
Dictionary of the History of Ideas (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Comprehensive, multidisciplinary work that provides diverse, cross-cultural
perspectives from thinkers around the globe on the main ideas and movements of human concern,
ranging from ideas created by humanity several millennia ago to contemporary concepts, in order
to make the often complex history of "what we think" accessible to readers. Its chronological
scope permits examination of the timeless questions about the individual and society over centuries
of development, focusing not only on the ideas themselves but also on the cultural environments
within which those ideas arose, on the transformations and intermingling of the ideas, and on the
ideas' influences, far in time or place, from their site of origin. Covers such topics as animism,
communication, deconstruction, physics, postmodernism, race theory, sexual harassment,
untouchability, and more.
- Specialized by Region:
- Companion
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy (Credo/xrefer)
- Divided into six sections for Persian, Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, and
Islamic philosophy, it explores the philosophical, ethical, and theological traditions
of each, including: the origins of the tradition - its approaches to various topics -
questions of morals and society - lives of the key influential thinkers -
and current trends.
- Edinburgh
Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers the most important authors and movements from Classical Idealism to
Post-structuralism, with each section focusing on a school of thought and exploring
the key thinkers and texts.
- Encyclopedia
of Classical Philosophy (Credo/xrefer)
- Presents 270 articles on the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity, focusing
on major and minor individual thinkers and their contributions to the traditions of
philosophical thought. Also covers epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind,
political thought, debate among the ancient thinkers, and history of philosophical
schools, as well as issues of interpretation and debate in the contemporary scholarly
study of the philosophy of the Classical period.
- Specialized by Topic: (see also: Ethics)
- Dictionary
of Existentialism (Credo/xrefer)
- Provides concise information and overviews on particular existentialist thinkers, writers,
terms, and ideas. Cross references throughout the text help to trace interconnected ideas,
philosophers, and writers. The bibliography identifies helpful resources for further study.
- Edinburgh
Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory (Credo/xrefer)
- Emphasizing Europe, North America ,and Great Britain, this guide to the
history and development of literary criticism and theory within the cultural,
ideological, historical, and institutional parameters of their growth presents
more than 100 essays on historically influential philosophers, literary critics,
schools of thought, and movements.
- Encyclopedia
of Postmodernism (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers the academic disciplines, critical terms, and central figures relating
to this significant cultural, political, and intellectual force, including the contemporary
cultural, historical, literary, and philosophical issues - such as selfhood, knowledge
formation, aesthetics, ethics, and more - that encompass this process of both
disintegration and reformation.
- Ethics:
- Encyclopedia
of Bioethics
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Ethics (Credo/xrefer)
- Contains 581 peer reviewed entries that cover ethical theory as
pursued among English-speaking philosophers along with some coverage of
metaethics, applied ethics, and ethical issues that are especially important to
theory, as well as biographical entries on figures who have made significant contributions.
- Encyclopedia of
Science, Technology, and Ethics
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science in Dispute (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- vol.
01,
vol.
02,
vol.
03.
Explores controversial topics in science and technology by featuring
informative essays, both pro and con, on the major theories, ethical questions and
commercial applications of science from all disciplines.
- Also of Interest:
- Arts
and Humanities Through the Eras (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- For each of the five major periods (Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece & Rome,
Medieval Europe, Renaissance Europe, and the Baroque & Enlightenment), it discusses
architecture & design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater,
and visual arts, profiling milestones, movements, masterworks, and schools of thought in
relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. Includes an overview of each
period with a chronology of major world events and biographical profiles of pioneers, masters,
and other prominent figures in the field.
- Encyclopaedia
of the Renaissance (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850 (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
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