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All Philosophy Databases

JSTOR Journal Storage Project

Full-text backfiles of many important scholarly journals. Coverage is usually from the first issue to 3-5 years before the present. Humanities and social science articles are also listed in Periodicals Index Online and Periodicals Archive Online which have more articles from similar journals.

Past Masters

Full-text electronic editions in philosophy.

Philosopher's Index  1940-present

Lists and abstracts books and articles in over 300 journals from philosophy and related disciplines.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Search by keyword or browse alphabetically. Includes references to journal articles.

WorldCat

Online listing with locations of books, videos, manuscripts, and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide. This version has all WorldCat holdings and provides the full bibliographic citation for each item.

L'Annee Philologique

Indexes articles on the literature, languages, and history of ancient Greece and Rome from journals, books and conference proceedings. Coverage in the online version begins with 1949 and goes up to 2-3 years before the current year.

International Medieval Bibliograpy

Lists articles from books and journals on any topic relating to the European Middle Ages (ca. 400-1500). Click the blue Enter Databases button to start and choose the IMB from the menu on the next page. NOTE: There have been problems using IMB with Internet Explorer on some UVA computers. If you have a problem, try Netscape or Firefox instead.

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Lists journal articles and book chapters on all subjects related to Asia. Most articles are in western languages. Includes book reviews.

Oxford English Dictionary: OED Online

Has definitions for most of the words in the English language but also information on their origins and quotations showing their range of meanings from the time they entered the language to the present.

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text

Full text (PDF) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. Abstracts included after July, 1980.

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