Guides: Philosophy: Finding Articles

Getting Started

These online sources are good places to start your philosophy-related research. For quick reference, hold your mouse over a link for a brief description of the resource.

For more suggested sources, go to the tabs at the top of the page.

JSTOR
Access the journal archives Arts & Sciences I, II, & III, and over 40,000 ebooks on the JSTOR platform; book chapters and journal articles are cross-searchable. JSTOR is an extensive archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering subject disciplines in Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.

Academic Search Complete
Provides full text coverage to nearly 9,100 journals, including over 7,900 peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more. Full-text coverage dates back to 1985 and is updated daily.

Open Access Philosophy Journals

Selected Philosophy Journals

Ancient Philosophy v. 1(1980)+

Archiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie v. 80(1998)+

Faith and Philosophy v.7(1990)+ available in Payson Library

International journal for philosophy of religion v. 41(1997)+ available in SpringerLink

Journal of Philosophy (ISSN:0022362X) v.18(1921)-v.101(2004) available in JSTOR

Journal of Philosophy (ISSN:0022362X) v. 100(2003)+ available at publisher's site

Philosophical Review v.109(2000)+ at Duke University Press; v.1(1892)-v.115(2006) availalbe in JSTOR

Philosophical Topics v.12(1981+ available in Payson Libary

Southern Journal of Philosophy v.35(1997)+ available in Wiley Online Library

Philosophy Compass
The journal covers the entire discipline of philosophy and publishes original, peer-reviewed, state-of-the-art surveys of current research. It helps you to navigate the field by laying out the territory and identifying the major issues.

Databases & Online Reference Works about Philosophy

Philosopher's Index
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. Covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
Project MUSE
Project MUSE offers full-text current and archival articles from 600+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Access to Stanford University's Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a dynamic reference work written, refereed, and maintained by over 950 professional philosophers.

Gale Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Clear and accessible presentation of wide-ranging philosophical subjects (10 volume set)
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society.
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
Entries include over 500 biographies of famous and influential philosophers, in-depth analysis of philosophical terms and concepts, a chronology of philosophical events stretching from 10,000 BC to the present day.