Philosophy Resources

Resources and tips for research and teaching in philosophy.

Key Resources

These databases contain many articles relevant to philosophy and are available to all University of Houston-affiliated patrons.

Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Indexes journals, books and other published sources within the general humanities.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Arts and humanities database on language and literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the study of art and architecture.
PhilPapers: Philosophical Research Online This link opens in a new window
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. Using advanced trawling techniques and large scale crowdsourcing, we monitor all sources of research content in philosophy, including journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, etc. Contains current full text scholarly journals which cover these fields and a significant collection of recent scholarly books.
Religion & Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
Covers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Contains indexing, abstracts, and links to full text articles.

Library Call Numbers

Books classified under the subject of philosophy are found on the 8th floor of the Blue Wing in the M. D. Anderson Library. General topics are organized as follows:

B = General Philosophy
BC = Logic
BD = Speculative Philosophy
BH = Aesthetics
BJ = Ethics
BM = Judaism
BP = Islam, Bahai
BQ = Buddhism
BR = Christianity
BS = The Bible

Philosophy on the Web

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
A well-regarded free source for philosophy reference information.
Directory of Open Access Journals--Philosophy

Faculty Books

The University of Houston Libraries are proud to include in their collections many books by faculty authors. Here are a few examples from UH philosophy professors.