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Essential databases

PhilPapers.org
Comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. Using advanced trawling techniques and large scale crowd-sourcing, we monitor all sources of research content in philosophy, including journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics.
Philosopher's Index
Indexing and abstracts from books and journals in philosophy and related fields.

Databases beyond Philosophy

In addition to searching Philosophy databases, it can be very useful to explore multidisciplinary resources and/or research tools for other disciplines (e.g., Literature, Cognitive Science, Greek & Roman Studies, etc.). The databases below are some recommendations; also check out our full list of databases and search by subject to identify others.

JSTOR
Provides full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, architecture and art history and other fields. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title, but usually ends several years before the current year.
Project MUSE
Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, etc. Contains current full text scholarly journals which cover these fields and a significant collection of recent scholarly books.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Index of articles from scholarly journals spanning the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Provides cited reference searching capability.
Web of Science
Index of articles from scholarly journals spanning the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Provides cited reference searching capability.
The Web of Science “Core Collection” includes the following:
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
Book Citation Index - Science (BCKI-S)
Book Citation Index - Social Sciences & Humanities (BCKI-SSH)
Current Chemical Reactions (CCR-EXPANDED)
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Index Chemicus (IC)
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Scopus
Index of articles from scholarly journals spanning the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Provides cited reference searching capability.
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Library Search (Vassar's catalog)

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To search libraries beyond Vassar, use WorldCat.

Sources for texts

Loeb Classical Library
More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts
Early Modern Philosophy
Interpretive translations of several classics of early modern philosophy, up to the mid-19th century.

Oxford Scholarly Editions
Collection of authoritative Oxford editions of some of the key works of Western Civilization. Vassar has access to nine of the modules offered: Early Seventeenth Century Poetry, Early Seventeenth Century Prose, Eighteenth Century Drama, Eighteenth Century Poetry, Eighteenth Century Prose, Restoration Poetry, Restoration Prose, Latin Poetry, and Plato.
Cambridge Core ebooks in Philosophy

Hathi Trust
Collaborative repository of digitized books, magazines, journals, and government publications. Materials date from approximately 1530-to 2020.
Humanities E-Book
Online collection of high quality books in the humanities recommended and reviewed by members of the American Council of Learned Societies