The library provides a selection of databases that are relevant to finding philosophic literature. Most databases are only accessible within the UvA domain (or with a UvAnetID).

Some important ones include:

• Oxford Bibliographies Philosophy
• Philosopher's Index
• Philpapers
  Philpapers is an extensive, international, and interactive database with books and journals for professional philosophers and philosophy students.
• Encyclopaedias
• Reference works
• Journals
• Newspapers
• More subject-specific databases
• Acquisitions

Philosophy University of Amsterdam
 

The Philosophy collection can be found at the University Library Singel.

The UvA’s philosophy collection has always been expansive (more than 100.000 titles). A large part of this collection is stored in the library’s repository while the rest can be found in the open shelving system, predominantly in the university library Singel. The UvA’s philosophy collection contains a substantial amount of reference works, many primary and secondary sources, and monographs pertaining to the many aspects of philosophy. The acquisitions policy reflects the UvA’s current teaching and research.

Open Shelving System 

The literature in the open shelving system has been organised according to the Library of Congress Classification (LCC). Some of the categories important to Philosophy include:

• B 1-5802 Philosophy (general and history of philosophy)
• BC Logic
• BD Speculative philosophy
• BF Psychology
• BH Aesthetics
• BJ Ethics
• H Social Sciences
• JC Political theory
• M Music
• N Fine Arts
• P Language and literature
• Q Science
• R Medicine

Most of these classifications can be found in building E of the university library Singel.
The LCC outline for Philosophy offers a comprehensive overview.

For a comprehensive layout of the Library of Congress classification please see:
Quick Reference Guide Humanities Collections
General overview of Library of Congress layout

Special Collections 

The following subsections / collections deserve a special mention:

• Spinoza (primary and secondary sources)
  see also: Spinoza Collections (in Dutch)
• The Bolland Foundation library and archive; the Bolland Foundation collection of books, brochures, reprints and manuscripts are on permanent loan to the university library (repository 13 boxes & library approx. 1200 titles). There is a separate catalogue for this collection. This collection is of the utmost importance for the study of Hegelianism in the Netherlands in the 20^th century.
• Prof. Mr. Dr. Leo Polak’s Library: an exceptional collection of philosophy, literature, and cultural history. It contains first editions of both French and German philosophers such as Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Schelling, and Hegel (more than 1200 titles. A catalogue is present). This library was bequeathed to the UvA in 1948. In 2011 Leo Polak’s daughter ms. Ans Samama-Polak gifted his 60-part diary to the university’s Special Collections.
• Wijsgeerige Collection, established by the Dutch philosopher Poortman: numerous archives that differ in status, size, content, and accessibility. The important archives being: the G. Heymans archive, the International School of Philosophy archive, the G. Mannoury archive, the J.J. Poortman archive, the H.J. Pos archive, the M.H.J. Schoenmaekers archive, and the C.J. Wijnaendts Francken archive. There is a preliminary overview available of all the people whose material can be found in the Wijsgeerige Collection. Please consult the university’s Special Collections, information Klaas van der Hoek.
• Bibliotheca Beth is a great portion of prof. E.W. Beth’s private library. Prof. E.W. Beth passed away in 1964. The collection contains approximately 2500 titles in area’s such as logic, philosophy of mathematics, and the foundation and history of exact sciences. One can only access the collection on-site. The books have been added to the library’s online public catalogue.
  In 2009 this collection was moved to the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) in Watergraafsmeer.
  To consult the Bibliotheca Beth one should contact the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC),  phone 020 525 6051.

Gerson Kuiper provides support to students and staff in their research and educational activities.

Research data

Accessibility of research data is currently receiving a lot of attention. Research submissions must increasingly meet requirements about the storage and accessibility of research data.

For example, the NWO-DANS Data Contracts Information brochure
(PDF, Dutch) states that when an NWO grant has been awarded, researchers must enter into a contract about the archiving and availability of the data.

According to the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Practice (PDF) the storage term of rough data is minimally 5 years. "These data are made available to other scientific practitioners at request." (III.3

General information on research data management

On the RDM website you will find all the necessary information on planning, storing and sharing research data. The Faculty of Humanities has its own Research Data Management Protocol.

From September 28, 2017, all researchers at UvA and AUAS have access to UvA/AUAS figshare: a system for safely storing, controlled sharing and publication of research data.

Finding datasets in philosophy

Research data may be stored in data repositories. These repositories can be used in two ways: for storing your own research data and for consulting the research data of other scholars.

NARCIS provides access to thousands of academic datasets and e-publications in the Netherlands. 

There are (as yet) few discipline-specific datasets in the field of philosophy. Try searching by 'Arts and Humanities' if 'philosophy' gives no results.

Datasets on political philosophy are mostly found under social sciences.

Support

For general questions about research data management, please contact RDM Support. For questions specific to philosophy, please contact the philosophy subject librarian.