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Listed here are some general reference sources for Philosophy.
You should use LINC to look for other materials. Instructions on how to use LINC available at
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/.
The NUS Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) Classification to arrange its books
and journals. For Philosophy, the relevant classifications are:
- B
- Philosophy (General)
- BC
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Logic
- BD
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Speculative philosophy
- BH
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Aesthetics
- BJ
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Ethics
- BL-BR Religion
For guidance to do research in libraries and finding information.
Philosophy: a guide through the subject / A.C. Grayling, ed.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
BD21 Phs (CL Reference)
Philosophy: a guide to the reference literature / Hans E. Bynagle.
Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
Z72 Byn 2006 (CL Reference 9)
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For definitions and meaning of words and phrases.
Some sources give a longer write-up with a bibliography.
The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy / Robert Audi, ed.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
B41 Cam (CL Reference 2)
Concise Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy.
London: Routledge, 2000.
B51 Con (CL Reference 2)
The Concise encyclopedia of western philosophy and philosophers / J.O. Urmson and Jonathan Ree, eds. London: Routledge,
2005.
B41 Con (CL Books)
Dictionary of philosophical terms / Elmar Waibl and Philip Herdina. Munchen: Saur, 1997.
B43 Wai (CL Reference 2)
A dictionary of philosophy / Thomas Mautner.
Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1996.
B41 Mau (CL Reference 2)
Dictionary of philosophy and religion: Eastern and Western thought / William L. Reese. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1996.
B41 Ree (CL Reference 2)
Dictionary of world philosophy / A. Pablo Iannone.
New York: Routledge, 2001.
B41 Ian (CL Reference 2)
The Oxford dictionary of philosophy / Simon Blackburn.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
B41 Bla (CL Reference 2).
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy / Edward Craig, ed. London: Routledge, 1998. 10 vols.
B51 Rou (CL Reference 2)
A world of ideas: a dictionary of important ideas and thinkers / Chris Rohmann. New York: Ballantine, 1999.
B41 Roh (CL Reference 2)
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To identify articles on a particular topic. After getting the citation,
check in LINC to see if the item is available in NUS Library.
Philosopher's Index [computer file]. 1940-
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/digital/
Repertoire bibliographique de la philosophie = International philosophical bibliography.
Louvain: Institut superieur de philosophie, 1949-2000.
Z7127 RBP (CL Reference 10)
Arts and Humanities Citation Index [computer file]. 1993-1997.
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/digital/
from 1997 onwards. BHI Plus (British Humanities Index) [computer file].1993-
AI3 BHI (CL Loans Desk 2)
Current Contents Connect [computer file].
2002-
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/digital/
Expanded Academic Index [computer file].
1993-
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/digital/
Humanities Abstracts. 1984-
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/digital/
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List of electronic journals for Philosophy which are subscribed by NUS Library.
List of Web sites on Philosophy available on the Internet.
To check what theses have been done abroad and in NUS.
Proquest Digital Dissertations [computer file].
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/digital/
Index to Theses with Abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland [computer file].
Available at http://www.theses.com/
NUS masters and PhD theses kept in Central Library.
Singapore: NUS Library, 2002.
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/publications/theses/
How to search LINC: Theses Collection.
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/wtheses.html
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Philosophical books. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1960-
B1 PB (CL Bnd Periodical, CL Curr Periodical)
Bibliography of Islamic philosophy / by Hans Daiber.
Leiden: Brill, 1999. 2 vols.
Z7128 Isl.Da (CL Reference 9)
The collaborative bibliography of women in philosophy / Noel Hutchings and William Rumsey, eds. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University, Philosophy Documentation Center, 1997.
Z7125 Col (CL Reference 9)
Masterpieces of world philosophy / Frank N. Magill, ed.
New York: HarperCollins, 1990.
B75 Mas (CL Loans Desk 3)
World philosophy: a contemporary bibliography / John R. Burr and Charlotte A. Burr, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Z7125 Wor (CL Reference 9)
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Biographical dictionary of twentieth-century philosophers. London: Routledge, 1996.
B104 Bio (CL Reference 3)
The Concise encyclopedia of western philosophy and philosophers / J.O. Urmson and Jonathan Ree, eds. London: Routledge , 1991.
B41 Con (CL Books)
Fifty major philosophers: a reference guide / Diane Collinson. London: Routledge, 1988.
B72 Col (CL Reference 3)
Great thinkers of the Eastern world: the major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of China, India, Japan, Korea, and the world of Islam
/ Ian P. McGreal, ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
B5005 Gre (CL Reference 8)
One hundred twentieth-century philosophers / Stuart Brown, Diane Collinson, and Robert Wilkinson, eds. London: Routledge, 1998.
B804 One (CL Books)
Thirty-five oriental philosophers / Diane Collinson and Robert Wilkinson. London: Routledge, 1994.
B5005 Col (CL Books)
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Chicago manual of style. 14th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Z253 Chi (CL Reference, CL Books)
A manual for writers of term papers, theses and dissertations / Kate L. Turabian, rev. by John Grossman and Alice Bennett. 6th ed. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1996.
LB2369 Tur (CL Reference, CL RBR, SC Books)
Doing philosophy: a guide to the writing of philosophy papers / Joel Feinberg.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2005.
B52.7 Fei 2005 (CL Books)
Writing philosophy papers / Zachary Seech. 3rd ed.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2004.
B52.7 See 2004 (CL Books)
LION: How to cite references.
Available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/s/citation.html
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