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
Librarian
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
- American Philosophical Association
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
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new windowAn 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.
- Book Citation Index This link opens in a new windowTracks the number of times books and book chapters are cited.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowSearch the Web of Science citation indices, the BIOSIS Citation Index, the Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE and more from a single search box.
Repositories
- UB Institutional Repository This link opens in a new windowThe digital Institutional Repository for the University at Buffalo.
- OpenDOAR This link opens in a new windowDirectory of open access academic repositories containing primary and secondary material.
Dissertations & Theses
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowComprehensive North American and significant international coverage of graduate works, often providing full-text documents from 1997 on.
- Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ SUNY Buffalo This link opens in a new windowProvides title, author, and subject access to dissertations from the University at Buffalo in ProQuest's Dissertations & Theses database.