Philosophy Research Guide For help with your research, visit the reference desk (hours) on the second floor of Barnard Library, or contact a Barnard reference librarian:        Phone: 212-854-3953        Chat: IM BarnardReference        E-mail: refdesk@barnard.edu Request a one-on-one consultation with a Barnard librarian if you have an in-depth research need. The Thinker, by Rodin, image © Eileen Barroso, Columbia University Finding Books  |  Major Reference Works  |  Major Databases  |  Web Resources  Finding Books Use CLIO to find books, journals, links to online journals, and other materials, in the Columbia or Barnard libraries. Barnard Library has a large collection of books serving courses offered by the Barnard Philosophy Department. Useful call numbers:  B Philosophy (General)    108-708 Ancient (600 BC - 430 AD)    720-765 Medieval (430 - 1450 AD)    770-785 Renaissance    790-5739 Modern (1450 AD - ) BC Logic BD Speculative Philosophy    95-131 Metaphysics    143-236 Epistemology    240-255 Methodology    300-450 Ontology    493-701 Cosmology BH Aesthetics BJ Ethics    1188-1295 Religious ethics    1298-1392 Evolutionary, Genetic, Monistic ethics.    1518-1697 Individual ethics. Virtues and Vices.    1801-2195 Social ethics. Etiquette. Major Reference Works available in Barnard Library Reference Area or online Title Call Number Cambridge dictionary of philosophy B41 .C35 1999 Encyclopedia of aesthetics BH56 .E53 1998 Encyclopedia of ethics BJ63 .E45 2001 Encyclopedia of philosophy B51 .E53 2006 History of women philosophers B105.W6 H57 1987g Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy B51 .R68 1998 Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Online)   World philosophers and their works B104 .W67 2000 World philosophy : essay-reviews of 225 major works B29 .W68 1982   Major Databases available with Columbia ID L'année philologique [electronic resource] : APh Citations and abstracts for articles for the years 1949 to 2004. Search Tips: Use Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT; * for truncation at the beginning or end of words. Arts & humanities citation index (Online) Citations and abstracts for articles in the humanities, 1975-present. Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation. FRANCIS [electronic resource] : International Humanities and Social Sciences / INIST-CNRS Covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities, social sciences, and economics, from 1984-present. Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; ? for truncation. Humanities full text [electronic resource] Full-text (1994+) plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing (1984+) of noted scholarly sources in the humanities. Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation, ? for wildcards (except in "All-Smart Search"). Humanities & social sciences index retrospective, 1907-1984 [electronic resource] Bibliographic database that cites articles from nearly 1200 English-language periodicals. Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation. JSTOR [electronic resource] : the scholarly journal archive A full-text database of scholarly journals, dating back to their first issues in most cases, excluding the most recent several years. Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation; can select philosophy journals Past masters A collection of primary-source full-text humanities databases. Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation; proximity searching. Philosopher's index (Online : SilverPlatter) Citations and abstracts from 1940 to the present from over 560 journals in 30 languages. Search Tips: Use + for plurals; * for truncation; # and ? for wildcards. POIESIS [electronic resource] Full text searchable access to current, recent and back issues of 53 philosophy journals and series. Search Tips: Use " " for phrase; * for truncation; ? for single wildcard. Project Muse [electronic resource] : scholarly journals online Full text access to over 300 humanities, arts and social science journals. Search Tips: Use " " for phrases; * for truncation. Web Resources American Philosophical Association (APA Online) ephilosopher Episteme Links: philosophy resources on the internet Ethics Updates Feminist Theory Website Guide to Philosophy on the Internet (Suber) No Dogs or Philosophers Allowed Philosophy Research Base (Erratic Impact)    Links to related Columbia and Barnard Sites Barnard College Department of Philosophy Columbia University Department of Philosophy Selected Reference Works in Philosophy (from Butler Library) Return to Subject Guides list  Updated 07/17/2007 Heidi Martin Winston, Reference Librarian

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