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Philosophy & Religion: Home

This page has a listing of databases for finding journal articles, online Reference books and websites that pertain to topics in philosophy and religion.

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JSTOR This link opens in a new window Electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 2-5 years) of over 500 journal titles in over 20 academic disciplines.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window Full-text of 200 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses, along with full-text books in the humanities and social sciences.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window Digital collections of primary sources from the 19th-century, including a collection of material on Religion, Society, Spirituality and Reform.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window Academic Search Complete includes more than 8,992 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.

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Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Free to all Drake faculty, staff, and students. If there are books, book chapters, or articles that we don't have access to at Cowles, we can almost always get access to these items via another library. Order your items through Interlibrary Loan.
WorldCat.org
Search libraries across the country. The "Check for Full Text @ Drake" link will take you to an InterLibrary Loan request form.

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CREDO Reference: Philosophy & Religion
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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries for Philosophy & Religion
Encyclopedia of Ethics
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Encyclopedia of Ethics Available on-line through CREDO Reference, this work covers ethical theory as pursued among English-speaking philosophers.
Biographical Dictionary of 20th-century Philosophers
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Available on-line from CREDO Reference, this Biographical Dictionary provides detailed accounts of the lives, works, influence and reception of thinkers from all the major philosophical schools and traditions of the twentieth-century.
Cambridge Histories Online
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Encyclopedias on Philosophy

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This resource lists all of the journal, magazine and newspaper titles that Cowles Library holds in print or has access to online. Simply type in title of publication in the search box to see if we have it in either format. If not, you may request an article on ILL.

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