Library Class and Subject Guides: Philosophy: Find Articles using Databases

Find Articles for Most Philosophy Topics

These search tools, also known as databases, will help you find peer-reviewed journal articles, an essential resource for assignments. Visit our Articles guide for detailed instructions.

Philosopher's Index
Provides citations and abstracts to articles and books about all aspects of philosophy, including "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."
Philosophy Compass
An online-only journal publishing peer-reviewed survey articles from across the Philosophy discipline.
Humanities Index
(Formerly BHI: British Humanities Index) Provides citations and abstracts to articles in "internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK."
ACM Digital Library
Many articles on cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and the ethics related to these topics.
Academic Search Premier
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Provides citations and abstracts to articles, as well as full text of articles from over 4,600 publications, covering almost every academic subject. *This resource is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota, freely accessible to anyone in Minnesota!*

Project MUSE and JSTOR are separate journal databases that work together. Project MUSE contains the current 5 years of a journal's content, and JSTOR contains the content that is older than 5 years. Library Services does not have access to all content in either resource, and does not necessarily have the matching title in both databases. The power in use of these databases is in browsing journals under specific subject areas. Please use MavScholar for comprehensive searching of these databases for articles.

Project MUSE
A collection of journals and eBooks covering essential humanities, social sciences, and other topics.
JSTOR
Provides citations, abstracts, and full text to articles from the back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The issues include full page images for all articles.

Working with publishers, JSTOR creates a "moving wall" of coverage for each journal. "The moving wall is a fixed period of time ranging, in most cases, from 2 to 5 years, that defines the gap between the most recently published issue and the date of the most recent issues available in JSTOR." Therefore, the most current article available through JSTOR is usually 2-5 years old.

Selected Core Philosophy Journals

A list of core journals in philosophy with online access to which the Library subscribes are listed below. Each title is linked to the MavScholar entry with the journal access options.