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Best Bets for Philosophy Research

Start with:

Academic Search Premier (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
This database covers many different subjects and provides you with current access to the leading philosophy journals as well as magazines covering current ethical and philosophical issues.

Then, if you need to do more in-depth research, go to:

PhilPapers This link opens in a new window
An index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. Using advanced trawling techniques and large scale crowdsourcing, it monitors all sources of research content in philosophy, including journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics. it also host thes largest open access archive in philosophy.
Philosopher's Index (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Contains bibliographic citations with abstracts covering scholarly research in philosophy.

The databases listed above cover philosophy quite well. However, there are some other useful databases:

Business Source Premier (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
If your topic relates to business ethics, then try searching this database. It covers business and management journals and provides a lot of full text.
MEDLINE (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
If your topic relates to medical ethics, then try searching this database. It mostly provides citations and abstracts, but not full text.

Also consider these electronic encyclopedias:

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Contains religion and philosophy encyclopedias.