Philosophy Subject Guide

Fred Sweet

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Primary Databases

  • Project Muse (for on-campus users)
    • Provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access to the full-text of about 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. See Journal Titles list.
  • ATLA Religion
    • A "FirstSearch" database of articles in Religion, Bible, Theology, Philosophy, Ministry, etc., from over 1550 journals, including 60 leading theology journals that provide full-text articles. Produced by the American Theological Library Association. See Journal Titlesindexed in ATLA.

Interdisciplinary Databases

 

  • eBooks Michigan
    • A collection of almost 18,000 eBooks available to Michigan libraries. The state "owns" 1 copy of each book and the checkout time is 6 hours. You must create a free account before accessing the titles.
  • Expanded Academic ASAP
    • An InfoTrac database filled with full text and images for a broad collection of academic disciplines.
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
    • Includes link to Britannica's Internet Guide to "best web sites."
  • FirstSearch
    • Large collection of databases, some are full text. Search by journal title to see which database indexes your specific title. Be sure to search these databases:
      • Humanities Abstracts
      • WorldCat
      • Wilson Select Plus
  • Opposing Viewpoints
    • Overviews, full-text articles, statistics, and resources on social issues.
  • RefWorks
    • A personal database that allows you to download references from online databases and then formats them for use in bibliographies and research papers. You will need to create an individual account the first time you use this service. Click here for Help Using RefWorks.

Websites recommended for Philosophy

eJournals that focus on Philosophy:

To access at least 54 philosophical journals that are searchable, “full-text” online, go to the “Journals List;” Browse by subject under “Religion & Philosophy;” find a journal title that interests you, then click on the database that is suggested. You may then need to enter the name of the journal or the subject you wish to search. 

 

 

Online Reference works: