Philosophy

Subscription resources

(Available to all Library users on-site. SOAS staff and students may access these off-site via institutional login).

• Bibliography of Asian Studies [via EBSCOHost]
  Index of Western language material (monographs, journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings etc.) on all parts of Asia published since 1971
• Brill Reference Online
  Access to Brill’s Encyclopaedia of Islam and the Encyclopaedia of Judaism will also cover aspects of philosophy within this faiths
  
• Cambridge Histories Online (via Cambridge Core)
  Browse all volumes in the Cambridge Histories series for content relating to philosophy and philosophers in a social, political and historical context
• Gale Online Reference Library
  Access to Encylopedia of Religion (2005) and Encylopedia of Buddism (2004) for the philosophy of religion and related subjects such as morals and ethics
• Index Islamicus [via EBSCOHost]
  For aspects of Islamic philosophy
• Oxford Bibliographies
  For Islamic Studies, Buddhism and Hinduism. Browse to find background material and resources on philosophy within these three faiths
• Oxford Islamic Studies
  Access to a range of encylopedias, dictionaries and reference works on the Islamic world from Oxford University Press. Browse for content on philosophy and philosophers within Islam
• Oxford Reference Online (Philosophy content)
  Access to a wide range of reference works on philosophy from Oxford University Press
• Proquest Dissertations and theses: Humanities and Social Sciences (Global)
  The database covers United States PhD theses from the 1861. All of the theses indexed have abstracts and over a million are downloadable in full-text PDF format
• Proquest Dissertations and theses: UK and Ireland
  The database covers United Kingdom and Ireland PhD theses from the early 18th century. All theses since 1986 have abstracts and very many are available to download or view as full text

Web resources

• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
  Select Philosophy, Psychology and Religion from the Browse Subject tabs to begin your search for content
• Famous philosophers
  Blog with biographical content on a range of philosophers from the classical to contemporary with details of their lives, thoughts and works
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Online encylopedia hosted by Eastern Kentucky University. Compiled and edited on a voluntary basis by scholars in philosophy from around the world
• Internet sacred texts archive: philosophy
  Open-access to a selection of out-of-copyright works by major thinkers from the classical era to the late 19th century. Also search the site for works specific to various faiths
• Project Gutenburg: philosophy bookshelf
  Selection of key works by and about major thinkers and schools of thought from the classical age to the present. Available to read online at html files, or download to desktop or Kindle
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Online encyclopedia hosted by Stanford University and with contributions from scholars in philosophy across the globe
• Ancient Philosophy Commons
  Open access collection of academic articles on ancient philosophy from contributors at over 40 universities and academic institutions across the globe (mainly Classical, but some content on other philosophies such as Chinese and Jewish)
• HistoryofPhilosophy
  Complied by Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat in Munich and at King's College London, this resource features blog posts and podcasts taking users through the history of global philosophy and carries timelines of major traditions. It is interactive with associated Facebook and Twitter accounts