Research Guides: PHIL 411: Phenomenology: Finding Books and Articles

Finding Books

Please use the library's catalog to find books relevant to your research topics. Begin your search with keywords relevant to your topic. As you are browsing the item records, please make a note of the Library of Congress Subject Headings that are pertinent to your research topic.

Library Search
Use the library's catalog to locate books, e-books, journals, videos, microfilms, government documents, etc.

Databases

Getting Started with Your Search for Articles: Modern history research will generally require one or both of the following databases. They can be searched simultaneously or separately:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. Access broad ranging resources that include full-text journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and video content from the Associate Press etc.
Access broad ranging resources that include full-text journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and video content from the Associated Press, etc.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Access a wide variety of journal articles in the humanities and other disciplines.
Note: You may not be able to access the most current 2–7 years of certain journals—but many of these recent publications are found in Project MUSE.
Oxford Bibliographies Online. Philosophy This link opens in a new window
Guide to scholarly literature in the field of philosophy. Subdivided into articles by established scholars covering major categories of research with corresponding bibliographies of recommended resources.
Philosopher's Index (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Indexes books and journals in philosophy and related fields. Covers ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and more.
Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC) Complete E-Collection This link opens in a new window
The Philosophy Documentation Center’s E-Collection contains over 200 scholarly journals, book series, conference proceedings, and other publications in philosophy, applied ethics, and religious studies. Coverage of most titles is complete—all issues, all volumes.
Text is displayed in PDF or HTML formats, and all text is fully searchable.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Includes the most recently published output of many major scholarly journals. Covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, cultural studies, education, political science, and more.
Religion and Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains a large number of journals and magazines covering topics in spiritual, ethical, philosophical, cultural, and historical aspects of the world's major religions.
PhilPapers This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive directory of online academic philosophy. It is a publication index of philosophy journal articles, book reviews, books, and book chapters in all languages.