Skyline College
Library

 

Researching Philosophy of Religion


Databases for Finding Articles
Catalog for Finding Books
Links to selected Web Sources



Article Databases:

History in Context
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Reference articles, primary documents, and full-text magazine, journal and newspaper articles covering all aspects of U.S. and modern world history.
Best for general/background history information, especially articles under the “Reference” category

·         Enter search word(s) and click the Search button

·         At results page, articles are organized by type -- "Reference" (articles from reference books), "Academic journals", "Primary Sources", "Images", “News” & more.

·         Click on the title of an article to display the full text of the article.. 
Click here for information on how to tell whether an article is from an academic journal or a popular magazine.

·         Click on the title of an article to display the full text of the article.

·         You can email or print any article by using buttons at the top right of each article (Under “Tools”.)

 

JSTOR - Scholarly journals archives - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Back issues of important academic journals, including many historical journals (no current issues) going back to 1838.
Best for in-depth academic journal articles on all historical topics except: recent history and articles published within the last 3 – 5 years

  • For a basic/general search, enter search words & click Search
  • To search for a specific topic, click on Advanced Search, and then enter search words for multiple concepts in the separate search boxes
  • To search for exact phrases, put quote marks around the phrase, e.g. “Thomas Jefferson” or “freedom of the press”
  • To limit your search to regular journal articles (as opposed to book reviews or editorials), click in the “Article” check box under “Limit by”
  • If too many articles are found, click on "Modify Search", add additional search words & search again
  • To email, print or save an article:
    • Click on “PDF” (at the upper right of the page) 
    • A new window with “JSTOR's Terms and Conditions” will be displayed; click on “OK”
      [If your browser blocks pop-ups, you need to hold down the CTRL key while clicking on “OK”]
    • When the pdf image file is displayed, click on the “Email”, “Print” or “Save a Copy” icons (on the pdf task bar at the top of the page)*
    • To email the full article, click on “Send Copy”, then enter e-mail address in "To:" entry box and click "Send"*
      *       pdf functions vary according to the specific software setup for different computers
  • For more help in how to search the JSTOR database, see the JSTOR Search Help page

 

Gale PowerSearch databases on campus or off-campus w/ library card
articles from academic journals, popular magazines, newspapers and reference sources; excellent general periodical database. 

o    To narrow searches, use the Advanced search mode

o    PLEASE NOTE: When search results are first displayed, only magazine articles are shown, if available for your search.
Click on the “Academic journals” tab to display journal articles on your topic; click on the "News" tab for news articles; click on the "Books" tab for reference book articles.

 

Google Scholar - Google’s academic search engine accesses a wide range of academic articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities.  The majority of sources retrieved by Google Scholar are usually abstracts (summaries) of articles, which do not provide the full-text of the article (or a significant charge is required for the full article). In many cases, you may be able to retrieve the full-text of these articles by using the Skyline College Library Article Delivery Service.



Books:

The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System.

  • Type in search word(s) for your topic in the first search box and click the Submit button.
  • Suggested subject headings:
    • Church history
    • Church history – Sources
    • Catholic Church – History
    • Philosophy Religion 
  • The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system.
  • To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library, scroll down to Limit to: Location: pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down in the Location: pull-down menu, select Skyline College & then click the Submit button.

  • Recommended title:



Links to web sources:

·         Internet Medieval Sourcebook

·         Ecole Initiative

·         Hanover Historical Texts Archive: Early Modern Europe

·         Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers

·         Internet Christian Library

·         Internet Sacred Text Archive

·         The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

·         The Catholic Encyclopedia

·         JewishEncyclopedia.com

 

 

A few specific pages on heresies:

·         “Docetism” (The Ecole Initiative)

·         Gnosticism (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

·         “Monarchianism” (The Ecole Initiative)

·         The Early Unitarians: Arius and His Followers

 

 

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last revised: 3-17-11
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA