Philosophy: Tools for Researchers
Writing a Philosophy Paper
Writing a Philosophy Paper, from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Brief Guide to Writing a Philosophy Paper, from Harvard University
Guidelines for Writing a Philosophy Paper, from MIT
Tackling the Philosophy Paper, from Cambridge University
Resources for Undergraduates, from the American Philosophical Association
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What's New in Philosophy?
Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo
Humanities Institute, University at Buffalo
Ontology, maintained by Prof. Barry Smith, University at Buffalo
Citation Management & Style
EndNote: The University at Buffalo Libraries provide EndNote™ citation management software to UB's academic community under the terms of a site license funded by the UB Libraries and the student technology fee. These tutorial videos show you how to start using EndNote and get the most from the program: YouTube Thomson Reuters EndNote Training Videos.
Zotero: Zotero offers free, web-integrated citation management software. While Zotero is not supported or generally taught by staff at UB Libraries, it remains popular with many users.
Citing Sources: This research guide, prepared by UB Libraries, offers solid guidance and orientation for using most of the major citation styles.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL): The Purdue OWL offers a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and detailed guide to academic writing, from argumentation to citation style.
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French philosopher, theologian, physicist, mathematician, inventor, and early computer scientist. (Image source)
Citation Indices
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Web of ScienceSearch the Web of Science citation indices, the BIOSIS Citation Index, the Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE and more from a single search box.
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Arts & Humanities Citation IndexAn international and multidisciplinary database indexing more than 1,100 arts and humanities journals, as well as relevant references from over 6,800 science and social sciences periodicals.
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Book Citation IndexTracks the number of times books and book chapters are cited.
Repositories
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UB Institutional RepositoryThe digital Institutional Repository for the University at Buffalo.
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OpenDOARDirectory of open access academic repositories containing primary and secondary material.
Dissertations & Theses
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses GlobalComprehensive North American and significant international coverage of graduate works, often providing full-text documents from 1997 on.
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Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ SUNY BuffaloProvides title, author, and subject access to dissertations from the University at Buffalo in ProQuest's Dissertations & Theses database.