Subject Guides: Philosophy: Finding Subject Specific Information

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In this section of the Library's Moodle space you will find resources and activities to help you develop your information searching skills.

Develop skills to help you search for information

Accessing other libraries

Through this link you will find more information about accessing Senate House's physical and online resources, as well as information about accessing libraries at other institutions.

Accessing other libraries

Recommended Resources

You can find a list of subject specific databases for Philosophy on our Database A-Z.

Cambridge Companions Complete Collection This link opens in a new window
E-books of the Cambridge Companions in Literature, Classics, Philosophy, Religion, Music and Culture, giving accessible introductions to major writers, artists, composers, philosophers, topics and periods. Individual titles are listed in the library catalogue.
Loeb Classical Library (Digital Loeb) This link opens in a new window
Presents a virtual library of all of the Loeb Greek and Latin literature texts (covering: epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; Church Fathers & pagan culture). How to use Loeb Classical Library
Oxford Handbooks Online Philosophy This link opens in a new window
Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy bring together the world's leading scholars to discuss research and the latest thinking in a range of major topics in Philosophy.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary databases with access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines, as well as over 3 million images.
Quick tips on searching JSTOR
Philosopher's Index (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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A bibliographic index of more than 622 current journals from over 40 countries, as well as books and journals from 1940 onwards. Topics include aesthetics, philosophy of education, ethics, philosophy of language, logic, political philosophy, social philosophy, and the philosophy of religion.
PhilPapers This link opens in a new window
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy resources. This includes open access publications and articles submitted directly to the database. Some features require you to create a free account to use.

Accessing resources off campus

To access our resources off-campus, you can use Royal Holloway's VPN, which will simulate on-campus access.

If you are not using Royal Holloway's VPN, you may be asked for a login. In this instance you can use your College username and password (which you normally use to access Moodle).

More information on accessing e-resources can be found in our Accessing Eresources page.

General resources

BoB - On Demand TV & Radio for Education This link opens in a new window
BoB is a viewing and off-air recording and media archive service which allows you to search for, watch and also record from a list of recorded channels. You can also create clips, search for programmes coming up, create playlists and share them with others.
BoB is only available in the UK.

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community.

To access the articles on FT.com, you will need to first create an account.
1. Go to ft.com and click on Subscribe in the top right hand corner
2. You will see 4 boxes. The last box is titled 'Team or Enterprise' and under this there is a link which says: 'Does my organisation subscribe?' Click on this link. Please see attached screenshot for guidance.
3. Fill out the form using your University email address.
4. You will receive an email from noreply@enterprise.ft.com containing a sign up link, so you can finish setting up your FT account. Please check junk/spam folders if this does not appear in your inbox.

Once you have completed setting up your account you should be able to access the content. If you have any further questions or problems, please let me know.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
OneFile News is a full-text international newspaper resource that allows users to quickly search and compare news articles published worldwide.
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
A collection of historical archives (modern to present), newspapers and periodicals (17th to 19th centuries) including:
Daily Mail Historical Archive,
The Economist Historical Archive,
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive,
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals (Series 2, Empire),
Political Extremism and Radicalism,
The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. You can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from different news sources.

The link below will help you find Royal Holloway PhD theses, UK theses through British Library's EThOS service and theses and dissertations from other countries through ProQuest.

Accessing theses

Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
The online academic edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, including articles, biographies, images, videos and a world atlas. The 'Compare Countries' tool shows a range of facts and statistics for different countries.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The online version of the OED including over 500,000 definitions, together with etymological analysis and variant spellings. Traces the development of English from 1150 AD to the present.
Video tutorial on using the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Over 100 general reference works, language dictionaries and subject dictionaries covering languages, science and medicine, humanities, social sciences and business.
Full Text
Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
A series of online research guides in a range of subjects including American Literature, British and Irish Literature, Cinema and Media Studies, Environmental Science, Victorian Literature,Geography, Classics and Philosophy. Each guide contains a series of articles introducing key topics, and lists recommended readings about each topic.
Video User guide (YouTube)