Philosophy

Here are some special tips to increase your effectiveness when researching using Gale databases such as Religion and Philosophy.

• The search results default is to show you articles from magazines, so select "Academic Journals" to see scholarly articles.
• Select individual article titles to see the full text.
• If you see "Citation Only" or "Abstract Only" select the purple "Find It" button to see if you have access to the full text elsewhere for free.

If an article's full text is not available in a database, click to see if it is available in other databases or in the libraries' print or microform collections. Or, use Journal Search for a journal, magazine or newspaper title to learn whether and where you may find its full text articles. See also the "How to Use Find It and the Journals Search" guide.

Most databases have some full text articles and/or chapters in addition to citations. To access the full text there will be a button or text to click on that says something like: PDF, HTML, or Full Text.

When an article is not available in that database, use the  button/link to determine whether and where the UWW libraries have it. One of several things will happen.

• If you are taken to the full text of the article, a page with a link to the full text, or a "LibKey" screen with one or more options for accessing the full text in various ways, then you have or will shortly have the full text.
• If you are not taken to the full text of the article, but are instead taken to a Research@UWW landing page for the article without a link to the full text, then sign in. After signing in, look in the Get It From Another Library section where you will see other ways to access the full text. The most likely option is to Get a Digital Copy for free via your UW-W email. Use it to be get the full text within 24 hours. Just select the Get It button.

If you are in a database that doesn't provide the  button/link, search Research@UWW for the article title and author last names to see if we have it elsewhere. The article record should come up. It will either provide a link to the full text or you will need to sign in to Get a Digital Copy via email.

Alternatively, search for the periodical (journal, magazine, newspaper, etc.) title using the Journals Search (linked from the libraries' homepage) to determine whether and where the Library has a particular periodical. If we have it for the date you need, use a provided link to the online periodical, then search or browse for the article.

Need more assistance? Check out the How to Use Find It and the Journals Search guide or watch this How to Use Find It video.

Have you found the citation for an article you want in another article's bibliography or on Google Scholar? You can use the libraries' Journals Search to see whether and where the Whitewater libraries has the periodical (journal, magazine, or newspaper) that the article came from. Start by typing the periodical title (not the article title) in the box below. This is also available from the libraries' homepage.

Watch this video to see how to use the Journals Search to locate a specific periodical (journal, magazine, or newspaper).