Philosophy @ AU Libraries

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Philosophy

Library Specialist

Juliet Rumble:	Reference Desk Hours
rumbljt@auburn.edu	Monday: 3 -5 PM
	Wednesday 6 - 10 PM
334-844-0236	Thursday 1 - 3 PM
2nd Floor--RBD Library	Or call for an appointment

Indexes and Databases

All databases are available on campus and remotely unless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you will need to type your Auburn user ID (i.e., the first part of your email address), and your related password.

[Subject Databases]
Philosopher's Index http://www.lib.auburn.edu/PHIL
The premier international bibliographic resource in philosophy. Indexes and provides abstracts for journal articles, books, contributions to anthologies, and book reviews.
Click here for a list of journals indexed by this database.
Coverage:1940- Scope: 570 journals/43 countries.

JSTOR http://www.lib.auburn.edu/JSTOR
A full-text database covering the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. JSTOR provides access to the back files of hundreds of scholarly periodicals, starting with the first issues. Supports full-text and cross-disciplinary searching.
Click here for a list of philosophy journals available for browsing:
Coverage: Excludes most recent 2-5 years of currently available journals.

Project Muse http://www.lib.auburn.edu/MUSE
Provides access to the full text of the Johns Hopkins University Press's 40+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. The collection may be searched collectively or individually. Click here for a list of philosophy journal available for browsing.
Coverage: 1990-

Business Source Premier http://www.lib.auburn.edu/BSP
Indexes several journals and books that focus on business ethics, including Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business Ethics: A European Review, Ethics of Competition (Book), Ethics and the Future of Capitalism- Praxiology (Book), Business & Professional Ethics Journal, Business Students Focus on Ethics-Praxiology (Book), Companion to Business Ethics (Book), Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal, Social Choice & Welfare.
Coverage: 1985-

MEDLINE http://www.lib.auburn.edu/MEDL
The premier bibliographic resource for biomedical literature. Includes coverage of the humanities as they relate to medicine and health care. You may limit your search to journals in bioethics.
Coverage: 1966-

Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ECCO
Provides full text of significant English-language and foreign-language titles printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with important works from the Americas encompassing the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Age of Reason. You may limit your search to the subject areas of philosophy and religion.

MLA International Bibliography http://www.lib.auburn.edu/MLAB
Indexes critical scholarship in philosophy as it relates to literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings, and other materials.
Coverage: 1963-

[General Databases]
Academic Search Premier http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ASP
Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 scholarly journals. Covers the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and more.
Coverage: 1975-

Expanded Academic ASAP http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/naal_aub?db=EAIM
Indexes over 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas including astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, communications, and the general sciences. Articles in over 500 journals are full text.
Coverage: 1980-

Digital Dissertations http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/
Citations to U.S. dissertations from 1861 to the present; those since 1980 include an abstract written by the author. Masters theses included 1988-. The latest two years are available off-campus, but earlier years are only available on-campus.

[Citation Database]

Arts & Humanities Citation Index http://www.lib.auburn.edu/SCI
Indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

[Access to journals to which the library does not subscribe]
Ingenta http://www.lib.auburn.edu/INGENTA
A general database of article information taken from over 20,000 journals. Allows full-text PDF access and faxing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Subsidized document delivery up to $46.00 per article. You will need to set up an account first. Call 844-1745 for instructions or see Ingenta Search Guide.
Document Delivery Ariel address: 131.204.73.106.
**Available to AU faculty and graduate students only.**
Coverage: 1988-. For other document delivery options, see Request Materials

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Journals

To search for articles, use the Indexes and Databases section of this guide.

Lists of journal titles:

Selected Electronic Philosophy Journals at AU Libraries
[There is also a comprehensive list of E-journals at AU Libraries. This E-journals list includes ALL subject areas, not just philosophy.]

Selected Paper Philosophy Journals at AU Libraries
These are selected titles to which RBD Library is currently subscribing. Call Numbers are included.

Please note: If you don't see the journal that you need in the above lists, always be sure to check AubieCat. By doing a "journal title" search in that database, you will get the call number for any paper subscription and/or a link to any electronic subscription of the journal.

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Web Sites

EpistemeLinks.com
http://www.epistemelinks.com/
An excellent starting point for philosophy resources on the Internet.
PHILWEB
http://humanities.uwichill.edu.bb/RLWClarke/PhilWeb/
Social Science Information Gateway: Philosophy
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/philosophy/
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu

Philosophy Pages
http://www.philosophypages.com/index.htm
Modules on this website include: "Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names," "Major Figures in Philosophy," "History of Western Philosophy," and "Logic."
Ethics Updates
http://ethics.sandiego.edu
A subject guide to resources in ethics. Topics listed under Ethical Theory include: ethical relativism, utilitarianism, contemporary anti-theory, race, ethnicity and moral theory, rights theories, gender and moral theory, Kant and deontology, and Aristotle and virtue ethics. The Applied Ethics section addresses abortion, reproductive technologies, euthanasia, punishment and the death penalty, race and ethnicity, gender and sexism, poverty and welfare, animal rights, and environmental ethics.
The Perseus Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
A digital library of ancient Greece and Rome (and much more). Includes primary texts in ancient philosophy, as well as Greek and Latin lexicons.

Digital Text Projects
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/digitext.html
A collection of full-text primary sources in the areas of philosophy and classical studies.
The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania Library)
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
Searchable by title or author. Or browse by subject.

Associations and Societies

The American Philosophical Association
http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/index.htm

Auburn Philosophical Society

http://www.auburn.edu/academic/liberal_arts/philosophy/apsi.htm
See web site for current schedule of speakers and topics.

Alabama Philosophical Association
http://www.geocities.com/alphilsoc/
Includes a list of upcoming philosophical events in the Alabama area.

Philosophy Associations and Societies (APA list)
http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/asp/assoc_soc.asp

Philosophy Organizations (Episteme.com list)
http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainOrgs.aspx
Search by name, topic, or philosopher.

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Discussion Lists and Newsgroups

Online Philosophy Discussions (EpistemeLinks.com list)
http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainList.aspx
(Arranged by subject area and philosopher name)

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Auburn University Department and Course Pages

AU Philosophy Department Homepage http://www.auburn.edu/academic/liberal_arts/philosophy

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B 1-5802	Philosophy (General)
B 108-708	Ancient Philosophy (600 BC – 430 AD)
B 720-765	Medieval Philosophy (430 AD–1450 AD)
B 770-785	Renaissance Philosophy
B 790-5802	Modern Philosophy (1450 AD – present)
BC 1-199	Logic
BD 10-701	Speculative philosophy
BD 95-131	Metaphysics
BD 143-237	Epistemology. Theory of knowledge
BD 240-260	Speculative philosophy -- Methodology
BD 300-450	Ontology (including being, the soul, life, death)
BD 493-701	Cosmology (including teleology, space and time, structure of matter, plurality of worlds
BH 1-301	Aesthetics
BJ 1-1725	Ethics