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This guide gives you an overview of recommended sources for philosophy:
The page 'New in the collection' shows recent additions to the philosophy collection of the Erasmus University Library, with an option to subscribe to updates.
The Erasmus University Library now offers students and staff access to Libby, the app featuring a growing collection of e-books and audiobooks.
Did you know that diving into a good book can reduce stress, spark your creativity, and enhance your mental well-being?
Explore this collection of e-books and audiobooks provided by your library. From the latest fiction and timeless classics to current titles in economics, history, philosophy, psychology, and much more.
How does it work?
If you first want to see which audiobooks and e-books are available, visit https://libbyapp.com/library/eur
Use BrowZine to quickly access your favorite scholarly journals and articles, to save your favorite journals on your personal bookshelf and to get notifications when new articles are published!
Go to BrowZine or download the free app from the App Store or Google Play and log in with your ERNA ID.
For more information, view the BrowZine page.
Below is a list of databases with ebooks for the field of philosophy. If you are looking for a specific title, it's better to use sEURch, because there all publishers are covered.
For teachers: if you are looking for online access to a specific book, please let me know, than I can check the available options.
Multidisciplinary archive of full-text articles of the most important academic journals. Also contains a large collection of ebooks (book chapters) and primary source materials.
Ebooks published by MIT Press. Key subject areas covered include art and architecture, biomedical sciences, business and finance, computer science, cognitive science, design, education, environment, game studies, humanities, information science, linguistics, neuroscience, new media, philosophy and social sciences.
The Open Textbook Library contains over 1,500 open textbooks. All kinds of subjects and disciplines are covered, including business, economics, psychology and sociology.
Collected works of philosophers, including Hegel, Locke, Spinoza and Wittgenstein.
Full-text access to high quality, peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals and books from over 400 scholarly publishers.
Full-text access to more than 16,000 e-books published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge from 2022 until today, covering 30 subjects across the Humanities and Social Sciences. Access is provided until December 19, 2025.
Unlimited access to a large collection of academic eBooks published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge, all available without download restrictions. Please note the EUR doesn't have access to all eBooks published by Taylor & Francis/Routledge.