Religion and Philosophy Subject Resources
Databases:
- Credo Reference: An excellent full-text integrated reference database. Contains linked searching to other resources and visual concept mapping. The BEST place to start!
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ProQuest Central - Religion: Our
largest multi-disciplinary database with targeted coverage
in religion and philosophy.
- Choose ProQuest Central and click the "Religion" icon or search the entire interface.
- Combine terms using AND, OR and NOT EX: "diabetes and children" will return results with both terms, "diabetes or blood sugar" will return results with either term, and "diabetes not children" will get rid of anything about children.
- Clickable boxes for peer-reviewed and full-text content
- Easily save, print, or email marked records and create citations for your bibliography.
- Use our interlibrary loan form to order articles that are not full-text.
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Academic
Search Elite: A large general
subject database with many journals in full-text, with some
coverage in philosophy and religion.
- Guided subject searching for better results
- Use left column search guides to refine your search
- Clickable boxes for peer-reviewed and full-text content
- Easily save, print, or email marked records and create citations for your bibliography.Use our interlibrary loan form to order articles that are not full-text.
Books:
- Use the Quest and Mobius catalogs
- Quest catalog includes CMU, Mo Valley, UCM and State Fair
- Items from Quest usually arrive in 2-3 days and check out for 1 month.
- MOBIUS catalog is state wide; items requested arrive in 5-7 days and check out for 3 weeks.
- Request items from off-campus using your name and student ID number.
Websites:
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Association of Religion Data Archives
- American Philosophical Association
- Religion News Service
- Virtual Religion Index
Stuck? Ask a librarian!
email:
library@centralmethodist.com or
cmdudenh@centralmethodist.com
Phone: 248-6292 or
248-6271

