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reason OR logic
thinking OR thought
idea OR ideology
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Click on the links below to search for articles from periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.) and for information from electronic books and multimedia resources. From off-campus, you will need to enter the barcode number from the back of your AACC photo ID or Truxal Library card.
Academic OneFile
Articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, including full text from periodicals like Philosophy East and West, Questions: Philosophy for Young People, Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, and more
Academic Search Premier
Articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, including full text from periodicals like Journal of Social Philosophy, Journal of Applied Philosophy, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Journal of Moral Philosophy, and much more
Project MUSE
Articles from scholarly journals, including full text from periodicals like The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Philosophy & Rhetoric, and much more
JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections
Full text of scholarly literary journals like Philosophy East and West (1951-2005) and Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes (1937-2003)
Ebook Central
Over 20,000 electronic books covering many subjects, including a a number of titles on philosophy topics
EBSCO eBook Collection
Nearly 50,000 electronic books, covering all academic disciplines
Credo Reference
Reference book titles Encyclopedia of Classic Philosophy, like The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Philosophers, and much more
MagillONLiterature Plus
Includes all three volumes of World Philosophers and Their Works
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Book titles like Encyclopedia of Philosophy and more
Academic Video Online
Commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries about philosophy and religion
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