Philosophy: General Philosophy Research Tools

Use the Library catalog to search for books on specific subjects.

Example subjects:

• Philosophy
• Ethics
• Logic
• Thought and thinking
• Socrates

Books that check out are on the 2nd floor of the library.

Reference books are on the 1st floor. These include subject encyclopedias which are a good starting point for research.

In addition to print books in the library collection, you can also find ebooks in library databases like these:

Example books and ebooks:

Many of the topics which students choose to research are related in some way to ethics. The following SCC Library books contain chapters which consider topics like:

• Promoting the good
• Altruism
• Well-being
• Fairness
• Equality
• Errors or mistakes (including medical errors)
• Forgiveness
• Conduct of life
• Doing or allowing harm
• Lying
• Promises
• Obligations
• Demanding too much
• Rights
• Rules

Databases contain ebooks, articles, images, and other electronic information .

From the SCC Library homepage choose Databases by Subject, or try one of these databases: