Selected Reference Titles
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Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyScholarly, open-access encyclopedia of philosophy with each entry maintained and updated by an expert or group of experts in the field.
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1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology"Collection of over 200 original essays on important philosophical topics. These essays are introductions rather than argumentative articles. Each essay is as close to 1000 words (while never going over!) as the author can get it."
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Oxford Bibliographies Online - Philosophy This link opens in a new windowAn overview of the literature written about major topics in philosophy including key philosophers, schools of thought, and abstract ideas.
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy This link opens in a new windowBased on the scholarly printed Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, REP Online allows users to search through a regularly updated universe of over 2,000 articles covering philosophical themes.
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Cambridge Histories: Philosophy & Political Thought This link opens in a new windowReference works covering the history of philosophy.
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Oxford Classical Dictionary This link opens in a new windowSingle-source reference for the study of the Greco-Roman world containing extended articles, interactive maps, audio, and images on topics ranging from ancient economy, Jewish studies, to Roman law and Greek mythology.
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A Cultural History of Ideas
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Print. "How has the nature of ideas evolved over time? How have ideas been shaped, employed and received in different social and cultural contexts? In a work that spans 2,800 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 62 experts, each contributing an overview of a particular theme in a specific period in history."
Reference Collections
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Blackwell Reference Online Collection This link opens in a new windowFull text reference books in the humanities and social sciences.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowSearchable online reference book collection covering all subjects from the arts to zoology.
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Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowDatabase of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects.
