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Philosopher's Index  (PhilosopherIndex)

A comprehensive source for research in all fields of philosopy

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  • Covers all major fields of philosophy such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, etc., and philosophy of related interdisciplinary fields such as education, history, law and religion.
  • Contains citation information and author-written abstracts for journal articles, books, contributions to anthologies, and book reviews, published from 1940 to the present.
  • Indexes over 620 journals from more than 40 countries in 30 languages.
  • Complements the humanities databases in FirstSearch and the rich philosophical resources in WorldCat.
  • Links to online full text from Electronic Collections Online, Wilson Select Plus, and other databases.
  • Links to library's holdings in WorldCat and to OCLC Resource Sharing.
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Subjects
Aesthetics Philosophy of education
Axiology Philosophy of history
Epistemology Philosophy of language
Ethics Philosophy of religion
Logic Philosophy of science
Metaphilosophy Political philosophy
Philosophical anthropology Social philosophy
Sources 620+

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Number of records 405,000+
Dates covered 1940 to present
Updated Quarterly
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Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.

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Keyword kw: zen buddhism
goehr lydia
0739102478
(keyword searches the following indexes: Author, Abstract, Named Person, Source, Standard Number, Subject, Title, Year)
Abstract ab: "what am I"
Accession number no: 3100486
Author au: erion
Author phrase au= erion, gerald j
[last name first]
Descriptors de genome
Descriptors phrase de= human genome
Document type phrase dt= contribution and ti: fundamentals of philosophy
First page pg: 45 ans so= methexis: revista internacional de filosofia antigua
Issue is: 22 and so: acta analytica
Language phrase ln= german and kw: karl marx
Named person phrase na= confucius
Publication date pd: D 2003 and so=international philosophical quarterly
200312 and so=international philosophical quarterly
Publication info pb: cambridge univ pr 1998 and dt=monograph
Reviewer rv: ivaldo
Reviewer phrase rv= ivaldo, marco
[last name first]
Source so: philosophia
Source phrase so= philosophia: philosophical quarterly of israel
Standard number sn: 0015-1831 [use hyphens with ISSN numbers]
079235141X [omit hyphens with ISBN numbers]
Subject su: personality
Subject phrase su= multiple personality
Title ti: epictetus
Title phrase ti= epictetus: a stoic and socratic guide to life
Update code ud: 382
[for volume 38, issue 2 of the printed edition of Philosopher's Index]
Volume vo: 12 and is: 4 and so=philosophical psychology
Year yr: 2000 and su=Wittgenstein