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Ref Z7125.B97 1986
Tice, Terrence N. and Thomas P. Slavens. Research guide to philosophy. Chicago, American Library Association, 1983. Ref B52.T5 1983
The Hutchinson dictionary of ideas. Santa Barbara, CA, ABC-CLIO, 1994. Ref B105.I28H872 1994
Peters, Francis E. Greek philosophical terms, a historical lexicon. York, New York University Press, 1967.
Ref B49.P4
Reese, William L. Dictionary of philosophy and religion, eastern and western thought. New and enlarged ed. Atlantic Highlands, N.J., Humanities Press International, 1996. Ref B41.R43 1996
Waibl, Elmar and Philip Herdina. German dictionary of philosophical terms = Worterbuch philosophischer Fachbegriffe Englisch. Muchen, K.G. Saur; NewYork, Routledge, 1997. 2 v. Ref B43.W29 1997
Encyclopedia of classical philosophy. Donald J. Zeyl, ed. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1997.
Ref B163.E53 1997
The Encyclopedia of philosophy. Paul Edwards, ed. New York, Macmillan, 1967. Ref B41.E5 (8 vols)
Encyclopedia of philosophy. Supplement. Donald M. Borchert, ed. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Ref B41.E5 1996
The Oxford companion to philosophy. Ted Honderich, ed. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995. Ready Ref B51.O94 1995
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. Edward Craig, ed. New York, Routledge, 1998. Ready Ref B51.R68 1998 (8 vols.)
The dictionary of eighteenth-century British philosophers. John W. Yolton, John Vladimir Price and John Stephens, eds. Bristol, Thoemmes Press, 1999. Ref B1301.D527 1999 (2 vols)
Hypatia's daughters: fifteen hundred years of women philosophers. Linda Lopez McAlister, ed. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1996. Ref B105.W6H97 1996
Medieval philosophers. Jeremiah Hackett, ed. Detroit, Gale Research, 1992. Ref PS221.D5 v.115
World philosophers and their works. Ready Ref B104.W67 2000
International directory of philosophy and philosophers. 1965-. Bowling Green, Ohio, etc, Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green University. Biennial. Ref B804.I53
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Guides to the literature
Bynagle, Hans E. Philosophy, a guide to the reference literature. Littleton, Colo., Libraries Unlimited, 1986.Ref Z7125.B97 1986
Tice, Terrence N. and Thomas P. Slavens. Research guide to philosophy. Chicago, American Library Association, 1983. Ref B52.T5 1983
Dictionaries
The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy, 2nd ed. Robert Audi, ed. Cambridge; New York, NY, USA, Cambridge University Press, 1999. Ref B41.C35 1999The Hutchinson dictionary of ideas. Santa Barbara, CA, ABC-CLIO, 1994. Ref B105.I28H872 1994
Peters, Francis E. Greek philosophical terms, a historical lexicon. York, New York University Press, 1967.
Ref B49.P4
Reese, William L. Dictionary of philosophy and religion, eastern and western thought. New and enlarged ed. Atlantic Highlands, N.J., Humanities Press International, 1996. Ref B41.R43 1996
Waibl, Elmar and Philip Herdina. German dictionary of philosophical terms = Worterbuch philosophischer Fachbegriffe Englisch. Muchen, K.G. Saur; NewYork, Routledge, 1997. 2 v. Ref B43.W29 1997
Encyclopedias
Companion encyclopedia of Asian philosophy. Brian Carr and Indira Mahalingam, eds. London; New York, Routledge, 1997. Ref B121.C66 1997, PatteeEncyclopedia of classical philosophy. Donald J. Zeyl, ed. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1997.
Ref B163.E53 1997
The Encyclopedia of philosophy. Paul Edwards, ed. New York, Macmillan, 1967. Ref B41.E5 (8 vols)
Encyclopedia of philosophy. Supplement. Donald M. Borchert, ed. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Ref B41.E5 1996
The Oxford companion to philosophy. Ted Honderich, ed. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995. Ready Ref B51.O94 1995
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. Edward Craig, ed. New York, Routledge, 1998. Ready Ref B51.R68 1998 (8 vols.)
Biographical sources
Biographical dictionary of twentieth-century philosophers. Stuart Brown, Diane Collinson, Robert Wilkinson, eds. London; New York, Routledge, 1996. Ref B804.B52 1996The dictionary of eighteenth-century British philosophers. John W. Yolton, John Vladimir Price and John Stephens, eds. Bristol, Thoemmes Press, 1999. Ref B1301.D527 1999 (2 vols)
Hypatia's daughters: fifteen hundred years of women philosophers. Linda Lopez McAlister, ed. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1996. Ref B105.W6H97 1996
Medieval philosophers. Jeremiah Hackett, ed. Detroit, Gale Research, 1992. Ref PS221.D5 v.115
World philosophers and their works. Ready Ref B104.W67 2000
Selected reference works: Directories
Directory of American philosophers. 1962/63– . Albuquerque: A.J. Bahm. Biennial. Ref B935.D5International directory of philosophy and philosophers. 1965-. Bowling Green, Ohio, etc, Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green University. Biennial. Ref B804.I53
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