General Guides and Introductions
- Oxford Bibliography of PhilosophySelected, annotated bibliographies, arranged by broad topic (e.g. epistemology, free will) and major philosopher. Each section includes an introductory essay written by a scholar. Part of Oxford Bibliographies Online.
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy byCall Number: 100 ONLINEISBN: 0028657802Publication Date: 20052nd ed. Online version of the 12 volume original. Detailed, signed entries. Bibliographies list both primary and secondary sources, but are not annotated.
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy byCall Number: 100 ONLINEPublication Date: 2000-presentDetailed, signed entries. Bibliographies list both primary and secondary sources. Bibliographies are briefly annotated. Bibliographies of primary sources are especially useful for identifying standard critical editions.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy byCall Number: 100 ONLINEPublication Date: 2012-presentDetailed, signed entries. Bibliographies list both primary and secondar sources. Bibliographies not annotated, but the bibliographies of secondary sources do identify standard critical editions, where available.
- Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature byCall Number: 016.1 B994p2006ISBN: 9781563089541Publication Date: 2006Lists and describes some 450 reference works on Eastern and Western philosophy, emphasizing English language publications through April 1996, with coverage of older and foreign-language sources as well. Contains sections on general and special bibliographic and research guides, dictionaries and encyclopedias, indexes and reviewing journals, general and specialized bibliographies, research tools on individual philosophers, electronic resources, and core journals. Also lists and describes research
- A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and NamesAnother freely available resource, this dictionary is created and maintained by Dr. Garth Kemerling. You will find succinct and clear definitions for many of the technical terms used in philosophy, as well as information about individuals, schools, and movements.
Digital Collections
- Le corpus des oeuvres de philosophie en langue française"Contains the works of philosophers writing in the French language from the Renaissance to 1966. Part of the ARTFL Project."
- ACLS Humanities E-BooksAlmost 5,000 book-length works of scholarship in the humanities, with an emphasis on history. Works selected by scholars.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO)
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Almost every book printed between 1473 and 1700 in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, regardless of language, and English-language books printed elsewhere in the same time period. - Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)Based on the English Short Title Catalog, includes almost every book printed in England,Ireland, Scotland, and Wales during the 18th century, regardless of language, along with thousands of English-language books printed elsewhere in the same time period. Includes some serials.
- Past MastersA small collection, but especially important for philosophy, of canonical editions, mostly Western. Includes, for example, Aristotle: Complete Works, Kant's Gesammelte Schriften, Hauptwerke, Vorlesungen, and so forth.
- Library of Latin TextsLatin texts from 240 B.C.E. to 1965 C.E., with emphasis on ancient and medieval Latin texts.
Finding Dissertations
- ProQuest Dissertations and ThesesIdentifies doctoral dissertations from U.S. and Canadian institutions, and includes the full text of many. Should include full text of all University of Illinois dissertations. Based on Dissertations Abstracts.
- Dissertations in Philosophy Accepted in American Universities, 1861-1975 byCall Number: 016.1 B38dISBN: 0824098358Publication Date: 1978