Research by Subject: Philosophy
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online 
Perhaps the most authoritative overview of individual philosophers and philosophical concepts.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 
Not as complete or comprehensive as the Routledge, but a very good overview of many individual philosophers, movements in philosophy, and philosophical concepts.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Another online encyclopedia of philosophy, hosted at the University of Tennessee.
Credo Reference 
An electronic collection of over 500 cross-searchable reference books in a wide variety of disciplines. A great starting point for general research that also leads you right to the catalog and other databases.
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Call Number: REF CB9 .N49 2005
A fascinating 6 volume set focused on the evolution of important concepts and ideas over time, across a variety of disciplines.
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World Library Catalog
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Philosopher's Index
Indexes and abstracts the scholarship of philosophy and related fields. Includes books and journal articles; a ProQuest database; 1940 - present.
PhilPapers
PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers. They monitor journals in many areas of philosophy, as well as archives and personal pages. They also accept articles directly from users, who can provide links or upload copies. The site is open to search, but much of the full-text is licensed material (though much of that is available through the Library).
Noesis
Essentially a focused google search on philosophical content – not just article and book citations, but a large variety of philosophy-related web pages.
JSTOR
Full text backfiles of over 1,200 core scholarly journals in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes over 60 current titles, including all University of Chicago Press journals. For all other titles, JSTOR does not contain the most recent 1-7 years of content. Many of these titles are continued in Project Muse or in the Library's print and/or electronic subscriptions. Use the yellow arrow, then the ArticleLinker button to link to content on an external site or check Journal Finder for complete holdings information.
Project Muse
Full text collection of over 500 scholarly journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses. Earlier years may be in JSTOR. Check Journal Finder for complete holdings information.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
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Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Indexes journals in the disciplines of archaeology and classical studies, art, folklore, history, language and literature, literary criticism, music and performing arts, philosophy, and religion; includes over 310 full text journals; 1984 - present.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a specific subject area. Includes guides to introductory works, textbooks, guidebooks, journals, reference works, etc., and links to useful websites. Contains a "My OBO" function that allows users to create personalized bibliographies of individual citations from different bibliographies.
APA Guidelines for Non-Sexist Language
The American Philosophical Association's overview of using non-sexist language in Philosophical writing.
