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PHIL 2306 (Introduction to Ethics) - Dr. A. Antoninka

Finding Philosophy Sources

Finding Sources for Parts II-IV

Check out the boxes below to learn how to use the MCC Library's search engine, Google Scholar, and more!

Library Search

Library Search

The MCC Library has hundreds of thousands of excellent sources for this project. Watch the video below to learn how to use the library's search engine to find philosophical articles and book chapters for Parts II, III, and IV.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Unlike regular Google, Google Scholar searches only for scholarly literature and academic sources. 

Much of what is in Google Scholar is also in the library databases, which you can search using the library search engine. 

Some of what you find in Google Scholar will not be in the library databases. Of these, some will be available for free, but others will be behind paywalls. If you are asked to pay to view the entire article, it is behind a paywall.

Never pay to access a scholarly article! If you find something in Google Scholar that's not available from the MCC Library, request it through interlibrary loan for free!

Prefer a video? Check this one out!

Customizing Google Scholar

You can customize Google Scholar to link to full-text articles from the MCC Library.

  1. Go to https://scholar.google.com/
  2. Click the horizontal lines in the left corner next to the Google Scholar logo (Chrome browser) or next to My profile.
  3. Click Settings and then Library links
  4. Type MCC Library and hit enter
  5. Deselect any other libraries and check the box next to MCC Library - Full-Text @ MCC Library
  6. Click Save
  7. Enter your search terms

Click the Full-Text @ MCC Library beside the article to access it. For results with no link to the MCC Library, you may get free full text or be asked to pay.

google scholar screenshot

Interlibrary Loan

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