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ARTICLES
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sclinksJournal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals.
Scholarly Articles
ETHXWeb (National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature)
Citations, some with abstracts or tables of contents, to literature on bioethics and professional ethics from many disciplines and publication types including journals, newspapers, books, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, and audiovisuals.
Humanities Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, fiction, drama, poetry, and reviews of plays, television, and radio from 465+ sources.
Humanities International Index [EBSCO]
Citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works (poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations) from books and journals.
JSTOR - Full Text
Complete full text backfiles for hundreds of scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years.
Philosopher's Index - 1940 to present
Indexes books and journals on ethics, aesthetics, social & political philosophy, epistemology, & metaphysic logic and the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, & language.
Academic Search Premier [EBSCO] - 1965 to present - Full Text
Full text for 4,500+ scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, arts, and sciences.
Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present
Extensive Index to 1,300 journals in all arts and humanities disciplines.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials [EBSCO] - 1949 to present - Full Text
Covers religious and theological scholarship in 1,400 international journals and 14,000 books. Includes citations and some full text.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index - 1990 to present
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes 1,200 scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; with citations to book reviews.
Index Islamicus - 1906 to present
Lists articles, books, essays, reviews on Islam, the Middle East & the Muslims worldwide. Covers art, archaeology, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, sciences, etc.
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts - 1973 to present
Abstracts of journal articles, books, chapters, dissertations, & book reviews on phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax & semantics, and more.
PhilPapers
PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers.
Project Muse - Current issues - Full Text
Full text of 400+ scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
PubMed (Medline) - From 1950s to present - Help
Lists over 14 million biomedical articles back to the 1950's. Check out Medline Tutorial.
BOOKS AND MEDIA
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Google Books - Full Text
Indexes the full text of a growing number of books. For some books complete text is online; for others only a small portion. No printing or downloading.
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Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more.
Library Catalogs
Five College Library Catalog - Help
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.
WorldCat - all dates
Extensive catalog (OCLC) of books, serials, media, web resources, and more worldwide.
LibDex
Link to other libraries' Web-based catalogs, listed by country.
Book Purchases and Reviews
Book Review Digest [EBSCO] - 1983 to present
Reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books from U. S., Canadian, and British periodicals.
Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive - 1902-1990. MLIN - Full Text
Over 250,000 reviews, letters, poems and articles from the TLS.
Times Literary Supplement Subscriber Archive - 1994 to present - Full Text
Complete coverage of the TLS from 1994. (New issues added 2 weeks after publication). Request username and password at Reference desk.
REFERENCE TOOLS
Cambridge Collections Online - Full Text
Online version of the Cambridge Companions; offers introductions to major writers, artists, topics and periods within the fields of literature, classics, philosophy, religion and culture.
Oxford Companion to Philosophy [Oxford]
Dictionaries
Dictionary of Buddhism [Oxford]
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy [Oxford]
Encyclopedias
Blackwell Reference Online - Full Text
350+ titles in the humanities and social sciences, including the Blackwell companions and handbooks. Strengths are psychology, sociology, history, literature, philosophy, and religion.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy - Full Text
Encyclopedia of Philosophy [Gale] - Full Text
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas [Gale] - Full Text
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Full Text - Help
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Philosophy Encyclopedias [Five College Library Catalog]
For more print and online philosophy encyclopedias, you can search the online catalog by SUBJECT KEYWORD for philosophy AND encyclopedias.
Style Manuals
Citation Guides & Style Manuals
Documentation Guidelines for Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
(Duke University Library) Guides for Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, and APA.
MLA Format (Purdue University Writing Laboratory)
INTERNET META-SITES
EpistemeLinks.com
Philosophy Around the Web
Developed and maintained by Peter J. King, Oxford University
Philosophy Resources on the Web
Smith College, Department of Philosophy.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Evaluating Internet Resources
University of Maryland, University College.
RELATED SMITH WEB SITES
Philosophy Department
Smith College Philosophy Majors Research Skills - Spring 2007
Research and information literacy skills identified as essential for Philosophy majors at Smith College.
LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES
PHI221: Ethics and Society (A. Mosley) - Fall 2009
PHI254: African Philosophy (A. Mosley) - Fall 2009
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