Use reference books for:

• Definitions of terms
• Overviews and summaries of topics
  (these articles have usually gone through an editorial review process by the publishers)
• References at the end of the articles that can lead you to more information

Title

Location

The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosphy, 2nd ed.

REF B41 .C35 1999

Concise Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy

ebrary

A Dictionary of Philosophy

REF B41 .M38 1995

Dictionary of World Philosophy

ebrary

The Encyclopedia of Philosophy

REF B41 .E3 2005

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

REF B51 .R68 1998

Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers

REF B804 .B52 1996

The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

REF B801 .C35 1998

Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy

REF B121 .E53 2001

Encyclopedia of Postmodernism

REF B831.2 .E63 2000

World Philosophy: Essay-Reviews of 225 Major Works

REF B29 .W68 1982