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Journal Indexes and Archives

Philosopher's Index 1940-present

Books and articles on ethics, aesthetics, social psychology, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, and the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language
Includes links to full text when available

JSTOR

Full-text, full-image archive of journals in a various humanities and social sciences disciplines, including many journals in philosophy
Some content back to the nineteenth century
Content excludes the most recent three to five years

Arts and Humanities Citation Index

PhilPapers: Online Research in Philosophy

A comprehensive directory of online philosophical articles and books by academic philosophers

IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (1984-present)

Print Indexes

International Philosophical Bibliography = Répertoire Bibliographique De La Philosophie.
Louvain-la-Neuve: Editions de l’Institut supérieur de philosophie, Université catholique de Louvain, 1991. Print.

Brie, G. A. de. Bibliographia Philosophica.
Bruxellis: Editiones Spectrum, 1950. Print.

Indexes and Archives for Related Disciplines

International Medieval Bibliography

L'Année Philologique

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

DigiZeitSchriften

History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Electronic and Print Journals at Penn State

Click here for a list of philosophy e-journals available at Penn State.

To find philosophy print journals at Penn State, try an Advanced Search in TheCAT using "philosophy" as Subject keyword, then choose "Arts & Humanities, Pattee, 2nd Floor - Current Periodicals" from the Location drop-down menu, then click on Search.

Books

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Past Masters

Largest collection of full-text electronic editions in philosophy in the world
Includes important works in the history of political thought and theory, religious studies, economics, classics, history, and German studies

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Primary works from many eighteenth century philosophers, including:
Locke, Berkley, Hume, George Turnbull, Adam Gerard, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, George Campbell and James Burnett (Lord Monboddo)
French philosophical works by Jean-Jacque Rousseau, Denis Diderot, Julian Offray De La Mettrie, Montesquieu and Voltaire
German thought in the writings of Hermann Reimarus, Johann Lambert, Moses Mendelssohn, Christian Wolff, and Immanuel Kant.
Women philosophers including Mary Astell, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Catherine Macaulay, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Marie Huber

Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture
Collections of essays (over 1300) covering philosophers and movements from antiquity to contemporary theory
Essays include bibliographies, glossaries and timelines

Oxford Handbooks Online: Philosophy

Essays by the world's leading scholars on key issues in philosophy
Includes abstracts, introductory essays, reference guides, and recommended readings
Extensive links make the handbooks easy to navigate and easily discoverable, accessible and searchable

Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy (Monograph series)

Browsing Philosophy in the Stacks
B1-5802     Philosophy (General)
BC1-199    Logic
BD10-701 Speculative philosophy
BH1-301    Aesthetics
BJ1-1725   Ethics

Library of Congress (LC) Classification Outline

How to find materials NOT at Penn State.