Philosophy: Reference Works

Currently the world's best online philosophy encyclopedia with many articles about central topics written by the world's leading authors. All articles are updated frequently and are supplied with authoritative bibliographies.

Online access to Blackwell's many reference works, for instance their series of 'Companions' to the different branches of philosophy.

Access to more than 30,000 articles covering the natural and social sciences, though not specifically Philosophy.

The Modern Language Association. A bibliography for the study of modern literature, language and culture.

The online version of Routledge's Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

German biographies about the clergy.

The classic English-language encyclopedia. It contains many articles on important people in world philosophy.

A meta-database with links to a number of both serious and not-so-serious philosophy databases, ranging from lists of personal webpages with online articles to humorous and entertaining philosophy websites.

A meta-database linking to philosophical biographies in online encyclopedias.

Another good internet encyclopedia with articles written by serious researchers and often with a more detailed list of topics than what is used in Stanford Enc.Phil (see below).

A massive database with fiction and literary criticism from Antiquity to the present day.

Online access to Oxford's many useful philosophy reference works and encyclopedias.

A Danish-language encyclopedia with concise entries on the most central topics in philosophy.

The world's most comprehensive database of biographies.