Find Resources by Subject

Subject Guide - Philosophy

• Selected Reference Books
• Selected Circulating Books
• Full-Text Books Online
• Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
• Magazine, Journal, & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
• Other Library Materials
• Searching the Library Catalog
• Selected Web Resources
• Selected Statistical Resources
• Selected Online Images and Other Media
• Other Library Catalogs

Compiled by Paul Jackson, Humanities Librarian Liaison. Updated 2006.

Selected Reference Books

REF B 51 .E53 2006                  Encyclopedia of Philosophy

REF CB 5 .D554 1973/74           Dictionary of the History of Ideas

REF B 105 .I28 H872 1994         Hutchinson Dictionary of Ideas

REF BF 441 .C265 2005 Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning

REF BF 31 .O94 1987                Oxford Companion to the Mind

REF PN 6081 .G636                  Great Thoughts

REF QH 332 .R4 E52 1995         Encyclopedia of Bioethics

REF JA 61 .B57 1987                 Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought

REF HB 76 .M3 1977                 Men and Ideas in Economics

Selected Circulating Books

B 72 .S64 1999                          World Philosophies

B 105 .W6 N44 1999                  The Neglected Canon: Nine Women Philosophers

B 824.4 .F725 2000                    Freedom: A Study Guide with Readings

BC 177 .M34 C66 2001              Cooperative Argumentation: A Model for Deliberative Community

B 430 .C76 1995                        The Crossroads of Norm and Nature: Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics and Metaphysics

B 3313 .J43 E5 1997                  Beyond Good and Evil

BJ 1521 .S35 1996                     How Could You Do That?! The Abdication of Character, Courage, and Conscience

BJ 1419 .H36 1996                     Why Good People Do Bad Things: How to Make Moral Choices in an Immoral World

B 1499 .R45 Y36 1990               Hume’s “Inexplicable Mystery”: His Views on Religion

BD 573 .P45 2000                      Philosophers Speak of God

Full-Text Books Online

NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as Philosophy: Basic Readings, Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Mind: A Brief Introduction, and the Ethics of Medical Involvement in Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Discussion.

Encyclopedia of Philosophy    |     Off-Campus Access

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Print Magazines in Kiefer Library

Ms. Magazine
E: The Environmental Magazine

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

Academic Search Premier | Off-Campus Access
Proquest Research Library | Off-Campus Access
TPM Online: The Philosophers’ Magazine
The Philosopher
Gnosis
Essays in Philosophy

Other Library Materials

Videos/DVD
LVL B398 .C34 B38 1974 VHS              The Cave: A Parable
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #7-B04          Man’s Search for Identity
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #7-A06          Aristotle’s Ethics
LVL B171 .C52 2004 DVD                    Classical Greek Philosophy
LVL B765 .T5 H65 1992 DVD                Aquinas on God

Searching the Library Catalog

The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/ provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:

philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, aesthetics, ancient philosophy, medieval philosophy, modern philosophy, existentialism, pragmatism, postmodernism

Selected Web Resources

Philosophy
Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy
History of Western Philosophy
Major Figures in Western Philosophy
A Timeline of Western Philosophers
Logic
History of Philosophy
Institute for Global Ethics
Ethics Resource Center
Aesthetics Online
Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts
The Metaphysics Research Lab
The Epistemology Research Guide
Ontology
Introduction to Logic
Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Selected Statistical Resources

Statistics on Women and Others in Philosophy
Jobs for Philosophers Statistics

Selected Online Images and Other Media

Philosophers
Greek Philosophers
Great Philosophers: Philosopher Portraits
Philosophy Professor 
Schools of Thought (Economics)

Other Library Catalogs

Colorado State University
Loveland Public Library
Prospector: Colorado Unified Catalog
University of Northern College Library Catalog
Weld Library District
Windsor-Severance Library Distric