Web Resources

The Bristol Philosophy library

The largest collection of philosophy books is in the Arts and Social Sciences library. In addition, there's a specialist philosophy library on the ground floor of 43 Woodland Road. This library also has a couple of quiet work spaces. It is currently open Monday to Friday 12-2pm. A temporary catalogue of the books is available online: http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~plcap/philcat.htm.

The Philosopher's Index: 

Indexing and abstracts from books and over 400 journals. A major source of information in the area of aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics, and the philosophy of various disciplines e.g. education, history, law, religion and science:  http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/informationgateway/externaldatabases/azdatab.html

The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy On-Line (REP Online): 

This is the online version of the Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy. Published in June 1998 in print and CD-ROM editions, this was the first multi-volume encyclopedia released in the discipline for over thirty years. Like the print and CD-ROM editions, REP Online features over 2000 original articles from over 1300 leading international experts across the discipline of philosophy. The articles cover an unparalleled breadth of subject matter, including Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy. A summary provides a rapid orientation at the beginning of every in-depth article. Further information and search help are available on the system. You can search this resource at: http://www.rep.routledge.com/index.html 

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy was designed from its inception (September 1995) as a dynamic reference work. In a dynamic reference work, each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public.