LibGuides: Philosophy: Home

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Getting Started: Get started by choosing a topic, developing a research question, and researching for background information.
- Developing a Research Question
- Background Information
Research: Search for scholarly resources using these links.
- Find Articles
- Find Books
Understanding and Evaluating Resources: Learn to identify and evaluate different types of sources.
- Different Types of Sources
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources
- Evaluating Web Resources
Citations: Learn how to credit your sources and create a literature review or annotated bibliography.
- Citation Styles
- Literature Review
- Annotated Bibliography

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Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
This bibliographic database offers informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy. The literature covered goes back to 1940 and includes journal articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to an anthology and book reviews
PhilPapers: Philosophical Research Online This link opens in a new window
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles. PhilPapers offers unique features such as real-time indexing of pre-prints, fine-grained classification by topic, email alerts, reading lists, advanced search functionality, and discussion forums.