Research Guides: #Philosophy: Scholarly Sources

Before You Research

Scholarly articles are not the place to start your research. First, you need to get familiar enough with your topic to narrow it down, and for that you need more general information. This will help you develop context for your topic as well as get to know the specialized terms used by experts.

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Useful when you're starting out on a research project. Do simple searches to find topic introductions in a variety of subjects. The mind map tool will help you discover related ideas and terms.

Journals & Periodicals: Identifying Scholarly Sources
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This guide introduces scholarly content and how it differs from popular and trade information.

Find Scholarly Articles Using...

Religion and Philosophy (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Covers topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions, from theological approaches to social issues and the impact of religion on culture throughout history. Updated daily.
Religion & Philosophy Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Over 300 full-text journals, including over 250 peer-reviewed titles, on theology, religious history, epistemology, and philosophy.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Complete historical full text of all issues of peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of humanities and social science fields. (pronounced jay-store)
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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Full text of 285 journals in literature, history, international/cultural studies, and other fields within the humanities and social sciences.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Multi-disciplinary database; full text of articles from over 5,300 journals, magazines and newspapers, plus image collections.