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Background Information
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Dictionary of the History of Ideas
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (first revision)
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (work in progress)
The Cambridge companion to Kierkegaard / edited by Alastair Hannay and Gordon D. Marino
The philosophers : introducing great western thinkers / edited by Ted Honderich
Historical dictionary of Kierkegaard's philosophy / Julia Watkin
Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
Finding Books
Annie ex: KeyWord: kierkegaard passion*
LC Subject Heading = Kierkegaard (this leads to 48 different subject headings for Kierkegaard)
WorldCat. Hundreds of library catalogs combined.
Finding Articles
ATLA Religion -index
Arts and Humanities Search -index
MLA International Bibliography -index
Literature Resource Center -biographies and more
Humanities
Research Guide -more indexes for the humanities
Ethics
Vols. 48 (Issue 3)-107 (Issue 1), 1938-
Moving Wall: 5 Years
Journal URL:
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00141704.html
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
continues International Journal of Ethics Vols. 1-48 (Issue 2), 1890-1938
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/1526422X.html
The
Journal of Philosophy Vols. 18-93, 1921-
Moving Wall: 5 Years
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/0022362X.html
Publisher: Journal of Philosophy, Inc.
continues The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods Vols.
1-17, 1904-1920
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/01609335.html
Journal
of Symbolic Logic Vols. 1-62, 1936-
Moving Wall: 4 Years
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00224812.html
Publisher: Association for Symbolic Logic
Mind
Vols. 1-16, 1876-1891; New Series, Vols. 1-103, 1892-
Moving Wall: 7 Years
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00264423.html
Publisher: Oxford University Press on behalf of the Mind Association
Noûs
Vols. 1-30, 1967-
Moving Wall: 5 Years
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00294624.html
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
absorbs Philosophical Perspectives Vols. 1-9, 1987-1995
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/15208583.html
Philosophical
Perspectives Vols. 1-9, 1987-
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/15208583.html
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
absorbed by Noûs Vols. 1-30, 1967-1996
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00294624.html
Philosophical
Quarterly Vols. 1-46, 1950-
Moving Wall: 5 Years
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00318094.html
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers for The Philosophical Quarterly
The
Philosophical Review Vols. 1-107, 1892-
Moving Wall: 3 Years
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00318108.html
Publisher: Cornell University
Philosophy
and Phenomenological Research Vols. 1-56, 1940-
Moving Wall: 5 Years
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00318205.html
Publisher: International Phenomenological Society
Philosophy
and Public Affairs Vols. 1-25, 1971-
Moving Wall: 5 Years
Journal URL: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00483915.html
Publisher: Princeton University Press
British Journal of Aesthetics 1996- (tables of contents and abstracts only)
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics ( full text v. 7 (1998) - )
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie
Etica e Politica 1999-
Hyle: An International Journal for the Philosophy of Chemistry
Informal Logic (tables of contents only)
International Kierkegaard Newsletter
Io, the Internet Magazine for Applied Aesthetics 1998-
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 1999-2000 (tables of contents only)
Journal of World-Systems Research
Legal Theory (full text v. 5 (1999 - )
Mind 1996- (tables of contents and abstracts only)
Nordic Journal of Philosophical Logic
Philosophy (full text v. 73 (1998 - )
Philosophy Now (tables of contents 1991-)
Sic et Non: Online Forum for Philosophy and Culture
Techné:
Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology 1995-1999
The
English Server Philosophy Page (Carnegie Mellon University)
Ethics Updates (University
of San Diego)
The 4th Tetralogy: Exploring Plato's
Middle Dialogues (University of Evansville)
Gender & Ethics (University
of San Diego)
A Glossary of Kant's
Technical Terms
The
Greek Philosophy Archive (University of Georgia)
The Hartlib Project (University
of Sheffield)
Hellinomnimon: Digital Library
of Greek Philosophical and Scientific Books and Manuscripts (1600-1821)
The Logic Server
Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels Archives
(University of Colorado)
The Paideia Project Online
(Boston University)
Patrologia
Latina
The Peirce Edition Project
The Schopenhauer
Archive (Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Wittgenstein Archives (University
of Bergen)