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Library Research on Philosophy Topics

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Popular Databases

Available to current students, faculty and staff.

FAQs for accessing Collin databases

Academic Search Complete  
   Includes Full-text
   Links to cited references
   1865-present, many full-text.
   Academic and peer reviewed journals,
      magazines
   Use for: General information on a wide variety
      of subjects

JSTOR
   Includes Full-text
   Dates covered: 1600s up to 3-5 years ago.
      All issues of included journals.
   Scholarly and peer reviewed journals
   Use for: All topics, especially scholarly and
      historical information about any topic

Project Muse
   Includes Full-text
   Mid 1990s-present
   Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals
   Use for: In-depth information. Arts, English,
      Humanities, Social Sciences,
      Mathematics

Philosopher's Index
  Citations and Abstracts only
  1940 to present
  Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, books
  Use for: Philosophy, Humanities, Ethics

Religion & Philosophy Collection  
   Includes full-text
   1975-present
   Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals
   Use for: Philosophy, Religion

Find a Specific Journal Title
See if a particular journal, magazine
or newspaper is available

Finding Books and Video

Find philosophy books and videos in the library catalog.

Electronic books can be found in the
library catalog or on the library's eBooks page.

Try the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas eBook for philosophy topics!


Citing Sources

Citing Sources-Duke University
Examples of citations in common formats

KnightCite
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Formatting Your Paper

MLA Format
APA Format


Selected Websites

General Philosophy Websites

A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Intute: Arts and Humanities – Philosophy

Logic

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Informal Logic (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Ethics

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Ethics
Online Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy

Social and Political Philosophy

Kant’s Social and Political Philosophy
G.W.F. Hegel – Social and Political Thought

Philosophers

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Table of Contents
The Trial of Socrates
Plato and his Dialogues
Rene Descartes (1595-1650)
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

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