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Selected Reference Books

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Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and Philosophers	Ref B 41 U7
Dictionary of Existentialism	Ref B 819 D455 1999
Dictionary of Philosophy	Ref B 41 L32 1976
Dictionary of the History of Ideas	Ref CB 5 D52 (v.1-5)
Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton	Ref Q 125 E53 2000
Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy	Ref B 163 E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Philosophy	Ref B 51 E53 2006 (v.1-10)
Encyclopedia of Religion	Ref BL41 E46 2005 (v.1-10)
Masterpieces of World Philosophy	Ref B 75 M37 1990

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Suggested Subject Headings and Location of Books in Our Library

Search the Library Catalog by keyword, subject, title, or author. Edens Library offers books and other materials on a variety of Philosophy subjects, including:

Ethics
Existentialism
Fallacies (Logic)
Induction (Logic)
Logic
Philosophy
Philosophy, Ancient

Philosophy, Ancient--History
Philosophy and religion
Philosophy, Modern
Reasoning
Stoics
Thought and thinking

...Or, you can browse the following sections in the library's General Collection and Reference areas:

B -- Philosophy (General)
BC -- Logic
BD -- Speculative Philosophy
BH -- Aesthetics
BJ -- Ethics

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Databases for Research

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Academic Search Premier On-Campus \| Remote Access	"The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles."
Expanded Academic ASAP On-Campus \| Remote Access	For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students (1980 - present) * Comprehensive periodical database covering all academic disciplines * Millions of full-text articles from 2000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines * Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals
General OneFile On-Campus \| Remote Access	For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students (1980 - present) * Comprehensive periodical database covering all subjects and all types of periodicals * Periodicals from nearly all InfoTrac collections merged into a single database * Over 25 million full-text articles on all subjects from over 5000 periodical titles * Articles from newswires and general, professional, scholarly and children's periodicals * Indexing of the New York Times, other major newspapers and 8000+ periodicals
Project Muse On-Campus \| Remote Access	"Provides online, worldwide institutional subscription access to the full text of over 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics."
Twayne's Authors Series On-Campus \| Remote Access	The acclaimed Twayne's Authors Series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors -- each of which were carefully coordinated with input from librarians and educators to include authors universally studied in high schools and colleges.
SIRS Knowledge Source On-Campus \| Not available remotely	For advanced middle school students through adults * Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects * Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources * News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites * Includes special features on - literature, terrorism and other topics * Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources * Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.
Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who On-Campus \| Remote Access	This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Scribner Writers On-Campus \| Remote Access	Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series, including African American Writers, African Writers, American Nature Writers, American Writers, Ancient Writers, The Books of the Bible, British Writers, European Writers, Latin American Writers, Modern American Women Writers, Science Fiction Writers, Supernatural Writers, and Writers for Children.