In consultation with the Philosophy Department, the subject librarian is increasingly acquiring electronic holdings.

Primary literature

• Citable complete works of classic and contemporary philosophy in the original language and where possible complete
• Selected citable primary texts translated into German, English, French or Italian.
• Audiobooks: a selection of lectures and presentations by important philosophical authors

Secondary literature

• General and specialist dictionaries and lexicons on philosophy and associated subdisciplines
• Specialist bibliographies
• Introductions and general works on philosophy and its subdisciplines
• General scientific literature on philosophy and its history, subdisciplines as well as current trends and methods in the generally accessible languages (German, English, French, Italian).
• Selected specialist research literature
• Specialist journals in consultation with the Philosophy Department
• Selected electronic journals and databases (primary texts, bibliographies, reference works) available in the university’s computer network

Historical collections

• extensive primary and secondary literature from the time of early book printing

Libraries with additional holdings

Department of Philosophy: selected research literature covering main topics