Philosophy Databases
(see also Religion and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Bioethics
Research Library (Georgetown University)
- Provides interdisciplinary coverage of ethical issues related to health care,
biomedical research, biotechnology, and the environment. Includes
ETHXWeb
with citations to literature on bioethics and professional ethics;
GenETHX with
citations to literature on ethics and public policy issues in genetics;
Islamic Medical and Scientific Ethics
with citations to literature on Islamic medical and scientific ethics covering attitudes and
practices on ethical issues within the Muslim world;
International Bioethics Organizations
with information on the resources and programs of organizations focusing primarily on
ethics in medicine and scientific research;
Syllabus Exchange
with descriptions of bioethics syllabi for semester-length classes, seminars, and continuing
education courses from high school through graduate education; and
Thesaurus for Bioethics
which lists the keywords used to index the bioethics literature.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
General Works -
Ethics
- General Works:
- Encyclopedia
of Philosophy
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Ten volumes. (See database page for description)
- Cambridge
Dictionary of Philosophy (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Features comprehensive entries on major philosophers, including
non-Western and Continental philosophy, as well as extensive coverage of rapidly
developing fields such as applied ethics and the philosophy of mind.
- Magill
on Literature Plus (Ebsco)
- Combining MagillOnLiterature and
MagillOnAuthors, this database provides the full text of Magill's World
Philosophers and Their Works and other reference books containing
editorially reviewed critical analyses, brief plot summaries, and
extended character profiles, covering works by more than 8,500 long and
short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and philosophers.
Also contains over 6,500 biographical
essays on more than 3,500 different authors, more than 1,000 images,
a glossary of 1,310 literary terms, and 376 genre-driven
overview essays providing details about important literary genres,
time periods, and national literatures.
- New
Dictionary of the History of Ideas (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Comprehensive, multidisciplinary work that provides diverse, cross-cultural
perspectives from thinkers around the globe on the main ideas and movements of human concern,
ranging from ideas created by humanity several millennia ago to contemporary concepts, in order
to make the often complex history of "what we think" accessible to readers. Its chronological
scope permits examination of the timeless questions about the individual and society over centuries
of development, focusing not only on the ideas themselves but also on the cultural environments
within which those ideas arose, on the transformations and intermingling of the ideas, and on the
ideas' influences, far in time or place, from their site of origin. Covers such topics as animism,
communication, deconstruction, physics, postmodernism, race theory, sexual harassment,
untouchability, and more.
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more
(more information).
- Ethics:
(See also: Business Ethics)
- Encyclopedia
of Bioethics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia of
Science, Technology, and Ethics
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science in Dispute (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- vol. 01,
vol. 02,
vol. 03.
Explores controversial topics in science and technology by featuring essays - both pro and con -
on the major theories, ethical questions and commercial applications of science from all disciplines. 3 volumes.
- Also of Interest:
- Arts
and Humanities Through the Eras (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- For each of the five major periods (Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece & Rome,
Medieval Europe, Renaissance Europe, and the Baroque & Enlightenment), it discusses
architecture & design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater,
and visual arts, profiling milestones, movements, masterworks, and schools of thought in
relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. Includes an overview of each
period with a chronology of major world events and biographical profiles of pioneers, masters,
and other prominent figures in the field.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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