Research Guides: PHIL 107: Philosophies of Art: Home

How to Use this Guide

The content of this course guide is meant to accompany PHIL 107, Philosophies of Art, taught by Dr. Achim Koeddermann. A worksheet, found on your right, accompanies the guide. Each of the numbered boxes (Step 1, 2, 3) below correspond to resources you will need to complete the worksheet and, in some cases, additional resources will be provided to help you with your research.

Help with your research, citation, and other library services is available at the bottom of the guide.

Step 1 Background Information

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
An excellent resource for authoritative background information on a wide array of philosophical topics. Fully searchable, the REP is also divided into four sections: Topics, Periods, Regions, and Religions. Encyclopedia identify potential sources through bibliographies, which are often annotated.

Step 3 Articles

Academic Search Complete
Full text for about 8,500 periodicals including over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals across most areas of academic study as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 magazines and journals. Coverage is from 1887 to the present.
Philosopher's Index
Provides indexing and author-written abstracts for about 680 scholarly international philosophy journals. Also offers coverage of anthologies and book reviews. Includes journals from about 50 countries with content representing a variety of languages. Coverage is from 1940 to the present. Links to some full-text.

Online Help

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Worksheet

Email the completed Philosophies of Art worksheet, or your answers, to jeanpaul.orgeron@oneonta.edu by April 30, 2020.

Philosophies of Art Worksheet

Step 2 Library Catalogs

James M. Milne Library
Search Everything is the default search on the library's homepage. Using it to search for books can be overwhelming because it provides far more than we often need. Select Advanced Search for the Library Catalog, which allows you to search the physical collections library, including ebooks, by an author’s name or a book’s title. You may also use keywords to search the library catalog, which contains the table of contents for many records. Subject headings are included in keyword searching and are assigned to all library catalog holdings.
Project Gutenberg
Created to encourage the creation and distribution of ebooks, Project Gutenberg contains over 60,000 free titles.

Images

Art Museum Image Gallery
Provides about 165,000 superior quality images from noted art museums. Includes art from the cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas as well as contemporary and modern artists. Coverage ranges from 3000 B.C. to the present.

Citation

It is important to include appropriate citation in your paper. The library has a guide that can help you accurately cite your resources. You can locate it on the library homepage by clicking the "Citing Sources" link, or you can click on the link below.

Citation Guides

Interlibrary Loan

The ILLiad system enables current SUNY Oneonta students, faculty, and staff to obtain academic and intellectual materials from other libraries. Your ILLiad account will allow you to:

-- borrow items from other libraries
-- make online requests for periodical articles from other libraries
-- review the status of your requests
-- check due dates of outstanding loans
-- ask for renewals
-- and much more.