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Library Catalogs

Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Books, videos, government documents, etc. in Bowdoin's library.

NExpress
A combined catalog containing the library holdings of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Wellesley, Williams, Middlebury, and Northeastern. Requests take 2-3 days.

MaineCat
Includes the holdings of most Maine libraries. Requests take 2-5 days

WorldCat
A combined database of many library catalogs worldwide. Request items found in WorldCat through our Interlibrary Loan service.

Reference Sources

Dictionaries

The Oxford dictionary of philosophy / Simon Blackburn
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994
Main Ref B41 .B53 1994
There are biographical entries for five hundred philosophers, almost twenty five hundred entries in all. Covers a broad span of time and ideas from the Vedas to current terminology.

The Oxford companion to philosophy / edited by Ted Honderich
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
Main Ref B51 .O94 1995
This is similar to the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, but with more detail.

The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy / general editor, Robert Audi
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995
Main Ref B41 .C35 1995
Bills itself as the most comprehensive one volume dictionary of philosophy. Surveys Western and non-Western ideas and provides biographical information for major and minor philosophers.

Biographical dictionary of twentieth-century philosophers / edited by Stuart Brown, Diane Collinson, Robert Wilkinson London ; New York : Routledge, 1996
In addition to biographies, each entry lists the philosopher's primary works and offers suggestions for further reading.

Encyclopedias

Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy / general editor, Edward Craig
London ; New York : Routledge, 1998
Main Ref B51 .R68 1998 v.1-10
The entries provide information on people, ideas and moral questions. The final volume consists of a detailed index.

World philosophy : essay-reviews of 225 major works / edited by Frank N. Magill ; associate editor, Ian P. McGreal
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Salem Press, c1982
Main Ref B29 .W68 1982 v.1-5
Works from the sixth century B.C. to the twentieth century are summarized and related literature is reviewed

Encyclopedia of classical philosophy / edited by Donald J. Zeyl ; editors, Daniel T. Devereux and Phillip K. Mitsis
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997
Main Ref B163 .E53 1997
Two hundred and seventy entries address topics and individuals in Greek and Roman antiquity.

Medieval philosophers / edited by Jeremiah Hackett.
Detroit : Gale Research, 1992.
Main Ref B721 .M45 1992
The essays provide insight on world events and cultural trends influencing thought in the middle ages. Principle works are discussed and placed in context of the philosopher's life.

Companion encyclopedia of Asian philosophy / edited by Brian Carr and Indira Mahalingam
London ; New York : Routledge, 1997
Main Ref B121 .C66 1997
The organization is by type of philosophy. There are a number of essays for each philosophy that discuss historical and modern interpretations as well as the moral structure.

Encyclopedia of Indian philosophies / Ram Shankar Bhattacharya ... [et al.] [Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1977-
Main Ref B131 .E5 v.1-6
Each volume covers a specific time period of Indian philosophical thought.

Ethics

Encyclopedia of ethics / Lawrence C. Becker, editor, Charlotte B. Becker, co-editor.
New York : Garland Pub., 1992.
Main Ref BJ63 .E45 1992 v.1-2
Four hundred and thirty five articles discuss political, social, legal and ethical theory as well as moral problems. There are biographical entries for a few contemporary philosophers.

Encyclopedia of applied ethics / editor-in-chief Ruth Chadwick.
San Diego : Academic Press, c1998.
Main Ref BJ1546 .E42 1998 v.1-4.
The essays present conservative and liberal views on topics ranging from abortion to whistle blowing.

Encyclopedia of bioethics / Warren T. Reich, editor in chief
London : Prentice Hall International, c1995
Main Ref QH332 .E52 1995 v.1-5
Science Ref QH332 .E52 1996 [computer file]
From animal welfare to warfare, find lengthy essays.

Quotations

A dictionary of philosophical quotations / edited by A.J. Ayer and Jane O'Grady Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : Blackwell Publishers, 1994
Main Ref B21 .D54 1994
This work spans classical times through the twentieth century and has a western philosophical emphasis.

Web Sites

Council for Research in Values and Philosophy
"The Council works with university and science faculties in 60 countries to apply scholarly research to important human issues." The site contains "expertly developed ideas that might otherwise be missed."

Philosophy Research Base
A meta-index of Internet philosophy resources.

Ethics
http://ethics.acusd.edu/index.html
Divided by theory and topics in applied ethics, the resources include scholarly papers, PowerPoint presentations, NPR segments, reviews and links to additional, relevant web resources. This is comprehensive and easy to use.