Philosophy
The SUB Göttingen houses literature on European philosophy, as well as Asian philosophy, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and other philosophical movements.
Catalogues
The Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK), which contains the literature acquired in the SUB Göttingen in book form (monographs) as well as the printed and electronic journals, offers you a first search entry.
Monographs are best searched via the author (search entry [PER] Person (FE)) and/or via the title (search entry [TIT] Titel (Stichwort)) of the work.
To search for a journal, use the search entry ‘[ZTI] Titel Gesamtaufnahme (Phrase)’ and enter the beginning of the title of a journal as a string, i.e. word for word in exact sequence.
You can use various options in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) to find literature. Use for this purpose the specific search keys.
In the discovery system GöDiscovery you will find books, journals, databases and a large number of articles from journals - both from the holdings of the SUB Göttingen and the institute libraries as well as from external sources. By default, the local holdings are searched; the search area can be expanded via the settings. Specific searches for literature in certain languages or from certain countries are not possible here. Searches e. g. for Korean Literature from China are only possible in the GUK by a combination of language and country code.
You can enter several keywords in both GUK and GöDiscovery, e. g. Kant, Aristotle, spiritualism, etc.
Databases
Databases can be found in the Database Information System (DBIS), organized by subject. The licensed fee-based databases can also be found in GöDiscovery and in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK). The free databases can only be found in DBIS. Data resources of various types are listed, in particular subject bibliographies that list articles, as well as full-text databases that contain articles from electronic journals.
Selection of philosophical databases in DBIS
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This encyclopedia offers detailed articles on people and keywords from the entire field of philosophy. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Monthly review magazine on philosophical literature - OLC Philosophy - Online Contents
The database indexes tables of contents of philosophical journals. It is a subject-related section of the Online Contents database. The Erlangen-Nuremberg University Library is constantly adding further tables of contents of philosophical journals to the database. - PhilPapers
Directory of online, partly freely available publications on philosophy, i. e. articles in journals, books, online publications, mainly from the English-speaking world. - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) was founded in 1995 as a dynamic reference work, dynamic because the existing articles are continuously updated and articles on new terms are constantly being added. It is regarded as one of the best freely accessible philosophical encyclopedias on the Internet. - Philosopher's Index, The
Articles, monographs, research reports published since 1940 on all areas of philosophy such as ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, logic and metaphysics, history of philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of law, etc.; usually with short summaries (abstracts).
Specialist advice
If you have any questions about subject-specific literature and database research or individual library tutorials, please contact the subject librarian. Further information on the courses and learning opportunities offered by the SUB Göttingen can be found on the Courses and educational offers page.
Contact
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