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Philosophy Research Guide

This page provides a research portal for courses and topics in Philosophy.

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Jump start your research with these essential resources:

PhilPapers
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. You can link to UNC Charlotte's collection for full text access options.
Philosopher's Index
Database covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy.
JSTOR
Provides access to academic journals and books covering a wide range of disciplines; it also includes some limited primary source collections.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
An index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities, part of the Web of Science Core Collection. (Indexing: 1975+)

Reference Tools

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.

Credo Reference
A virtual reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas.

Past Masters Database

Past Masters
Provides access to correspondence and primary source materials for figures important to the study of Philosophy.

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