Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Philosophy:
Indexes, Abstracts, and Bibliographies
The following sources can be used to access bibliographic information
on books and journal articles in philosophy. The sources listed here
include both sources specific to philosophy (such as The Philosopher's
Index); and sources that cover a broader subject area of which philosophy
is a part (such as Humanities Abstracts or L'Annee Philologique)
Electronic Indexes and Abstracts -- Rutgers Restricted Access
**The Philosopher's Index
(1940-present)
The preeminent indexing and abstracting service
for philosophers and students of philosophy. Provides coverage of
all major philosophy journals in English, French, German, Spanish, and
Italian, as well as publications from related fields. Selected books are
also indexed.
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)
A multi-discipline, full-text database of 3,200 scholarly publications as
well as abstracts and indexing for over 4,170 scholarly journals with some dating back to 1984.
A valuable and large collection of peer-reviewed full text journals
for nearly all academic areas of study.
ARTFL: American Research on the Treasury of the French Language
A full-text retrieval database of classical French writings, including literary works, political tracts, philosophical
writings, and technical treatises.
ATLA Religion Database
Compilation of three print indexes Religion Index One: Periodicals (RIO(R)),
Religion Index Two: Multi- Author Works (RIT(R)),
and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBBR(R))..
Humanities Full Text
JSTOR
A database featuring back runs of key journals. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to
retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally
designed, printed, and illustrated. JSTOR has agreed with publishers to set up a "moving wall" so
that the most recently published issue of any current journal will not appear in JSTOR until 2-5
years after the publishing date. The Rutgers subscription to JSTOR provides access to 18 philosophy
journals, including Journal of Philosophy, Mind,
Philosophical Quarterly, and Philosophical Review.
JSTOR features full-text searching of key words and phrases.
LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (1973+).
Coverage includes philosophy of language, with coverage of books, journals, conferences, and web
sites. Citations only.
MLA International Bibliography
(1926-present)
Indexes critical scholarship
on philosophy as related to literature, language, linguistics and folklore.
Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations,
bibliographies, proceedings and other materials.
Periodicals Index Online
An international interdisciplinary index useful for finding articles from
over 4500 journals from as early as 1770 up to 1995, including several hundred in French, German,
Spanish, and Italian. Periodicals Index Online includes a constantly growing online archive of
full-image articles in nearly 500 journals. There are 361 philosophy titles included, with 46
available full-text (including some cross links to JSTOR).
Web of Science
An enhanced Web version of the Institute for Scientific
Information's citation indexes, including the Science Citation Index,
the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities
Citation Index. Our Web of Science subscription includes citations
and references from articles in more than 8,000 high quality, peer-reviewed
journals published from 1994 to the present.
Print Indexes, Abstracts, and Bibliographies
Bibliographie Internationale de l'Humanisme et de la Renaissance. (1965+)
ALEXANDER REF Z6207.R4B5 and STACKS
Bibliography of Philosophy (1954+)
ALEXANDER REF Z7127.I53
Bibliography of Indian Philosophies.
ALEXANDER REF B131.E5 1983 (Vol. 1 of Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies.)
Bibliography of Philosophy, Psychology, and Cognate Subjects.
ALEXANDER, DANA, LSM REF B41.B3; DOUGLASS REF B41.B193 1905 (Vol. 3 of Baldwin's Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology.)
Bulletin Signaletique 519: Philosophie. (1970-1990)
ALEXANDER REF Z7127.F71
(Formerly Philosophie Sciences Religieuses. 1969; Sciences Humaines. 1956-68; Bulletin Analytique: Philosophie. 1947-54 ALEXANDER
REF Z7127.F7) (continued by Francis Bulletin Signaletique. 519, Philosophie. [1991-1994])
Humanities Index. (1974-1998)
ALEXANDER REF AI3.R472
(Formerly Social Sciences and Humanities Index. 1965-1974; International Index to Periodical Literature. 1907-1965)
L'Annee Philologique. (1924+)
ALEXANDER REF Z7016.M35A5
Also available online [Rutgers restricted]
MLA International Bibliography. (1921-1996)
ALEXANDER REF Z6511.M65
Philosopher's Index. (1967+)
ALEXANDER REF Z7127.P47; CAMDEN REF B1.P47; DANA REF Z7124.P45P46
(Also Retrospective Index to U.S. Publications from 1940. and
Retrospective Index to Non-U.S. English Language Publications from 1940 .
ALEXANDER, DANA REF Z7127.P468)
Philosophic Abstracts. (1939-54)
ALEXANDER STACKS B1.P46
Philosophical Books. (1960-)
ALEXANDER PER Shelved By Title.
Religion Index I: Periodicals. (1977+)
ALEXANDER REF Z7753.A5
(Formerly Index to Religious Periodical Literature. 1949/52-77)
Women Philosophers: A Bibliography of Books through 1990..
DOUGLASS REF B72.B38&1992
World Philosophy: A Contemporary Bibliography.
ALEXANDER STACKS Z7125.W87 1993
**Note: Many specialized bibliographies can be found in
IRIS by performing an Advanced Search with the subject word "Bibliographies"
and another keyword.
Internet Resources
Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography
This is a bibliography of recent work in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science,
philosophy of artificial intelligence, and on consciousness in the sciences.
Ethics Updates
Updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.
