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Dissertations & Theses Databases
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Digital Collections TxStateA digital collection of the intellectual output of Texas State University - San Marcos. Its purpose is to centralize, preserve, index and provide open access to the works created by Texas State faculty, staff, and students.
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Dissertations & Theses GlobalMulti-subject. World's largest collection of full text theses and dissertations. Contains 1.7 million full-text graduate works and 3.8 million abstracted or indexed records along with the ability to cross-search with other ProQuest resources.
General Research Databases
If you're not looking for a specific academic journal, you can search for your topic in these multi-disciplinary databases. They pull together content from a variety of subjects and usually contain a lot of full-text articles. This is a great place to start your research when you need a scholarly article on your topic.
You can view our databases by subject, type (images, news, streaming, reference, and more!), or alphabetically (if you know which database you want).
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Academic Search CompleteMulti-subject. database including history, political science, law, government and more
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Biography in ContextBiographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines.
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JSTORMulti-Subject. -- Access begins with the first volume for many journal titles, but usually does not have the newest volumes of each journal.
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Readers' Guide Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)Popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)Popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. Reflects the history of 20th century America.
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Wiley Online LibraryWiley Online Library Full Collection that provides full text access to over 1300 Wiley and Blackwell journals.
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Omnifile Full Text, Mega Edition (H.W. Wilson)Multi-disciplinary. Political Science, government, law, education, general and applied science, humanities, business, social sciences, technology, art, biology, agriculture and more.
Suggested Databases for Philosophy
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Gale Primary SourcesThis database combines content from Thomson Gale's 19th Century UK Periodicals; 19th Century US Newspapers; Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO); The Making of the Modern World :The Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature, 1450-1850; 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers; Archives Unbound; Times Digital Archive; Illustrated London News Historical Archive; Sunday Times Digital Archive; American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990; Archives of Sexuality & Gender; Associated Press Collections; British Library Newspapers; Sabin Americana, 1500-1926.
Coverage: 15th - 21st centuries
These resources can be found on the Library Home Page through the Research Databases and then under the Philosophy databases on that page. If you are not in the library you will be prompted for your Texas State username and password.
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Academic Video Online: PremiumComprehensive video collection covering American History, Area Studies, Art & Architecture, Asian Film, Black Studies, Business & Economics, Counseling & Therapy, Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Current Affairs, Dance, Education, Environmental Studies, Ethnic Studies, Ethnography, Fashion Studies, Film Studies, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Global Business & Economics, Health, Humanities, Music, Opera, Philosophy, Psychology, Rehabilitation Therapy, Religion & Science, Sports Medicine & Exercise Science, Theatre, Women's & Gender Studies, World History, and World Languages & Literature. Also included are special collections for "The March of Time" and "Meet the Press."
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Arts & Humanities Citation IndexArchaeology, architecture, art, Asian studies, classics, folklore, history, language, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, radio, television, film, religion, and theater.
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HathiTrust Digital Library1600-present
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Humanities SourceArea studies, theology, religion, performing arts, literary & political criticism, language & literature, music, philosophy, history, and classical studies, area studies, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, and journalism.
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JSTORMulti-Subject. -- Access begins with the first volume for many journal titles, but usually does not have the newest volumes of each journal.
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Philosopher's IndexCovers the fifteen fields of philosophy: aesthetics, axiology, philosophy of education, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, logic, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, metaphilosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, social philosophy, and the philosophy of religion.
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Religion & Philosophy CollectionWorld religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy & the history of philosophy.
Newspaper Databases
You can access local, national and international Newspapers through our online databases.
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Newspaper Source PlusNews. Full digital collection of articles from international and national newspapers, newswires, news magazines and transcripts of radio and tv news. Includes ABC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, CNN International, FOX, MSNBC, NPR, PBS & many others.
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Historical NewspapersSearch multiple newspaper archives back to the first issues. Includes complete issues of the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Austin American Statesman (1871-1980), Chicago Defender (1909-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1997), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2006), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1996), New York Times (1851-2016), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), Wall Street Journal (1889-2002), and Washington Post (1877-2003).
Coverage: Varies by newspaper.
Periodical List
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Periodical List
You can search for a specific journal/magazine/newspaper title using Periodical List.
LinkSource checks our other databases to find a copy of your article in one of our other databases. Sometimes you'll see this image:
