LibGuides: Subject Guides for Websites: PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY (Culture, Religion, & Philosophy)

American Association of Philosophy Teachers
• http://philosophyteachers.org/
• .org
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The AAPT organization promotes the advancement of the art of teaching philosophy. Established in 1976, it supports the continuing professional development of the skills of its members with a newsletter, online discussion forum, blogs, and the collection of teaching resources. AAPT also sponsors a biennial workshop/conference on teaching philosophy that is open to philosophy teachers at all levels.
Culture: Geert Hofstede & Gert Jan Hofstede
• https://geerthofstede.com/
• Geert Hofstede & Gert Jan Hofstede
• .com
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Provides links to information (articles, speeches, interviews, videos) about culture.
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
Provides a comprehensive, subject-organized list of open access journals that are peer reviewed. Defines “open access journal” as any which does not charge readers or institutions for access.
Ethics Updates
• https://www.sandiego.edu/ceepp/
• University of San Diego
• .edu
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The Center for Ethics, Economics and Public Policy is an interdisciplinary center that promotes research and education about the institutional and moral framework of a free society.
Introductory Guide to Critical Theory
• http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/
• Purdue University
• .edu
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This is a guide for undergraduate and graduate students. It includes definitions of terms, relevant links, information on specific authors, as well as applied examples.
The Philosopher’s Zone
• http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• .net/.au (Australia)
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“The simplest questions often have the most complex answers.” This website is a guide “through the stange thickets of logic, metaphysics, and ethics.” It features RSS feeds and podcasts of radio programs featuring different philosophical perspectives on topics such as compassion, death, disasters, discrimination, religion, artificial intelligence, climate changes, technology, happiness, etc.
Project Gutenberg
Provides thousands of full-text online copies of out-of-copyright works (published pre-1923). Classic books from the start of this century and previous centuries. Search by title, author, or subject.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• http://plato.stanford.edu/
• Metaphysics Research Lab, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
• .edu
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This site, which is written by scholars and reviewed by an Editorial Board, provides a continually expanding encyclopedia of general philosophy, including biographical, historical, and theoretical information.
UVA Library Digital Repository – UVa Text Collection
• http://search.lib.virginia.edu/
• VIRGO Catalog Search, University of Virginia Library
• .edu
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This location provides free access to the full-text of over 900 works of fiction, non-fiction, African-American poetry, drama, etc. as well as digitized primary documents and manuscripts such as letters, diaries, newspaper articles, etc. It includes, for example, such titles as The Element of Law Natural and Politic by Thomas Hobbes and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke. Works searchable by author or keywords.

Last update: 8/11/2021

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a variation of Google. It is designed specifically for scholarly literature searches.

Advantages

It’s free to use.
It has a simple, familiar interface that works much like regular Google.
It finds scholarly books, articles, and conference papers from a wide range of disciplines.

Disadvantages

Coverage is not comprehensive. It is a good first place to start researching a paper, but not comprehensive enough to be the only place you look.
Criteria used for selecting “scholarly” materials is not given. Search results can be a mixture of articles and books as well as unpublished manuscripts, course syllabi, and high school term papers, so you must critically evaluate what you find.
Results are not always full-text or free like regular Google. Often the link for an article will take you to the publishers website where the full article is available only if you buy it.