LibGuides: Philosophy: Reference books and Open Educational Resources

Online philosophy encyclopedias

Searchable dictionaries and encyclopedias of philosophy.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Dynamic encyclopedia of philosophy.
Professional philosophers donate their time and labor to collaboratively write, referee, and maintain encyclopedia entries. A freely available encyclopedia.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The staff of 30 editors and approximately 300 authors hold doctorate degrees and are professors at universities around the world.

Credo General Reference
Good for: Background information to start your research.
Contains: Dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotations, thesauri, and bilingual dictionaries.

Open Access Textbooks

These Open Educational Resources (OER) have been made available at no cost by their authors. Consult the license statement to learn how you can reuse this content.

Reviews

Open Educational Resources in the Philosophy Classroom
APA blog entry by Richard Zach reviewing free online philosophy texts

Regularly updated lists of philosophy OER:

Open Logic Project textbook list
OER commons: Philosophy
BC Campus Philosophy OER
N.G.E. Far Press
Introduction to Ethics, Philosophy of Western Religions, Introduction to Philosophy Reader,
Ancient Philosophy Reader, South and East Asian Philosophy Reader, Political Philosophy Reader,
Critical Reasoning and Writing.