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Philosophy

  • Getting Started With Reference Books
    • Find Reference Books Using the Library Catalog
    • e-Reference Books (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc)
    • More Reference eBooks
  • Finding Books and e-Books
  • Finding Articles

Getting Started with Philosophy Research

Find Reference Books Using the Library Catalog

Use the search box below to search for books in the reference area of the library.

Search the Library Catalog for Reference Books

e-Reference Books (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc)

  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
    • Requires IWU Login when Off-Campus
    Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database covers an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains images, brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. Updated annually.
  • Gale Ebooks
    • Requires IWU Login when Off-Campus
    A database of electronic encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. The ebooks are trusted and authoritative and fully searchable. The collection's strengths include: business, history, the social sciences, and religion.
  • Oxford English Dictionary
    • Requires IWU Login when Off-Campus
    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
  • Oxford Reference Online
    • Requires IWU Login when Off-Campus
    A core foundation of 135+ academic subject, language, and quotations dictionaries providing carefully vetted, trusted short-entry content.

More Reference eBooks

 
  • Reference Books from EBSCO eBooks
  • Reference Books from eBook Central
  • Books from CREDO Reference
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765-677-2184
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