OhioLINK History of Philosophy Website
Research Assistance
This document describes how to use the
OhioLINK
History of Philosophy Instructional Website to assist you in doing
research in the history of philosophy.
Built into the site is an Easy SearchTool which can get you
started using the OhioLINK search engine to locate philosophical
resources. Also provided are lists of Additional Search Terms
which can be used as prompts to conduct more extensive free-form searches
on OhioLINK.
- About the Easy SearchTool
- About the Additional Search Terms
- Helpful Research Resources
- Search Tips for the OhioLINK Search Engine
- Other Online Resources for the History of Philosophy
The Easy SearchTool provides you with a menu-based interface into the
OhioLINK search engine. It incorporates a starter set of interesting
terms to use in searches, and will help you get used to navigating in
the OhioLINK search space.
Each course in the history of philosophy on this website has its
own version of the Easy SearchTool, tuned to perform searches in that
particular historical period.
The Easy SearchTool was designed and implemented by James Bednar,
a graduate assistant in the Department of Philosophy at Kent State
University.
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As you explore beyond the search terms included in our Easy SearchTool,
you may want to consult longer lists of terms. These lists are not
organized to enable immediate access to KentLINK, OhioLINK, or the
humanities databases that are accessible through OhioLINK. They are
simply lists of figures, philosophical writings, and concepts. They are
intended to suggest possible threads to expand the scope of your
inquiry. No list is exhaustive; but each will give you ideas for
further searches that you may conduct.
- Figures
-
A list of historical figures related to the topic of the course.
Some will be obvious, others not so obvious. The relation of
some of them to the course may even seem doubtful. (You might
want to make a search on some of these in order to figure out why they were
included in the list you are working with.)
- Titles
-
A list of English-language titles of books originally written during the
period on which the course focuses. These are titles of books (or, in
some cases, articles) that were influential during the period or have
become regarded more recently as important. Note, however, that some
library databases use original-language titles for these works.
- Terms
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A list of concepts that were foci for philosophic inquiry during the
period. Reviewing a list of terms may help you extend, narrow, or
organize your research.
There is also a Compiled List of
Search Terms containing the terms from all courses.
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- A Guide to Philosophy in the Library of
Congress Classification
- A comprehensive guide to how the Library of Congress classifies
philosophy--both what classification terms are used, and how these are
organized. Written by John R. Shook.
-
Tools for Doing Philosophy
- A useful list of links to internet resources aimed at developing
one's abilities in the areas of thinking, reading, and writing as
a philosopher.
-
General Library Guide for Philosophy
- A brief guide to library resources for philosophy research, written
by Paul Fehrmann of the Kent State University Library.
-
Guide to Ethics
- A brief guide to library resources for philosophy with
an emphasis on research in ethics, also written
by Paul Fehrmann.
- Selected Bibliography Related to
Writing-Intensive Course Curriculum Construction and Integration
- The title says it all. Compiled by Gayle Ormiston and Barbara
Schloman.
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- About the
OhioLINK Central Catalog
- Follow this link for research tips on how to use the OhioLINK search
engine.
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- Episteme Links
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This is an enormous site with thousands of sorted links to philosophy
resources on the web. To get an idea, a few of the topics covered are
Philosophers, Departments, Journals, Newsgroups, Discussion Lists,
and Humor; an online Bookstore (new & used) is also featured.
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Hippias: Limited Area Search of Philosophy on the Internet
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Hippias is "limited" only in that its search results are restricted
to internet sites which have been peer reviewed by an editorial board
of professional philosophers. See
"About
Hippias"
for a general description of the search engine and an
explanation of the
LASE technology it uses. The general editor of Hippias is Peter
Suber at Earlham College.
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NOESIS:
Philosophical Research on Line
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This link takes you to the
beta release
of a new search engine dedicated to philosophy on the Internet.
In addition to a search engine that allow users to
approach data from a variety of perspectives, Noesis includes a
browsable index broken down into a separate author index and a
collections index. (See the
Noesis help page
for details on the kind of searches currently available.)
On the way is a topical index that will allow users
to browse and search files according to their pertinence to the
various areas of study recognized by professional philosophers.
The general editor of Noesis is Anthony Beavers at the University
of Evansville.
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