Description: Philosophers Index is a key database to philosophy and related disciplines.
Time Period: 1940's to present
Sources: Indexes more than 1,500 journals.
Subject Headings: History, Humanities, Mobile, Philosophy & Religion (Philosophy)
Primary Materials: Journal articles, books, conference proceedings
Description: JSTOR allows you to search across approximately 2,000 journal titles from more than 50 disciplines. It contains complete backfiles of scholarly journals starting with the first issues, many of which date back from the 1800s. Although the majority of titles do not have the most recent 3 to 5 years available in full text, there are some which have the current issues available.
Note: Additional content has been permanently added to JSTOR, including archived journal collections and primary resources. Searches performed using the databases page link will include results from the additional sources, as will the link above.
Time Period: 19th century to present
Sources: Provides the full text for approximately 2,000 journals.
Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Law, Mobile, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology
Primary Materials: Citations, Journal Articles, Reviews
Description: Religion and Philosophy Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines related to an array of topics connected with religion, church history, and philosophy; including ethics, logic, and epistemology.
Time Period: 1960's to present
Sources: Indexes more than 260 journals and magazines, 222 of which are peer-reviewed, and 207 are in full text.
Subject Headings: Philosophy and Religion
Primary Materials: Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Description: Project Muse is a full text database of journals in disciplines such as art, literature, history, political science, and economics. Some full text will come from JSTOR, in PDF format.
Time Period: 1993 to present
Sources: Indexes more than 300 journals.
Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, English & Linguistics, History, Humanities, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology
Primary Materials: Books/e-books, Citations, Journal Articles
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