Conception Research Guides: Epistemology: Journal Articles-Print

Journal Articles

There are various ways to find journal articles on your topic.

Individual articles are indexed in databases such as PhilPapers or Ebscohost.
If an article is unavailable digitally in a database, you will often be able to find the article in print through the catalog or you may be able to request it through interlibrary loan.
Making an interlibrary loan request is a simple process. Fill out the linked form (after logging in with your id number and name) and your article will come to you digitally in as soon as a couple days.

For assistance with better searching, contact Fiona in the library.

Print Journals in Catalog

Some journal examples available in print are listed below. Search the index online by clicking on the linked title. Locate the volume and issue number to locate in the catalog. The call number to bound volumes are listed. All current issues are located on the south end of the reading room.

International Philosophical Quarterly : IPQ
Call Number: M 105 I61
Publication Date: 1961-present
Since 1961 International Philosophical Quarterly has provided a peer-reviewed forum in English for the international exchange of basic philosophical ideas. The journal stands in the general tradition of theistic and personalist humanism without further restriction of school or philosophical orientation, and is open to the philosophical discussion of contemporary issues and historical studies.
Journal of the History of Ideas
Call Number: M 105 J87
Publication Date: 1940-2018
Since its inception in 1940, the Journal of the History of Ideas has served as a medium for the publication of research in intellectual history that is of common interest to scholars and students in a wide range of fields. It is committed to encouraging diversity in regional coverage, chronological range, and methodological approaches. JHI defines intellectual history expansively and ecumenically, including the histories of philosophy, of literature and the arts, of the natural and social sciences, of religion, and of political thought.
Journal of the History of Philosophy
Call Number: M 109 J87
Publication Date: 1969-present
ournal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) is an international journal that publishes articles, notes, discussions, and reviews about the history of Western philosophy, broadly conceived. JHP takes its mandate from a motion passed by the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in December 1957 approving "the establishment of a journal devoted to the history of philosophy." Each issue includes refereed articles on topics ranging from ancient and medieval to nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy as well as book reviews.
Res Philosophica
Call Number: M 105 M689
Publication Date: 2013-present
Res Philosophica is an international, quarterly journal of philosophy that publishes research in all areas of philosophy, historical and topical. Founded as The Modern Schoolman by Jesuit Scholastics in 1925, this peer-reviewed journal is edited by members of the Philosophy Department at Saint Louis University.