Philosophy

Databases

The Archibald Library subscribes to a wide range of electronic databases containing newspapers, magazines, journals, and books. Choose a subject area from the menu below for a listing of appropriate databases to search. We have also included some free online journals, databases, repositories and websites of particular value to academic research.

Alphabetical Listing of all Databases

Philosophy

16 items

This page contains links to both subscribed resources available through the Archibald Library and recommended free resources.

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Academic OneFile Select  

Academic OneFile Select is a multi-disciplinary database of journal articles, with over 2,000 journals not represented in other library databases.

Academic Search Complete 

Academic Search Complete is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. It contains a wide range of journal articles and other literature across virtually all academic disciplines.

E-books on EbscoHost  

This collection contains over 150,000 full-length e-books in virtually every academic discipline, with significant representation in biblical studies. The database allows for searching within the text of the books as well as title and subject searching.

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ACLS Humanities E-Book 

This electronic resource includes about 4,500 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching, with a particular focus on history titles.

ATLA Religion Database with Serials 

ATLA Religion Database with Serials indexes articles and essays in religious, biblical, and theological studies.

JSTOR ( Archival Journal & Primary Source Collection )

JSTOR provides access to back issues of important journals in the arts and sciences. The library currently has access to JSTORs full archival journal and primary source collection. Subject areas covered include: humanities, social sciences, business, music, natural sciences, psychology, and language.

Recommended Internet Sources

Academic Info ( Resource Directory )

A directory of useful links and resources sorted by specific subject areas. Most links include both printed reference works and electronic resources.

Digital Book Index 

Links to thousands of full-text digital books from commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites. Most of these books, texts, and documents are free.

Directory of Open Access Journals 

Full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages.

Google Books 

Access part or all of hundreds of thousands of books from university library collections. Google books can also be a great way to search inside books held in the Archibald Library's print collection.

Google Scholar 

Access scholarly literature in various forms including journal articles and conference papers. Also track citations of specific works.

Hathi Trust Digital Library 

Digitized book and journal content including both in copyright and public domain materials digitized by Google, the Internet Archive, and Microsoft, as well as various public libraries.

Open Library 

An open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.

Perseus Digital Library 

An online library that covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 

An online library that combines an online encyclopedia of philosophy with peer reviewed publication of original papers in philosophy,

Voice of the Shuttle  ( Resource Directory )

Links to humanities and humanities-related resources (both primary and secondary).