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Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
This database is a major source for scholarly research in all areas of philosophy. Philosopher’s Index contains several hundred thousand references to journal articles, books, book chapters (e.g., contributions to an anthology), book reviews, and essays.
L'Année philologique This link opens in a new window
This database provides references to articles, books, conference proceedings, essays, and book reviews in the subject areas of Philosophy & Classical Studies. refers to content on the history, language, literature, and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome from 500 BCE to 800. Indexed content is in the following languages English, French, Italian, Spanish & German.

FRANCIS (Humanities & Social Sciences)
This large, multidisciplinary database indexes references to journals, books, book chapters, conference papers, and reports.
Sociological Abstracts
Social Sciences content with a significant amount of Women & Gender studies content.

Background/foundational information sources

Pleasse note: the call numbers listed below correspond to the printed books that are located in the UTSC Library (although other copies with the same call # may be available at other U of T Libraries also.)

Encyclopedia of philosophy by Donald M. Borchert, editor in chief
Call Number: B41 .E5 2006 (vols. 1-10)
*NOTE: this is in the Reference section of the UTSC Library and cannot be taken out, but this also means that it should almost always be available for consultation in the Library with the option of making some photocopies.
The Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy
Call Number: B41 .L32 2010
Publication Date: 2010
*NOTE: this is in the Reference section of the UTSC Library and cannot be taken out, but this also means that it should almost always be available for consultation in the Library with the option of making some photocopies.
The Oxford companion to philosophy by edited by Ted Honderich
Call Number: B51 .O94 2005
Publication Date: 2005
*NOTE: this is in the Reference section of the UTSC Library and cannot be taken out, but this also means that it should almost always be available for consultation in the Library with the option of making some photocopies.
Fifty Major Philosophers by Diané Collinson and Kathryn Plant
Call Number: B72 .C59 2006
Publication Date: 2006
*NOTE 1: available as an e-book (online) or in printed form at the UTSC Library
*NOTE 2: the printed book is in the Reference section of the UTSC Library and cannot be taken out, but this also means that it should almost always be available for consultation in the Library with the option of making some photocopies.
Biographical dictionary of twentieth-century philosophers by edited by Stuart Brown, Diané Collinson, Robert Wilkinson
Publication Date: 1996
*NOTE: this link will take you to the e-book (online) version, but this book is also available in the Reference section of the UTSC Library (behind reference desk at call #: B104 .B56 1996
Thinking it through: an introduction to contemporary philosophy
Call Number: BD21 .A68 2003
Publication Date: 2003
*NOTE: available as an e-book (online) or in printed form at the UTSC Library
Writing philosophy: a guide for Canadian students / by Lewis Vaughn, Jillian Scott McIntosh
Call Number: B52.7 .V38 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Philosophy : a beginner's guide by by Jenny Teichman and Katherine C. Evans
Call Number: BD21 .T35 1995
Publication Date: 1995
Philosophy : a guide through the subject
Call Number: BD21 .P525 1995 SCAR
Publication Date: 1995
A historical introduction to philosophy : texts and interactive guides by [compiled by] James Fieser, Norman Lillegard
Call Number: BD21 .H57 2002
Publication Date: 2002
101 philosophy problems by Martin Cohen
Call Number: BD21 .C635 2002
Publication Date: 2002
*NOTE: available as an e-book (online) or in printed form at the UTSC Library

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