The comprehensive index in this field is The Philosopher's Index (B 1.P45 INDEX). It indexes the major British and American philosophical periodicals, selected journals in other languages, and related interdisciplinary publications.

Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCO host.

The Arts and Humanities Citation Index is the online version of Arts and Humanities Citation Index. It includes indexing and abstracting of more than 1,000 scholarly journals in the Arts and Humanities (1975-).

Also helpful is the Humanities Index (REF INDEX AI 3.H85). It indexes selected major periodicals in each area of the humanities (i.e., literature, art, music, philosophy, etc.). Holdings: 1974/75 - 1995/96.

• Guides to the Literature
  • Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature, Hans E. Bynagle, ed.
    REF B 48.Z99B97
    
  • The Philosopher's Guide -- to Sources, Research Tools, Professional Life, and Related Fields, Richard T. DeGeorge, ed.
    REF B 48.Z99D42
    
  • Research Guide to Philosophy, Terence Tice and Thomas Slavens, eds.
    REF B 52.T5 1983
• Encyclopdias
  • Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    REF B51 .R68 1998
    
  • Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    REF B51.C58 2000
    
  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards, ed.
    REF B 51.E57
    The library will soon make available the new Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
    It is expected to arrive some time in mid-1998.
    
• Dictionaries
  • Dictionary of the History of Ideas, Philip P. Wiener
    REF B 21.D52
    
  • Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert Runes, ed.
    REF B 41.D53 1982
    
  • Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Simon Blackburn, ed.
    REF B 41.B53 1994
    
  • Key Ideas in Human Thought, Kenneth MacLeish, ed.
    REF B 41.K48 1993
    
• Special Topics
  • Handbook of Metaphysics and Ontology, Harry Burkhardt and Barry Smith, eds.
    REF BD 111.H225 1991
    
  • Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircea Elibrarye, ed.
    REF BL 31.E46 1986
    
  • New Catholic Encyclopedia, William J. McDonald, ed.
    REF BX 841. N44 1967
    
  • Encyclopedia of Ethics, Becker and Becker, eds.
    REF BJ 63.E45 1992
    
  • Ethics, John K. Roth, ed.
    REF BJ 63.E54 1994
    
  • Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
    REF BJ 63.E43 1998
    
• Histories
  • The Routledge History of Philosophy
    REF B 72.R68

    The library has the following volumes:
    Vol. 1 From the Beginning to Plato, C.C.W. Taylor, ed.
    Vol. 2 From Aristotle to Augustine, David J. Furley, ed.
    Vol. 3. Medieval Philosophy, John Marenbon, ed.
    Vol. 4 The Renaissance and Seventeenth Century Rationalism, G.H.R. Parkinson, ed.
    Vol. 5 British Philosphy and the Age of Enlightenment, Stuart C. Brown, ed.
    Vol. 6 The Age of German Idealism, Robert C. Solomon & Kathleen Higgins, eds.
    Vol. 7 The Nineteenth Century, C.L. Ten, ed.
    Vol. 8 Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Richard Kearney, ed.
    Vol. 9 Philosophy of Science, Logic, and Mathematics in the Twentieth Century, Stuart Shanker, ed.
    Vol. 10 Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge, and Value in the Twentieth Century, John V. Canfield, ed