Philosophy
Resources for Philosophy
Philosophy definitions, facts, figures and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
Online dictionaries and encyclopedias
Print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
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103/14
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Companion to Feminist Philosophy
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305.4201/78
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Companion to the Philosophy of Mind
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128.2/114
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Encyclopedia of Ethics
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170.3/2
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Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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103/2
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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100/216
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To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
philosophy AND dictionar**
philosophy AND encycloped**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. philosoph** will find philosophy, philosophies, philosopher, philosophers, philosophical
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Philosophy books and more
Search the Library Catalogue to find books, videos and DVDs
If you know the exact title
- Select Title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select Advanced Keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. ethics AND environment
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. ethic** will find ethic, ethics, ethical, ethically
Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. ethics AND environment AND justice
OR
Use the limit functions in Advanced Keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use Advanced Keyword search and limit by location
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Philosophy journal articles
Search a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and research reports
Try these first
Complete list of Arts databases
Found a useful reference?
Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the Library Catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database.
Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. ethics AND media
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. media OR journalism
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword.
e.g. journalis* will find journalism, journalist, journalists, journalistic
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
- Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search
More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial
Need help? Ask a question.
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Philosophy Internet sites
It is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web.
Try the following sites as a starting point.
Search engines
Search engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database.
Try these first:
Directories
Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.
UOW sites
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