Philosophy

Start your research
Use this guide as a starting point to find information for your assignments.

Key databases
Worth a look
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
High impact journals
Web sites and Internet resources

Key databases

Philosopher's Index
As the name implies, the Philosopher's Index offers a guide to the current literature in philosophy and related fields. Now available to UNE staff and students via Ovid.

JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text of hundreds of journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology. Many journal backsets begin in the nineteenth or early twentieth century, however most publishers included in JSTOR have negotiated 3-5 year embargoes, so the latest issues are not included.

Gale Databases Full Text
These cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Includes peer-reviewed articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.

ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest has 8,000 magazines and newspapers, 30,000 theses and 4,500 market reports in full text. Other content includes Hoover’s Company Records and 25,000 working papers from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

ACLS Humanities E-Book Full Text
The Humanities E-Book Collection consists of nearly 2,000 full-text titles covering archaeology, history, art history, literature, musicology, political science and religion.

Wiley InterScience Full Text
Search current journals in a wide range of disciplines.
| Discover Wiley InterScience (PDF)

Worth a look

Sociological Abstracts Selected Full Text
International coverage of sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
CSA Help

Taylor & Francis SSH Full Text
Access journals in the humanities, economics, management, geography, environmental sciences and the social sciences.
Informaworld Help

Web of Science
Access scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes cited reference searching.
Quick Reference Card (pdf)

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Religion
Encyclopedia of Social Theory
Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research (including bioethics)
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
L'Annee Philologique: Bibliographie Critique et Analytique de l'Antiquite Greco-Latine is at Call Number R880.48/ANN

Oxford Reference Online
Search Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.

Titles to check include Dictionary of the Social Sciences, Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy and Oxford Companion to the Mind.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

High impact journals

The following Philosophy journals are held at UNE and have a high ranking in Journal Citation Reports and ERA's listings for Philosophy:

Analysis 1933-1997, 2006- and in print at Call Number P105/ANA
Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities 1997-
Australasian Journal of Philosophy 1923- and in print at Call Number P105/AUS
Educational Philosophy and Theory 1994-2007, 2006- and in print at Call Number P370.105/EDU
Ethics 1938-2002 and in print at Call Number P170/E84
Journal of Philosophical Logic 1997-
Journal of Philosophy 1921-2002 and in print at Call Number P105/JOU
Linguistics and Philosophy 1977-
Mind 1876-2000, 1997- (1 year delay for most current issue)
Monist 2001- and in print at Call Number P105/MON
Nous 1967-1999, 2006- and in print at Call Number P105/NOU
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 2006- and in print at Call Number P105/P117
Philosophical Quarterly 1950-2003, 2006- and in print at Call Number P105/P5684
Philosophical Review 1892-2005 and in print at Call Number P105/P5685
Philosophical Studies 1997-
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 1940-2002 and in print at Call Number P105/P5693
Philosophy East and West 1951-2005, 1997-
Seventeenth Century1999-2007, 2002- and in print at Call Number P909.6/S479