A&M-SA Research Guides: Philosophy Research Guide: Welcome & Finding Books

Welcome to the Philosophy Guide! This guide is intended to be a starting point for students taking Philosophy courses by providing information on how to obtain books/e-books, peer-reviewed articles, as well as writing and citing help. Click on the tabs above for more information. Please do not hesitate to ask for help if you have any questions!

Getting Started

Search the database Credo to familiarize yourself with and explore your topic. Credo Reference gives you access to over 600 reputable encyclopedias online. Short encyclopedia articles can help you to quickly identify concepts, topics, issues, and keywords for your topic. Credo is a scholarly version of Wikipedia and comes with properly formatted citations!

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Search 650+ titles including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, & reference handbooks covering the arts, business, health, history, literature, math, religion, etc. Over 1,000 videos, 300,000 art images, and thousands of images for other subjects.

NOTE:
Credo is launching a new platform later this year! The new platform will bring a sleeker user interface and enhanced features to improve research and instruction.

These are some of the highlights:
- New, refreshed home page
- Improved Mind Map with a dedicated page to use in instruction
- Easier navigation and better visibility for:
  - Filtering
  - Federated search integrations
  - Research Quick Tips
  - Book navigation
- Advanced Search refinement
- New personal folders for users to save results
- Updated summary articles on current topics and top search terms
Anticipated date of migration is June 26, 2023.

Search A&M-SA's Library Catalog

Catalog Search Tips

You can search the library's catalog to find both books and articles. Please be aware that it sometimes appears that we own a copy of book, but it is the book review. If we own the title, "Texas A&M University-San Antonio Library" will appear on the last line of the citation. The library's catalog also gathers titles that appear within San Antonio area libraries and throughout the world. These books will either have "At San Antonio Libraries" or "At other libraries worldwide" on the last line. Any book that is tagged "At San Antonio Libraries" can be checked out by using a TexShare card. For any book that is tagged "At other libraries worldwide" an Interlibrary Loan request can be made to get that book to the patron.