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Choose a section and follow the link.<\/p>\n <div class=\"lightline\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n <span class=\"seg\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"spark\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"seg right\"><\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main class=\"wrap\">\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 01 \u2014 Reference<\/span>\n <h2>Encyclopedias & reference<\/h2>\n <p>Peer-reviewed, continuously updated starting points when you need a reliable overview before going to the sources.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">The definitive online reference in philosophy: authoritative, peer-reviewed entries kept current by their authors.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">plato.stanford.edu<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/iep.utm.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">A second peer-reviewed reference with strong coverage of figures, movements, and continental thought.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">iep.utm.edu<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 02 \u2014 Journals & Articles<\/span>\n <h2>Journals & articles<\/h2>\n <p>Indexes and repositories for finding open-access papers and the freely readable version of articles behind paywalls elsewhere.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Directory of Open Access Journals<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">A curated index of vetted, fully open-access journals across every discipline.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">doaj.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/philpapers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">PhilPapers<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">The comprehensive bibliography and index of philosophy, with open-access copies attached wherever they exist.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">philpapers.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/philarchive.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">PhilArchive<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">The open e-print archive for philosophy \u2014 full-text papers you can download directly.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">philarchive.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/core.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">CORE<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Aggregates hundreds of millions of open-access research papers from repositories worldwide into one search.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">core.ac.uk<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">JSTOR Open Content<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">The freely readable portion of JSTOR: open journals, books, and images \u2014 no subscription needed.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">jstor.org\/open<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Google Scholar<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Search across scholarly literature; the right-hand links often lead to a free PDF of an otherwise paywalled paper.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">scholar.google.com<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 03 \u2014 Books & Monographs<\/span>\n <h2>Books & monographs<\/h2>\n <p>Full-length scholarly books released under open access, plus digitised libraries with public-domain full texts.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oapen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">OAPEN Library<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Peer-reviewed open-access academic books, weighted heavily toward the humanities and social sciences.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">oapen.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Directory of Open Access Books<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">A discovery index for peer-reviewed open-access monographs from scholarly publishers.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">doabooks.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hathitrust.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">HathiTrust Digital Library<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Millions of digitised volumes; full text is readable for anything in the public domain.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">hathitrust.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Open Library<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">An open catalogue of millions of titles, with full public-domain texts and borrowable editions.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">openlibrary.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 04 \u2014 Primary Texts & Archives<\/span>\n <h2>Primary texts & archives<\/h2>\n <p>Source texts in the original \u2014 classics of philosophy and theology, critical-theory primary material, and digitised European collections.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Project Gutenberg<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Public-domain classics in clean, downloadable editions \u2014 philosophy, theology, and literature.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">gutenberg.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Internet Archive<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">A vast library of books, texts, and recordings, including out-of-print scholarly works you can rarely find elsewhere.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">archive.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Marxists Internet Archive<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Deep primary-source holdings in political philosophy and critical theory, freely readable.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">marxists.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccel.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Christian Classics Ethereal Library<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Public-domain theological, patristic, and devotional texts \u2014 a mainstay for the theology programme.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">ccel.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Europeana<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Digitised primary sources from European libraries, museums, and archives, gathered in one place.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">europeana.eu<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 05 \u2014 Continental & European<\/span>\n <h2>Continental & European scholarship<\/h2>\n <p>Sources with strength in French, German, and broader European humanities \u2014 closest to the intellectual centre of gravity at GCAS.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openedition.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">OpenEdition<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">French and European humanities books and journals, a large share of it open access.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">openedition.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persee.fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Pers\u00e9e<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">An open archive of French-language humanities and social-science journals, fully readable.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">persee.fr<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dart-europe.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">DART-Europe E-theses Portal<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Open access to European research theses and dissertations \u2014 useful for doctoral work.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">dart-europe.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssrn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">SSRN<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Working papers and preprints across the social sciences and politics, most of them free to download.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">ssrn.com<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n<\/main>\n\n<footer>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <p class=\"motto\">As Luaithreach, Solas Nua\n <span>From the Ashes, a New Light<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"note\">Every source here is free to read and maintained by a third party; all links open in a new tab, and their contents are governed by each provider. 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Choose a section and follow the link.<\/p>\n <div class=\"lightline\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n <span class=\"seg\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"spark\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"seg right\"><\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main class=\"wrap\">\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 01 \u2014 Reference<\/span>\n <h2>Encyclopedias & reference<\/h2>\n <p>Peer-reviewed, continuously updated starting points when you need a reliable overview before going to the sources.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">The definitive online reference in philosophy: authoritative, peer-reviewed entries kept current by their authors.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">plato.stanford.edu<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/iep.utm.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">A second peer-reviewed reference with strong coverage of figures, movements, and continental thought.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">iep.utm.edu<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 02 \u2014 Journals & Articles<\/span>\n <h2>Journals & articles<\/h2>\n <p>Indexes and repositories for finding open-access papers and the freely readable version of articles behind paywalls elsewhere.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Directory of Open Access Journals<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">A curated index of vetted, fully open-access journals across every discipline.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">doaj.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/philpapers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">PhilPapers<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">The comprehensive bibliography and index of philosophy, with open-access copies attached wherever they exist.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">philpapers.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/philarchive.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">PhilArchive<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">The open e-print archive for philosophy \u2014 full-text papers you can download directly.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">philarchive.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/core.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">CORE<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Aggregates hundreds of millions of open-access research papers from repositories worldwide into one search.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">core.ac.uk<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">JSTOR Open Content<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">The freely readable portion of JSTOR: open journals, books, and images \u2014 no subscription needed.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">jstor.org\/open<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Google Scholar<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Search across scholarly literature; the right-hand links often lead to a free PDF of an otherwise paywalled paper.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">scholar.google.com<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 03 \u2014 Books & Monographs<\/span>\n <h2>Books & monographs<\/h2>\n <p>Full-length scholarly books released under open access, plus digitised libraries with public-domain full texts.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oapen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">OAPEN Library<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Peer-reviewed open-access academic books, weighted heavily toward the humanities and social sciences.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">oapen.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Directory of Open Access Books<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">A discovery index for peer-reviewed open-access monographs from scholarly publishers.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">doabooks.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hathitrust.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">HathiTrust Digital Library<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Millions of digitised volumes; full text is readable for anything in the public domain.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">hathitrust.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Open Library<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">An open catalogue of millions of titles, with full public-domain texts and borrowable editions.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">openlibrary.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 04 \u2014 Primary Texts & Archives<\/span>\n <h2>Primary texts & archives<\/h2>\n <p>Source texts in the original \u2014 classics of philosophy and theology, critical-theory primary material, and digitised European collections.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Project Gutenberg<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Public-domain classics in clean, downloadable editions \u2014 philosophy, theology, and literature.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">gutenberg.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Internet Archive<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">A vast library of books, texts, and recordings, including out-of-print scholarly works you can rarely find elsewhere.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">archive.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Marxists Internet Archive<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Deep primary-source holdings in political philosophy and critical theory, freely readable.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">marxists.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccel.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Christian Classics Ethereal Library<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Public-domain theological, patristic, and devotional texts \u2014 a mainstay for the theology programme.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">ccel.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Europeana<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Digitised primary sources from European libraries, museums, and archives, gathered in one place.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">europeana.eu<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <span class=\"num\">Sec. 05 \u2014 Continental & European<\/span>\n <h2>Continental & European scholarship<\/h2>\n <p>Sources with strength in French, German, and broader European humanities \u2014 closest to the intellectual centre of gravity at GCAS.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openedition.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">OpenEdition<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">French and European humanities books and journals, a large share of it open access.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">openedition.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persee.fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">Pers\u00e9e<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">An open archive of French-language humanities and social-science journals, fully readable.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">persee.fr<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dart-europe.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">DART-Europe E-theses Portal<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Open access to European research theses and dissertations \u2014 useful for doctoral work.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">dart-europe.org<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssrn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n <span class=\"name\">SSRN<\/span>\n <span class=\"desc\">Working papers and preprints across the social sciences and politics, most of them free to download.<\/span>\n <span class=\"go\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span> Visit <span class=\"host\">ssrn.com<\/span><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n<\/main>\n\n<footer>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <p class=\"motto\">As Luaithreach, Solas Nua\n <span>From the Ashes, a New Light<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"note\">Every source here is free to read and maintained by a third party; all links open in a new tab, and their contents are governed by each provider. 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