Finding Philosophy Books

Search for Princeton books in Firestone Library in the Main Catalog. Also, consider searching the Supplementary Catalog for items cataloged before 1980.

Search for other books in either the RLIN catalog or the WorldCat catalog. Both catalogs search for books in other libraries.

If Princeton does not own the book you need, you can order it through Interlibrary Loan. Also, if it is a philosophy book, please recommend a purchase to the Philosophy Librarian.

Princeton subscribes to a number of full-text primary philosophy resources through Past Masters. Included are electronic versions of standard editions of the following philosophers:
Anselm, Aquinas, Aristotle, Bacon, Bentham, Berkeley, Descartes, Dewey, Hegel, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Locke, Mill, Nietzsche, Ockham, Peirce, Plato, Santayana, Sidgwick, Spinoza, and Wittgenstein.

Introduction to Princeton's Philosophy Collection

Most of Princeton's philosophical research materials are located in Firestone Library. Basic reference works may be found in the General and Humanities Reference Room -- (DR) -- on the 1st floor. The Philosophy Graduate Study Room -- (SP) -- is at 3-7-J. (SP) contains current issues of nearly 100 philosophical journals; duplicates of some of these as well as other current philosophy journals are located in (PR) on A-floor.

 Richardson call numbers in Firestone -- (F):

• Philosophy (General), 6000-6252 (3rd floor)
• Philosophy--Bibliography, 0479-04856 (C floor)
• Aesthetics, 6293-6395 (3rd floor)
• Ethics, 6300s (3rd floor)
• Logic, 6273-6279 (3rd floor)

Library of Congress call numbers in Firestone--(F):

• Philosophy (General), B (3rd floor)
• Philosophy--Bibliography, Z7125-Z7130 (C floor)
• Logic, BC (3rd floor)
• Speculative philosophy (General philosophical works, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, methodology, ontology, cosmology), BD (3rd floor)
• Aesthetics, BH (3rd floor)
• Aesthetics--Bibliography, Z5069 (C floor)
• Ethics, BJ (3rd floor)
• Ethics--Bibliography, Z5873 (C floor)

Philosophy Resources at Princeton

Wayne Bivens-Tatum
Philosophy Librarian
Princeton University
609.258.6367
rbivens@princeton.edu