Simply going to an author's name will locate the principal entries. Such a search will also locate places in abstracts or titles where an author is mentioned or criticized by other authors. However, you can search for words or phrases with any wordprocessing with a search feature. This will find such words in the title, abstract, or commentary. Other topics do not so readily come to focus in single words or phrases.
Names beginning with de, von, van, and so forth are difficult to handle with computer alphabetizing.
The author's preferred spelling is usually in parentheses later. The Newsletter of the International Society for Environmental Ethics contains from time to time bibliographies for particular nations. Norway, Finland, Israel, China, Africa. Author identifications are those given at the time the book or article was written, and, needless to say, these may change. No effort is made to update these identifications.