Databases

• Academic Search Complete (approximately 1880s to date). Provides abstracts of articles (summaries), and full-text articles from more than 10,000 books, scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and reference works on a wide variety of topics.
• L'Annee Philologique (1959 to date; use restricted to Simpson Library). Indexes articles and books in philosophy, classical studies, and related disciplines. Electronic coverage begins in 1959. Print issues are shelved under the call number PA 31 .A56.
• Arts & Humanities Search (1980 to date). Indexes more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
• ATLA Religion Index (approximately 1818 to date). Furnishes citations to and abstracts (summaries) of journal articles and books on church history, biblical studies, religion in social issues, and other topics relating to religion of the world.
• FirstSearch. Provides access to dozens of indexes and databases in a variety of disciplines.
• Humanities Abstracts (1983 to date). Indexes a broad range of some 500 magazine and journal publications.
• Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984. Indexes nearly 1,200 periodicals.
• Patrologia Latina. The electronic version of publisher Jacques-Paul Migne's 217-volume Patrologia Latina (printed from 1844 to 1855), and the corresponding four index volumes (1862 to 1865). The set covers the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 A.D. to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
• Philosopher's Index (1940 to date). Furnishes citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, and book reviews.
• Religion and Philosophy Collection (coverage varies; mostly 1970s to date). Furnishes the full text of some 300 journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed publications.

Databases in Related Disciplines

• OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition (1982 to date). A multidisciplinary database that provides the full text from a variety of the company's full-text databases, including Education, General Science, Humanities, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences, and Business. When available, the full text is included from these databases: Applied Science & Technology, Art, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science. Coverage dates: Indexing, 1982+; Abstracting, 1984+; select full text, 1994+ (start dates for full-text coverage vary from journal to journal within a database).
• Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI) (1665 to 1995). Provides author, title, and keyword access to the table-of-contents pages of more than 4,000 worldwide periodicals.

For a complete listing of databases provided by UMW Libraries, please see Databases A-Z.

selected reference books in simpson library

General Works

• Dictionary of Philosophy REFB BF 31 .C64 2001
• Dictionary of World Philosophy REFB B 41 .I26 2001
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy REFB B41 .E5 2006
• Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment REFB B 802 .E53 2003
• Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy REFB B 111 .P74 2007
• New Dictionary of the History of Ideas REFB CB 9 .N49 2005
• The Oxford Companion to Philosophy REFB B 51 .O94 1995
• Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature REFB B 72 .B97 2006
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy . REFB B 51 .R68 1998
• A World of Ideas: A Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs, and Thinkers REFB B 41 .R64 1999

Biographical Works

• Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers REFB B 804 .B52 1996
• A Companion to the Philosophers REFB B 72 .C595 1999
• Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers REFB B 1301 .D527 1999
• Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers REFB B 1131 .D537 2000
• One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers REFB B 804 .O55 1998
• World Philosophers and Their Works REFB B 104 .W67 2000

Websites

• Virtual Libraries
• Directories and Guides
• Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
• Philosophers

Virtual Libraries

Virtual libraries contain annotated collections of high-quality Internet resources that librarians or other information specialists have carefully selected. Users can usually browse by subject or search.

• Librarians' Internet Index. See especially the Philosophy category under Arts and Humanities.
• The Internet Public Library. See especially the Philosophy category under Arts & Humanities. "Philosophy" is comprised of:
  • Classical Chinese Texts
  • Eastern
  • General Encyclopedias and Databases
  • Resources for Students and Philosophers
  • Western, which is comprised of:
    • Classic Greek and Roman
    • Modern
    • Twentieth Century

Directories and Guides

• EpistopmeLinks: Philosophy Resources on the Internet. Includes some 20,000 categorized links to websites.
• The Philosophy Pages. Includes a survey of the history of western philosophy, a dictionary of philosophical terms and names, a timeline, biographical sketches of western philosophers, summaries of the principles of Logic, a study guide, and links to other philosophy websites.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names. "A concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy."
• Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind. A dictionary that reflects the "current approaches to the philosophy of mind."
• History of Philosophy. Includes dozens of topically arranged essays and links to web resources.
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Features hundreds of articles in all areas of philosophy.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. A "dynamic reference work" that includes hundreds of articles on all aspects of philosophy.

Philosophers

• Internet Public Library: Pathfinders: Western Philosophers. A guide prepared by librarians at the Internet Public Library.