P&R 3400 : Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Sources and Strategies for Finding Library Information

This guide lists important sources to consult for your research and is not intended to be exhaustive. For more information and assistance visit the Reference Desk, try the Ask a Librarian service, or sign up for a RAP Session .

Finding Information

Reference Books in Continental Philosophy
Books in the Library Catalog (WNCLN)
Books available through Interlibrary Loan (WorldCat)
Library Databases for Articles
Websites
Citing Sources

Reference Books

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy . ASU REFERENCE B51 .R68 1998 [10 volumes]
The Edinburgh Encyclopedia Of Continental Philosoph y . ASU REFERENCE B 803 .E35 1999

Books

Books in the Library Catalog (WNCLN)
Lists books, videos, and periodicals owned by the three WNCLN libraries. Most books and periodicals owned by UNC-Asheville and Western Carolina University can be borrowed using the ABC-Express van service, at no charge, and received in 1-2 days.

Search tips:

Try a Subject Search. For example, type in: Foucault then browse the subject listings.
Or try a Keyword Search. For example, type in: Foucault and feminism then browse results
Use Periodical Title Search to find out if a journal you need is available (in print, microform, or electronic "full text" version) at ASU, UNC-Asheville, or Western Carolina.

WorldCat | About
. Use this database to find books, dissertations, videos, manuscripts, and other materials-in thousands of libraries throughout the United States and in some other countries as well -- and borrow by using Interlibrary Loan without charge. Plan ahead, however, because Interlibrary Loan usually takes 6-10 days or more from the date you submit your request.

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Library Databases for finding Articles [in order of usefulness]

Philosopher's Index , SilverPlatter, 1940-present (updated quarterly)
Available on & off campus | about
The Philosopher's Index provides citations with abstracts to scholarly research in philosophy. Over 480 journals are covered, with 80 percent of the records from journals and 20 percent from books.

Arts and Humanities Search , FirstSearch, 1980-present (updated weekly)
Available on & off campus | about
Provides indexing to more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals and selected articles from 5,800 more social science and science journals. More than 1.4 million records include bibliographic citations.

MLA , FirstSearch, 1963-present (updated 10 times per year)
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Indexes 4,000 English language and foreign periodicals as well as books, book chapters, essay collections, and dissertations on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.

OTHER USEFUL DATABASES

JSTOR , Full Text
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Provides access to the complete back runs of over 100 scholarly journals in many academic disciplines--including some that have been published continuously for more than 100 years.

Ingenta , 1988-present (updated daily)
Available on & off campus | See ingenta services for more information
Contains more than six million citations to articles from over 20,000 international magazines and journals.

Project Muse , Johns Hopkins Press, Full Text , 1995 - to date
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Provides full text access to scholarly electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences from Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses.

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Websites

Examples of General Philosophy Web Sites:

NOESIS - Philosophical Research On-line
http://noesis.evansville.edu/
This site Is an effort to "organizing the philosophical content of the Internet into an academically-viable network of resources for use by philosophy teachers, researchers and students."

Philosophy Pages
http://philosophypages.com/
Includes the Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names, a survey of the history of Western philosophy, a timeline for the intellectual figures discussed here, and much more.

Examples of Personal Web Sites Devoted to Continental Philosophy :

The Notebook for Contemporary Continental Philosophy
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Scott_Moore/Continental.html#SITES
A resource maintained by Dr. Scott H. Moore, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University.

Continental Philosophy
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/continental/
Provides resources and links for researchers and students in the various areas of continental philosophy. The list started with links culled from Peter Suber's excellent "Guide to Philosophy on the Internet", but has gone beyond that. It is maintained by Dr. Bruce Janz, University of Central Florida.

Citing Sources
Explains how to cite web and internet sources using MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual of Style

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Compiled by Allan Scherlen ( scherlnag@appstate.edu ) Appalachian State University Libraries