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Reference Sources and Web Sites

Blackwell Reference Online -- Philosophy

Complete full text of 61 philosophy reference works from Blackwell Publishing. Examples include Companion to African Philosophy, Companion to Ancient Philosophy, Companion to Feminist Philosophy, Companion to Heidegger, Companion to Kant....
Encyclopedia of Bioethics

Online version of the five-volume, 3rd edition of Macmillan's standard encyclopedia on bioethics (2004). A must for starting research on topics related to bioethics.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy

Online version of the two-volume set from Macmillan (2009).
Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Online version of the 10-volume, 2nd edition of Macmillan's standard encyclopedia (2006). An excellent starting point for research on topics related to philosophy.
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas

Online version of the six-volume reference set from Charles Scribner's (2004). An introduction to "how we think" about concepts as diverse as physics and communism.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

A scholarly and authoritative encyclopedia of philosophy, available for free online.