Use the links on this page to start searching for articles. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of questions of food and personhood, both specialized philosophy databases such as PhilPapers and the general academic databases on this page can be useful.
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Philosophy Compass publishes surveys of current research from across the discipline of philosophy. Here are a few articles related to the course topic:
A good place to start research on most any subject. This multi-disciplinary database indexes nearly 8,050 publications and provides full text for nearly 4,600, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed journals. Access is provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
Multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Fully covers over 2,300 arts and humanities journals, and also includes some individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals. Some of the disciplines covered include archaeology, linguistics, art, literature, music, philosophy, dance, history, religion and theater.
This search engine points toward scholarly research rather than all Web-based sources. It is stronger in the sciences than in the humanities, with social sciences somewhere in between. One interesting feature of Google Scholar is that in includes a link to sources that cite a particular item. Not all of the articles in Google Scholar are free; the library can obtain many of them for you through Interlibrary loan.
JSTOR is a digital library of journals, academic eBooks, images, and primary sources. JSTOR provides book and journal content from the date of initial publication up to a "moving wall" of 3 to 5 years before the present year.
PhilPapers is an index of philosophy books and articles. It also offers an open access archive and discussion forums.
Keyword searching is a great way to find literature on your topic in PhilPapers. You can also view literature on a topic by PhilPapers subject areas. Here are a few subject areas related to the course topic:
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