Subject Guides: Philosophy: Journal articles

Philosophy databases

PhilPapers This link opens in a new window
Searchable directory of online philosophical articles and books by academic philosophers
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
To help focus results, you can specify Philosophy as the discipline by choosing Advanced Search and scrolling down to the Journal Filter. Note that JSTOR does not usually contain articles from the most recent 3–5 years.
The Library subscribes to the Arts & Sciences I-XII, Biological Sciences, Business III-IV, Health & General Sciences Collections and 19th Century British Pamphlets. Title lists
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to humanities, arts and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers from 1993 onwards

Google Scholar
Provides a simple way to search broadly for scholarly literature. To see UC Library resources, use ≡ Scholar Preferences and choose University of Canterbury in the Library Links section.

Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text and indexing and abstracts for comparative politics, humanitarian issues, international relations, law and legislation, non-governmental organizations and political theory
Religion & Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy

MultiSearch

Academic Journal Articles

“Content providers” filter selected for providers more relevant to philosophy

Interloan

If you cannot find it at UC Library or online, request an Interloan and we will get it for you from another library. There is no charge for this service

Comparing journals

To compare journal bibliometrics consider using:

See also Measuring Impact for more information.

Finding Journal Articles

If you already have a reference to a journal article

1. Find it with one of these tools:

MultiSearch or one of the key Philosophy databases ( column at left)

Use keywords from the article title and the author’s surname.

Full Text Finder quick search (works best with a DOI)

2. If the citation you have is limited or not quite right, try browsing within the journal:

Electronic Journal Search

Print Journal Search
Search by journal title in the library catalogue. Check what years/volumes we have in the Holdings tab.

Full title – use the “Browse Alphabetically: By Title” option, e.g. australasian journal of philosophy
Abbreviated title – use “Journal Title” option. Type an asterisk directly after each part of the abbreviation, e.g. australas* j* philos*

To find articles on a specific topic or by a particular author

Search in:

One of the key Philosophy databases ( column at left)

MultiSearch:

Academic Journal Articles

“Content providers” filter selected for providers more relevant to philosophy

Philosophy Journals A–Z

This is a browse list of currently available Philosophy and related journals/periodicals, mostly peer reviewed and accessible in ejournal format. NB: Titles that are no longer currently received or published, even if back issues are available, are not included. All UC Library journal titles may be found by searching the Library catalogue or MultiSearch.

Library Subject Guides

Philosophy: Journal articles