John S. Bailey Library: Philosophy: Getting started

Below is a selection of the most relevant resources on Philosophy. Use the tabs to navigate through the different types of resources.

To search only books, you need to select the 'John S. Bailey Library' option from the 'Library' facets list on the left side of the 'Search Results page'. To find these books on the shelves you need to know their Call Number and their Collection.
An ebook can be read online or offline on computers, mobile devices, or tablets anytime anywhere! The JSB Library offers a great variety of ebooks through the following electronic databases. If you need assistance on how to search for or use ebooks, you may consult the library's Ebook guide.

Ebook Central (ProQuest)

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eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)

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Search the databases below for articles in academic journals, magazines, newspapers, and trade publications.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)

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JSTOR

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Project Muse

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SAGE journals

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Gale Academic OneFile

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Gale General OneFile

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Search the following database for background information, definitions, and/or topic overviews from subject-specific encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources.

Credo Reference

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Oxford Reference

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Search the following for videos, documentaries, and more.

Alexander Street

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Browsing the shelves

The library organizes books on the shelves based on the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Below you can see Dewey classes, divisions, and/or sections relevant to the field of philosophy.

Philosophy	100	Philosophical logic	160
Metaphysics	110	Ethics	170
Epistemology	120	Ancient, medieval, Oriental philosophy	180
Paranormal phenomena	130	Modern western philosophy	190
Philosophical schools of thought	140	Philosophy & theory of religion	210

CONTENT DETAILS
Disciplines:	Multidisciplinary
Content types:	Ebooks
Content availability:	Full text
Full text titles:	177,662
Special features:	Bookshelf \| Online reading \| Offline downloading \| Chapter downloading \| Citing \| Citation exporting \| Printing \| Permalinking
Supported citation styles:	APA \| MLA \| Chicago/Turabian: Notes & Bibliography \| Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date \| Harvard \| Vancouver
Content updates:	Monthly
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
System requirements:	Device, OS, & Browser requirements \| Offline downloading requirements
Permalinks:	Available \| Not proxied
File formats:	PDF \| EPUB
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Authorized users:	Current students (Deree & ALBA ) \| Faculty \| Staff \| Registered alumni
Limitations:	Print, save, and email page limit due to individual publisher restrictions \| Content subject to change without notice due to contractual agreements between ProQuest and individual publishers
Print equivalent:	Only for selected book titles. Check Discovery .
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CONTENT DETAILS
Disciplines:	Multidisciplinary
Content types:	Ebooks
Content availability:	Full text
Full text titles:	180,951
Special features:	Offline downloading \| Citing ebook passages \| Dictionary \| Google Drive saving \| EBSCOhost folder \| Printing \| Emailing \| Saving \| Citing \| Export Manager \| Notetaking \| Permalinking \| Sharing \| E-mail alerts \| RSS feeds
Supported citation styles:	APA \| MLA \| Chicago/Turabian: Notes & Bibliography \| ABNT \| AMA \| Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date \| Harvard: Australian \| Harvard \| Vancouver/ICMJE
Content updates:	Daily
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
System requirements:	Browser requirements \| Offline downloading requirements
Permalinks:	Available \| Proxied
File formats:	PDF \| EPUB
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Authorized users:	Current students (Deree & ALBA) \| Faculty \| Staff \| Registered alumni
Limitations:	Print, save, and email page limit due to individual publisher restrictions \| Content subject to change without notice due to contractual agreements between EBSCOhost and individual publishers
Print equivalent:	Only for selected book titles. Check Discovery .
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CONTENT DETAILS
Disciplines:	Multidisciplinary
Content types:	Periodical articles \| Books \| Conference proceedings \| Reports \| Speeches \| Videos \| etc.
Content availability:	Citations \| Abstracts \| Full text
Special content:	Associated Press Video Collection \| Image Collection
Indexed titles:	17,810 \| Peer reviewed: 15,935
Full text titles:	8,774 \| Peer reviewed: 7,619
Special features:	Browsing publications \| Browsing subject terms \| Browsing cited references \| Searching images \| Browsing indexes \| Google Drive saving \| EBSCOhost folder \| Printing \| Emailing \| Saving \| Citing \| Export Manager \| Notetaking \| Permalinking \| Sharing \| E-mail alerts \| RSS feeds
Supported citation styles:	APA \| MLA \| Chicago/Turabian: Notes & Bibliography \| ABNT \| AMA \| Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date \| Harvard: Australian \| Harvard \| Vancouver/ICMJE
Content updates:	Daily
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
System requirements:	Browser requirements \| Adobe Reader requirements
Permalinks:	Available \| Proxied
File formats:	HTML \| PDF \| JPG \| Streaming video
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Authorized users:	Current students (Deree, Pierce, & ALBA) \| Faculty \| Staff \| Registered alumni
Limitations:	Certain publications embargoed from 1 day to 5 years \| Content subject to change without notice due to contractual agreements between EBSCOhost and individual publishers
Print equivalent:	Only for selected titles. For periodicals check Journal Finder . For books check Discovery .
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CONTENT DETAILS
Disciplines:	Multidisciplinary
Content types:	Journal articles \| Ebooks
Content availability:	Full text
Special content:	JSTOR Open Access Content
Full text titles:	2,870 \| Peer reviewed: 1,242
Special features:	MyJSTOR account \| My Workspace \| Text analyzer \| MyJSTOR Read Online Free program (up to six free articles for 30 days) \| Readymade citations \| Citation exporting \| Downloading \| Printing \| Stable URLs
Supported citation styles:	APA \| MLA \| Chicago/Turabian: Notes & Bibliography
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
System requirements:	Browser requirements
Permalinks:	Available \| Not proxied
File formats:	PDF
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Authorized users:	Current students (Deree, Pierce, & ALBA ) \| Faculty \| Staff \| Registered alumni
Limitations:	Moving walls from zero to ten years
Print equivalent:	Only for selected titles. For articles check Journal Finder . For books check Discovery .
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Description:	A full text collection of current content from nearly 150 scholarly journals in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences.
Coverage:	Varies by title

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This resource includes high-impact research titles published on behalf of over 500 scholarly and professional societies. It provides access to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals and over 1 million articles. Its interdisciplinary coverage is unparalleled, spanning subject areas including business; humanities; social sciences; science, technology, medicine; and many more.

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Description:	It provides access to 17,000 journals, over 11,000 peer-reviewed and 8,000 full-text titles. It includes full-texts from The Economist (1988 to present), The New York Times (1985 to present) and other key newspapers such as The Times and The Financial Times. Podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN are also available.
Coverage:	Varies

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Description:	It enables students to search by subject across a broad but curated list of general interest publications, supplementing knowledge gained from peer-reviewed journals with insights from mainstream press, trade and industry publications globally. Providing a solid base of general references, it offers users access to over 14,500 titles, 9,000 full-text and 3,700 peer reviewed journals, hundreds of newspapers including current content from National Public Radio programs (from 1990 to present) and links to thousands of videos from NYTimes.com and Associated Press.
Coverage:	Varies

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Description:	A collection of over 200 general and subject-specific reference titles published by Oxford University Press, covering more than 25 subjects: from art to accounting, music to marketing, and computing to communication. Contains over 16,000 illustrations and more than 775 locator, physical and political maps.
Coverage:	Current