LibGuides: PHIL 101: Books and Articles

Recommended Databases

Philosopher's Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This philosophy database from EBSCO contains nearly 200 full-text journals and miscellany of other publications pertaining to world philosophy.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
This interdisciplinary database searches all of the ProQuest company's databases in one unified search (we have 22 ProQuest databases at the library). Will contain a variety of scholarly articles, magazines, newspapers, and books.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
This science/social science database contains Elsevier's Physical Sciences & Social & Behavioral Sciences journal packages. Provides access to 3,700 full-text scholarly journals with coverage in the sciences and social sciences.
EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
This interdisciplinary database searches all of the EBSCO company's databases in one unified search (we have 28 EBSCO databases at the library). Will contain a variety of scholarly articles, magazines, newspapers, and books.

For SAU users only, if off campus, go to https://libguides.sau.edu/az.php then the database you need.

Films on Demand database

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
This streaming video database contains over 38,000 streaming video titles and almost 300,000 video clips. The titles are educational in nature, but address a variety of subjects and topics.

The Battle in Your Mind Full Video (52:26) Has segments on Bias (includes transcript from which to quote and provides citation)

SAU Interlibrary Loan Portal

SAU Interlibrary Loan Portal
Order full-text articles and books from other libraries (if not already available through our databases). The librarians will obtain them for you. SAU users only. SIgn in with SAU credentials.

Library links

Library Homepage
Gateway to library resources and services.

Search Tips

Library Central This link opens in a new window
Library Central combines SAU's book catalog and most of our databases into one unified searching interface. Use Library Central if you're looking to find a wide variety of sources with a minimum amount of searching. The sheer volume of results can be overwhelming, however, so use lots of search filters!

Examples for effective searching for a frame of BIAS in the databases and book catalog (use other frames as well)

Use quotation marks to search for exact phrases.
- Ex: "cognitive bias" or "climate change"
Experiment with a variety of keywords. Brainstorm synonyms and more/less specific terms.
- More specific for "cognitive bias": "confirmation bias" or "anchoring bias"
- Less specific for "cognitive bias": "bias" or "heuristics"
Depending on your topic, you may need to broaden or narrow the scope of your search.
Different disciplines use different words to talk about "bias" and "cognitive bias."
- Psychologist use "bias," "cognitive bias," and more specific terms like "anchoring bias" or "confirmation bias"
- Health Professions use "bias"
Subject Term Suggestions:
- Topic: Climate Change and Cognitive Bias
  - Climactic change
  - Climatic change--Psychological aspects
  - "Partisan bias"
  - "psychological bias"
- Topic: Health Care and Cognitive Bias
  - "Bias" and "Cognitive bias"
  - Decision Making
  - Cognition and reasoning
  - Stereotyping
  - Racial Bias
- Topic: General Science and Cognitive Bias
  - Experimenter Bias
  - Research design bias
- Topic: Education and Bias
  - Test bias
- Topic: Immigration and Bias
- Topic: Life/Work Balance and Bias
  - workaholic* AND bias AND balance
- Topic: Political dialogue and Bias
  - subject(politics) AND bias AND dialogue -for ProQuest Central database-
- Topic: Rehabilitation of prisoners
  - convicted and bias and prisoners and employment
- Topic: Social Media and Bias
  - "social media" and subject(bias) -for ProQuest Central database-
- Topic: Racism and Bias
  - subject(racism) and subject(bias) -for ProQuest Central database-
- Topic: Vaccinations and Bias
  - subject(vaccin*) and subject(bias) -for ProQuest Central database-