Interlibrary loan is a system that allows you to request material from other libraries to be sent to Trent for you to borrow. Normally, there are no costs to use the ILL service. Plan ahead because it can take a few days or even weeks for material to be sent, depending upon availability.
You don't use the Library Catalogue to find articles.
The Finding Articles tutorial explains the process in more detail.
Try these databases first to find scholarly articles in Philosophy.
A comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles. Includes real-time indexing of pre-prints, classification by topic, email alerts, reading lists, advanced search functionality, and discussion forums. Largely crowd-sourced and open access.
Depending on your topic, you may find some of these databases useful.
Includes the full text sources: Contemporary Authors Online (biographical coverage of more than 130,000 writers); Contemporary Literary Criticism Select; and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online.
Note: The MLA Bibliography is no longer available.
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