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Most Relevant Databases
- Philosopher's Index
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Scholarly research in philosophy.
- The Philosopher's Index,produced by the Philosophers Information Center, is a current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. The Philosopher's Index, considered the most thorough index of journal literature on the subject, features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews. The database covers the fifteen fields of philosophy: aesthetics, axiology, philosophy of education, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, logic, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, metaphilosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, social philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. The Philosopher's Index contains research published since 1940 including nearly 570 journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages.
- Coverage Dates: 1940-
- Title List
- Languages: English & non-English
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbpi
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- Religion & Philosophy Collection
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles on spiritual, ethical, philosophical, cultural, and historical aspects of world religions.
- <>The Religion & Philosophy Collection is a database with more than 243 full-text journals. It covers topics in spiritual, ethical, philosophical, cultural, and historical aspects of the world's major religions.
NOTE: Most of the journals in the Religion & Philosophy Collection are also included in Academic Search Complete; however, some titles are unique to the Religion & Philosophy Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1984- (full text 1990- )
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbrp
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- <>The Religion & Philosophy Collection is a database with more than 243 full-text journals. It covers topics in spiritual, ethical, philosophical, cultural, and historical aspects of the world's major religions.
Related / Narrower Databases
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to social sciences and humanities research on the Far East, Southeast, and South Asia.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies covers all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia with an emphasis on the social sciences and humanities. Citations are primarily from western-language journals, books, conference proceedings, and anthologies. Provided by the Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
- Coverage Dates: 1971-
- Updated: Quarterly
- Languages: Western languages
- Database Provider: asian_stud
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xbas-uga1
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- Eighteenth Century Collections Online: Religion & Philosophy
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Primary source works of religion and philosophy by eighteenth-century authors.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online: Religion & Philosophy presents works of philosophy and religion, reflecting the debates on causation, knowledge, morality, and rationalism that characterized eighteenth-century thought. Original and translated texts by French and German philosophers are included along with those by British and Irish writers. Works on the major religious controversies of the day are supplemented by hymnals, sermons, tracts, catechisms, and devotions.
- Coverage Dates: 1701-1800
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: gale
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=eigu-uga1
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- Historical Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to articles on world history 1450 to present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
- Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, are covered in its companion database, America: History and Life). It provides bibliographic citations and article abstracts on all aspects of history from over 2,000 scholarly journals, dissertations and selected books.
- Coverage Dates: 1954-
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbha
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- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to scholarly journal literature on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance published since 1859.
- A consortium of research centers (a non-profit research project with partners in Toronto, Canada (the headquarters), New York City, and Tempe, Arizona.) has culled 400 medieval and renaissance journals to create this extensive database of bibliographic citations. Scholars of the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, arts, philosophy, religion, and politics will find this resource invaluable.
Database provider: Iter.
- Coverage Dates: 1859-
- Updated: Daily
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- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: iter
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xite-uga1
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- A consortium of research centers (a non-profit research project with partners in Toronto, Canada (the headquarters), New York City, and Tempe, Arizona.) has culled 400 medieval and renaissance journals to create this extensive database of bibliographic citations. Scholars of the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, arts, philosophy, religion, and politics will find this resource invaluable.
- MLA International Bibliography (literature and language)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles and books on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
- The MLA International Bibliography indexes are critical in literary and language scholarship. They index literature, languages, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore from over 4,400 journals and serials, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Approximately 45,000 records are added annually. Classical Greek and Latin literature are not covered. This database is produced by the Modern Language Association. The print edition counterpart to this database began in 1921.
The MLA Directory of Periodicals is now part of the MLA International Bibliography. Included is information on the periodicals that are indexed in the database, plus many more. The Directory of Periodicals data is updated annually.
- Coverage Dates: 1926 to the present
- Updated: Ten times per year
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbml
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- The MLA International Bibliography indexes are critical in literary and language scholarship. They index literature, languages, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore from over 4,400 journals and serials, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Approximately 45,000 records are added annually. Classical Greek and Latin literature are not covered. This database is produced by the Modern Language Association. The print edition counterpart to this database began in 1921.
Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Humanities Index and Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Indexes articles from 1907-present
- This database searches both the Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-1984) and the Humanities Index (1983-present), providing high-quality indexing for articles and book reviews from major scholarly journals and specialized magazines. All areas of the social sciences and humanities are covered, and articles are primarily English language.
- Coverage Dates: 1907 to present
- Updated: Daily
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: H.W. Wilson
- Online Access: 4 simultaneous users.
- 4 simultaneous users.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=humd-uga1
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- JSTOR
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.
- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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Biographical Sources
- A Companion to the Philosophers
Call Number: Main Ref B72 .C595 1999- One- to two-page biographies with synopses of each philosopher's major works.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Who's Who on the Web
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Biographies from various Who's Who publications.
- Current biographies of all individuals who appeared in any one of the following Marquis print titles since 1985: Who�s Who in America, Who�s Who in the East, Who Was Who in America, Who�s Who in the Midwest, Who�s Who in the World, Who�s Who in the South & Southwest, Who�s Who of American Women, Who�s Who in the West, Who�s Who in Science & Engineering, Who�s Who in Media & Communications, Who�s Who in American Law, Who�s Who in Entertainment, Who�s Who in Medicine & Healthcare, Who�s Who in American Education, Who�s Who in Finance & Business (Formerly Who's Who in Finance & Industry), Who�s Who in American Nursing, Who�s Who in Religion, Who�s Who in 20th Century America, Who�s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Who�s Who Among Human Services Professionals; profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.
- Coverage Dates: 1985-
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Marquis
- One user allowed at a time.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=whos-uga1
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- World Philosophers and Their Works
Call Number: Main Ref B104 .W67 2000 v.1-3- Personal and intellectual biographies followed by explanations of the principal ideas advanced by the philosopher.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Book Reviews
- Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974
Call Number: Main Ref Z1035 .A1B640 v.1-10- Besides PCI Web, the best index for scholarly reviews of books published before 1975.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Periodicals Index Online
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Index to 18th-20th century periodicals in the humanities and social sciences.
- Periodicals Index Online similar in purpose to JSTOR, is an index to the back runs of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. Unlike JSTOR, however, this database is not full text. Bibliographic citations from 2400 journals are added each year.
- Coverage Dates: 1770 - 1990/91
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: chadwyck_healey
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xpci-uga1
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Books
- AKAMAC E-texts
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Collection of links to British, European, and American philosophical writings with a focus on economic and social thought. The site is arranged by the author's last name or birthday and is not searchable. Many of the entries are preceded by brief biographies.
- URL: http://www.cpm.ll.ehime-u.ac.jp/AkamacHomePage/Akamac_E-text_Links/Akamac_E-text_Links.html
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- Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Collection of primary texts in western philosophy, available in .pdf and html formats. Since the texts are located on this site, their contents are fully searchable.
- URL: http://www.infomotions.com/alex2
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- EpistemeLinks: Electronic Texts in Philosophy
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Links to over 2,000 primary texts in philosophy; searchable by author, topic, or title keyword.
- URL: http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainText.asp
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- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- NetLibrary (full-text electronic books)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A collection of electronic books (eBooks) on most topics, including computers and technology.
- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Users can create an account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface. A personal login is required when accessing through library catalogs and through the NetLibrary web site.
NetLibrary Titles Index for Shared Collections 1 and 2 (at SOLINET).
Database provider: NetLibrary, a Division of OCLC.
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Updated: Collections are closed.
- Database Provider: netlibrary
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Conference Papers/Proceedings
- PapersFirst (conference papers)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of papers presented at conferences.
- The PapersFirst database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, PapersFirst is a major new research aid, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection since October 1993. Users may order the full text of papers cited in PapersFirst from The British Library using the FirstSearch online ordering service.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zopi
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- Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Links to upcoming philosophy events, conferences and calls for papers. Entries organized by CFP deadline or conference dates; browsable by subject.
- URL: http://www.philosophyconferences.com/
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- ProceedingsFirst (conference proceedings)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of conference proceedings.
- The ProceedingsFirst database provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each ProceedingsFirst record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zop1
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Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- The Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Very brief definitions of philosophical terms as well as biographies of philosophers.
- URL: http://www.philosophypages.com/
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- The Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Call Number: Main Ref B41 .E5 1972 v.1-8- Entries on all areas of philosophy plus the impact that the discipline has had on other fields ranging from religion to physics.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Several hundred entries written at a level undergraduates can understand. This is a work-in-progress so not all areas are covered yet.
- URL: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep
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- The Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Allows simultaneous searching of the IEP, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and several other web-based philosophy encyclopedias and dictionaries. To search the encyclopedia entries, click on the alphabetical listing at the top instead of the "Hippias Search."
- URL: http://www.ditext.com/encyc/frame.html
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- The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
Call Number: Main Ref B51 .O94 1995- Comprehensive single-volume dictionary: includes lengthy explanations of terms and concepts, brief biographies (including contemporary philosophers), and short surveys of schools of thought. Focuses on British and American fields with overview entries for other national philosophies.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Call Number: Main Ref B51 .R68 1998 v.1-10- The major new encyclopedia in the field of philosophy with improved coverage of non-western topics and more contemporary issues.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Unique for a free encyclopedia in that entries are written by experts, updated as needed, and evaluated by an editorial board. More scholarly than the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, but with far fewer entries.
- URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/
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Guides/Handbooks
- Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature
Call Number: Main Ref B72 .B95 1997- List of reference sources in philosophy from general to very specific, with lengthy annotations for each.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- A Ready Reference to Philosophy East and West
Call Number: Main Ref B72 .B34 1987- A handbook is arranged by time period, with outlines of major philosophical movements, their major thinkers, and primary writings.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Research Guide to Philosophy
Call Number: Main Ref B52 .T5 1983- A survey with sections on the history of philosophy and areas of philosophy, with discussions on the topic's major texts, secondary interpretations, collections, and histories.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
News Sources
- Arts and Letters Daily
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Links to articles, reviews, and opinion pieces from online magazines, journals, and newspapers. Topics are intellectual and cover a range of humanities disciplines, not just philosophy.
- URL: http://www.aldaily.com/
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- The Philosopher's Magazine
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Publishes a limited number of articles from the print magazine on a range of current philosophy topics.
- URL: http://www.philosophersnet.com/
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Organizations/Associations
- American Philosophical Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- (some sections limited to APA members)
- URL: http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/index.html
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- APA Web Resources: Associations and Societies
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/asp/assoc_soc.asp
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- Directory of American Philosophers
Call Number: Main Ref B935 .D59- Includes a directory of philosophy departments in U.S. and Canadian universities with faculty names and specialization; alphabetical list of philosophers; and separate sections for journals (including submission information), publishers, and graduate assistantships.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- EpistemeLinks: Organizations
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainOrgs.asp
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- International Directory of Philosophy and Philosophers
Call Number: Main Ref B35 .I5- Includes an alphabetical listing of philosophers plus sections arranged by country covering universities philosophy departments, journals, publishers, centers and institutes, and societies.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Web Subject Guides
- Academic Info: Philosophy
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.academicinfo.net/phil.html
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- Episteme Links: Philosophy Resources on the Internet
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.epistemelinks.com/
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- Erratic Impact: Philosophy Research Base
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The limited number of links for each topic area makes browsing easy and the quality of sites high. Each topic page begins with a book review; scroll down to see the other resources
- URL: http://www.erraticimpact.com/
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- Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm
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- Philosophy in Cyberspace
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dey/phil/
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- Voice of the Shuttle
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A large directory of links to web pages in the Humanities.
- URL: http://vos.ucsb.edu
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