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Philosophy: Journal Articles & Databases
Finding Articles on Reading Lists
Try this first
You can look up articles in OneSearch, our resource discovery service.
Put the exact title of the article in inverted commas.
If we can provide an instant link you will see the journal article displayed - click Full Text Online to access the text.
Next steps:
If we cannot provide a quick article link or it fails, then search for the name of the whole Journal instead of the article title e.g. "Journal of Common Market Studies"
For print-only journals you will be shown the location and shelfmark, so that you can locate the volume on the shelf
For electronic journals, click to link to the full journal and then navigate to the year, volume and issue that you want to see your article: or there may be an option to search for the article title provided by the online journal portal in which case key in the article in that box.
Full Lists of Databases and eJournals
Follow these links and pick a subject to see a longer listing for your subject:
Search for a Journal Title
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What Is Peer Review?
Articles in peer reviewed journals have been assessed before publication by subject experts. This means they are the 'gold' standard in academic articles. You will be expected to use peer reviewed journal articles in your assignments.
Key Databases for Philosophy
Databases allow you to search across a range of different journals, books and other publications for information on a specific topic. Databases contain peer-reviewed, scholarly material. Links to the full-text will be provided, where available, by UCD Library.
- Philosopher's Index (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowThe Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy. The literature covered goes back to 1940 and includes journal articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to an anthology, and book reviews. The Philosopher's Index monitors over 550 journals from more than 40 countries and is updated quarterly. Extensive indexing includes personal and proper names along with subject terms; there is also the capability to search for the authors of book reviews.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowDigital library of important scholarly archived journals spanning many subject disciplines. IReL provides access to the following collections: Arts & Sciences I-VII, XI-XII; Ireland Collection; Life Sciences Collection.
- British Humanities Index (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowAn international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 400 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.
- Patrologia Latina Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowThe Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865.
- PhilPapersAn index and bibliography of works in philosophy. The site indexes books and journal articles, as well as monitoring open access archives and personal pages for articles by academic philosophers. To get the full text of articles you find in this index, click the "Scholar" link below the article description. This will allow you to access the article through Google Scholar once you have set your Scholar Settings 'Library links' to include UCD Library.
- Perseus Digital LibraryGateway to Greco-Roman history, literature and culture on the web
JSTOR: Subject Searching for Articles
Watch a short tutorial on how to search for information on a subject in JSTOR:
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- Introduction
- Where to Start
- Books & eBooks
- Journal Articles & Databases
- Key Websites
- Citing Information & Avoiding Plagiarism
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