Milner Library subscribes to numerous journals that cover the disciplines of philosophy and religion. Many are available in print in Milner Library. Many more are now available to Illinois State University students, faculty, and staff through subscriptions purchased by the university. In 2005, at the request of students and faculty, Milner Library embarked on a three-year program to phase out print subscriptions and to replace them with online access. This initiative is now entering its second year.
Online access to philosophy and religion journals is available primarily through university subscriptions of two types. Milner Library subscribes to so-called aggregator databases. These are databases provided by companies that contract with publishers for the right to provide online access to their journals. Examples include Academic Search Premier and Periodical Abstracts. Milner Library also contracts with publishers for online access to their journal content.
To check availability of a specific journal in print or online . . .
Use Citation Linker, available on most Milner Library web pages. For example, use Citation Linker if you want to know whether Milner Library subscribes to the journal Philosophical Studies either in print or online. Citation Linker provides links to online subscription access to the journal and a link to search the Milner Catalog for the location of print copies.
To identify and locate articles related to philosophy or religion . . .
Search one or more article databases or consult a print index. The most prominently used philosophy and religion databases and print indexes are listed below.
Philosopher's Index
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields-- ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
Search Now Humanities Abstracts
Covers all aspects of the humanities and related subjects from 1984 to the present. Includes feature articles, interviews, bibliographies, and reviews of all types. Provides abstracts, citations.
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Index to Religious Periodical Literature and Religion Index One (print index)
Z7753.A501. Floor 1 Index Tables
Print index covering the period 1949 to current. Provides citations from approximately 600 journal titles. Includes a scripture index (articles organized by Bible scripture).
JSTOR
JSTOR holds the complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals starting with the very first issues and offers high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. Of the available JSTOR collections, Milner has two multi-disciplinary collections (Arts and Sciences I and II) and four discipline-specific collections (Ecology & Botany, General Science, Language & Literature, and Music) for a total of 445 academic journals.
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| SEARCH TIPS: Access to most subscription databases is restricted to Illinois State University students, faculty, and staff.
When accessing these databases on computers and devices located outside Milner Library, you will be prompted to confirm your association with Illinois State University. Enter your ULID and password at the prompt to do so.
Subscription databases available via Milner Library cannot be accessed using either bookmarked links or vendor websites. If using either, the database sponsor will assume you subscribe to the database as an individual rather than through Illinois State University. Your ULID and password will not work in those cases. Instead, access subscription databases via the Databases and Article Indexes page on the Milner Library website.
Many so-called article indexes or article databases now cover materials published in other formats including books, book chapters, government documents, and dissertations. Use search limits available in most databases to limit results to articles. |
For a list of journals covering the discipline, including journals available and not available via Milner Library, see Peter Milne's Online Information About Journals in Philosophy and Related Disciplines.
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