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Note about Print Resources  (Ref. means book is in the Reference area on the 1st floor.   All other books are on the shelves on the 2nd floor)

Note about Off-Campus Access  To access databases and NetLibrary electronic books, make a note of the titles you are looking for and then go to the 'Off-Campus Access" link on the library homepage under "Find Articles."  Click on "Databases by Title."  Click on the database you need or NetLibrary.  You will then need to enter your name and barcode number from your student I.D. card to gain access.  Greenwood Press ebooks are only available from on campus. 

Selected Titles:  Print and Electronic  /  Use these for an overview of your topic

Dictionaries:

  • Dictionary of Philosophy                                       Ref. B41 .L32     
  • Biographical Dictionary of 20th
  •      Century Philosophers                                        Link to Book (NetLibrary)
  • Blackwell Philosopher Dictionaries                Link to Hegel Book (NetLibrary)
  •      (Hegel, Heidegger, Hobbes, Kant)              Link to Heidegger Book  Link to Hobbes Book  Link to Kant Book
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy               Link to Book (NetLibrary)
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy               Ref  B41 .B53 1994

Encyclopedias:

  • Concise Encyclopedia of Western
  •       Philosophy and Philosophers                       Ref. B41 .U7
  • Encyclopedia of Bioethics                                   Ref. QH332 .E52 1982 (Vols. 1-4)
  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy                               Ref. B41 .E5  (Vols. 1-8)
  • Encyclopedia Britannica Online                      Link to Database
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy             Link to Web Site
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy           Link to Web Site

Histories and Other:

  • History of Philosophy (Copleston)                  B72 .C62 1985 (Vols. 1-2)
  • Blackwell Companions to Philosophy           Link to HAL Catalog (do a keyword search for this series title (12 books on different topics, such as, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, etc.)
  • See Also:  Selected Videos -- The Examined Life series

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Search Catalog (HAL) / find other books that relate to your topic
Do keyword search in online catalog    (Limit results to Bluefield College or search all HAL libraries to find books to order through interlibrary loan)

Do keyword search in World Catalog (find books to order through Interlibrary Loan) When search screen comes up, choose the option "WorldCat" at top of screen rather than "ArticleFirst"

Browse the Shelves by Call Number Area / find books or sections within books on your topic
B         Philosophy (General)                                               BH        Aesthetics
            History and systems                                                               
                 
BC     Logic                                                                                 BJ         Ethics

BD     Speculative Philosophy
           General works
           Metaphysics
           Epistemology
           Methodology
           Ontology
           Cosmology

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Find Articles / Use indexes/databases to find articles, abstracts or citations from journals.

Electronic Indexes  available through Easley Library:
  • Arts and Humanities Search (Citation Index) / This is an Index only (no full text) to subjects in the humanities, including philosophy.  Use this to locate titles of articles which then can be searched in a full-text database or ordered through interlibrary loan. 
  • Expanded Academic Index ASAP / Do a keyword search for abstracts and full-text articles.  You can also do a publication search to see what philosophy journals are indexed.
  • JSTOR / Browse publications by topic or search for articles by keyword.  These are not current articles, but are an archive of articles with varying coverage dates.  Many philosopher journals.
  • Lexis-Nexis / Look for news articles on more modern topics related to philosophy.

Electronic  database freely available on the Internet:

Print Journals

  • Philosophical Review (coverage from 1997 on -- )

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Selected Videos
  • The Examined Life -- A 26-Part Series on "What is Philosophy?"  Explores the great questions of mankind using writings, past archival footage from the 20th century and conversations with contemporary philosophers.        BD52 .E93 1998 Vols. 1-26

Selected Web Sites / additional helpful information

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