Subject Guide - Philosophy

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eBooks
Visit the eBooks page for links to thousands of ebooks from several ebook providers. RPCC ebooks are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Students will be prompted to login with their Library User ID or Alt. ID, and PIN to access these ebooks from off-campus.
Databases
Academic Search Complete: Articles from 5,500+ journals and other sources, multiple subject areas.
Films On Demand: Academic and Archival Films across all disciplines & Newsreels Collections.
History Reference Center: Reference books, history magazines, historical documents, etc.
Oxford Reference: Full-text general and subject-specific reference sources.
Gale In Context: Biography: Biographies, magazine articles, images, and website links for more than 900,000 people.
Gale Ebooks: Reference sources for just about any research topic.
JSTOR: The Scholarly Archive: articles from scholarly journals in the arts & sciences, humanities, business, etc.
Religion and Philosophy Collection: Covers over 300 journals on religious history, theology, and philosophy.
Streaming Videos
Philosophy Series
Criminal Investgation
Eyewitness:What Actually Happened?
Criminal Justice System
Education
Browse more Philosophy videos from the Films on Demand database.
Web Resources
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: A "peer-reviewed academic resource,” this site offers different search options to access its original articles. It is hosted by the Philosophy Dept. at Univ. of Tennessee at Martin.
EthicsUpdates: Seeks to provide a wide array of resources for the thoughtful and informed discussion of difficult moral issues.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, This site offers a peer-reviewed reference source and is hosted by Stanford University.
Shelf Resources (RPCC Library - Gonzales Campus)
Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers (print issues)
Browse Books, DVDs, and Other Shelf Resources by Shelf Number
B 1 to B 5802 – Philosophy (General).
B 69 to B99 – General works.
B 108 to B 5802 – By period, including philosophers and schools of philosophy.
B 5800 to B 5802 – Modern. By religion.
BC 1 to BC 199 – Logic.
BD – Speculative philosophy.
BD 95 – Metaphysics
BD 143 to BD 237 – Epistemology.
BJ 1 to BJ 2836 – Ethics.
BJ 71 to BJ 1185 – History, including individual ethical philosophers.
BJ 1188 to BJ 1295 – Religious ethics.
BJ 1518 to BJ 1697 – Individual ethics. Character. Virtue.
BL 51 to BL 65 – Philosophy of religion.