Is a POIESIS subscription required to access particular journals?

Yes. Searching and browsing of anything other than the tables of contents requires a POIESIS subscription. We are currently providing free access to browse and search the tables of contents of the issues included in POIESIS. Temporary access can be provided to the full service for individuals who are in a position to evaluate the service for their school, or for publishers who would like to include their journals and would like to try out the service. Free trials are available for institutions.

Can we subscribe to the electronic version of particular journals without a POEISIS subscription?

No. Full text access to specific journals is only allowed in combination with a POIESIS subscription.

The POIESIS subscription establishes a baseline of revenue to support the continuing conversion of back issues to electronic format, and pay for server hardware, software, and maintenance as well as the personnel necessary to acquire, convert, markup and maintain the files from the various journals.

Can we cancel journal subscriptions and reduce our costs by subscribing to POIESIS?

No. POIESIS is fundamentally a research tool and is not intended as a substitute for journal subscriptions. Unrestricted full-text access to any journal in the project is only provided if a library also subscribes to that journal. Most of the journals in POIESIS are owned by academic societies that depend entirely on their journal's revenue to support other activities. These small publishers generally do not have the resources or infrastructure to provide electronic access to their journals, and POIESIS offers a way for these publishers to provide such access without cost or financial risk. POIESIS assumes all of the costs of digitization, markup and delivery of these diverse titles, and in many cases electronic access would not otherwise be feasible. POIESIS increases accessibility to this journal content, offering convenient and complete search functionality for all available issues. The problem of how to provide electronic access to society based journals is particularly acute in philosophy, since well over 70% of the 1,000+ philosophy journals world-wide are published by scholarly societies or similar academic entities. Librarians should also be aware that most philosophy journals, including the very best titles, are also relatively inexpensive, with institutional subscription prices under $100.

Which titles are only available in electronic format through POIESIS?

POIESIS is the only electronic provider for current and recent issues of the following titles:

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
The American Journal of Semiotics
Ancient Philosophy
Augustinian Studies
Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy
Bradley Studies
Business and Professional Ethics Journal
Cogito
Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy
Faith and Philosophy
Fichte-Studien
Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal
Idealistic Studies
International Corporate Responsibility Series
International Journal of Applied Philosophy
International Philosophical Quarterly
Irish Philosophical Journal
Journal for Peace and Justice Studies
Journal of Islamic Philosophy
Journal of Philosophical Research
The Leibniz Review
New Nietzsche Studies
New Vico Studies
The Owl of Minerva
Philosophical Studies
Philosophical Topics
Philosophy and History
Philosophy & Theology
Philosophy in the Contemporary World
Proceedings of American Catholic Philosophical Association
Proceedings of 20th World Congress of Philosophy
Professional Ethics, A Multidisciplinary Journal
Radical Philosophy Review
Radical Philosophy Review of Books
Radical Philosophy Today
The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics
Social Philosophy Today
Southern Journal of Philosophy (prior to 2003)
Teaching Philosophy
Theoria 
Tulane Studies in Philosophy 

For which journals and series does POIESIS offer coverage of back issues?

All back issues of the following titles are currently available in POIESIS:

Augustinian Studies  
Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy
Business Ethics Quarterly
Bradley Studies
Business and Professional Ethics Journal (3 issues yet to be completed)
Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy
Idealistic Studies
International Philosophical Quarterly
Irish Philosophical Journal
The Leibniz Review
New Vico Studies
The Owl of Minerva
Philosophy & Theology
Philosophy in the Contemporary World
Proceedings of 20th World Congress of Philosophy
Professional Ethics, A Multidisciplinary Journal
Radical Philosophy Review
Radical Philosophy Review of Books
The Review of Metaphysics
Teaching Philosophy
Tulane Studies in Philosophy

At least ten years of coverage of the following titles is now available:

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
Faith and Philosophy
History of Political Thought
International Journal of Applied Philosophy
Journal of Philosophical Research
The Monist
Philosophical Topics
Philosophy and History
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Proceedings of American Catholic Philosophical Association
Social Theory and Practice
Southern Journal of Philosophy

All back issues of the following titles will be available within the next 12 months:

Cogito
Faith and Philosophy
International Journal of Applied Philosophy
New Nietzsche Studies
Social Philosophy Today

In the future many back issues of the following titles will be added:

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
Ancient Philosophy
Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal
Harvard Review of Philosophy
History of Political Thought
Journal for Peace and Justice Studies
Journal of Consciousness Studies
Journal of Philosophical Research
The Monist
Philosophical Studies
Philosophical Topics
Philosophy and History
Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Southern Journal of Philosophy
Theoria

Does POIESIS offer fulltext access to any titles that are not tied to on-going subscriptions?

Yes. We are including serial publications that have either been completed or discontinued and for which there is no concern about the impact of electronic access on continuing subscriptions. All POIESIS subscribers get fulltext access to all available issues of these publications. The following titles have been integrated into the project:

Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy
Bradley Studies
Cogito
Irish Philosophical Journal
Philosophical Studies
Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy
Professional Ethics
Radical Philosophy Review of Books
The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics
Tulane Studies in Philosophy

The following titles are under license and will also be added as soon as possible:

Medieval Philosophy & Theology (volumes 1-4)
The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy

How is POIESIS different than JSTOR?

POIESIS offers searchable access to the full text of current and recent issues of dozens of philosophy journals. JSTOR offers coverage of all back issues of journals in various disciplines, including several philosophy journals. While back issues of some philosophy journals are available in POIESIS, the focus of the project is on current and recent issues. POIESIS only offers full text access to back issues that are not available from JSTOR or any other vendor. For those journals participating in both JSTOR and POIESIS (such as The Philosophical Review and Philosophy & Phenomenological Research), JSTOR provides access to all back issues while POIESIS offers coverage of current and recent issues of these journals. 

How is POIESIS different than Philosopher's Index?

POIESIS is a full text collection of philosophy journals offering searchable access to the complete content of over 2,200 issues and 330,000 pages of text from several dozen titles. Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database offering indexed data on articles from approximately 300 journals, as well listings for book reviews, contributions to anthologies, and some monographs. POIESIS users can search every word in each article, book review, and review essay, as well as all footnotes, bibliographies, and tables of contents of each available issue. Philosopher's Index users can search by journal title, article title, author, date, assigned keywords, and available abstracts of each indexed item. It does not offer full text searching.

How does POIESIS authenticate the identity of authorized users?

We use IP (Internet Protocol) number range to identify authorized users at subscribing institutions to facilitate campus-wide access. Faculty, staff and students at subscribing institutions therefore do not need a user name or password to use the database.

Are there plans for individual subscriptions?

There are no immediate plans, but we would like to offer low cost subscriptions to individuals. We continue to envisige economic models that protect the subscription revenues of the participating journals and that also make economic sense for the individual and for POIESIS. Please let us know if you have interest in this by sending us a registration form.

Will more journals be added to POIESIS in 2007?

Yes. In 2006-2007 we have expanded the project with current and recent issues of the following titles:

The American Journal of Semiotics
Ancient Philosophy
Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy
Bradley Studies
Faith and Philosophy
The Harvard Review of Philosophy
International Corporate Responsibility Series
Journal of Islamic Philosophy
Philosophy and History
Radical Philosophy Review of Books
Radical Philosophy Today
Philosophical Studies

Will other content be added to POIESIS?

Yes, serial publications such as Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy, International Corporate Responsibility Series, Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Radical Philosophy Today, The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics and Social Philosophy Today are being added to the project.

We are also adding the full text of a number of discontinued philosophy journals to make their content more widely accessible. These titles include

Bradley Studies. 1995-2004
Cogito, 1987-1999
Irish Philosophical Journal, 1984-1990
Philosophical Studies, 1951-1992
Philosophy and History, 1968-1991
Philosophy Research Archives, 1975-1989
Professional Ethics 1992-2003
Radical Philosophy Review of Books, 1990-1996
Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, 1970-1980
Tulane Studies in Philosophy, 1952-1987

Full access to all issues of these journals will be made available to all POIESIS subscribers, along with the Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy, International Corporate Responsibility Series, Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Radical Philosophy Today and the first fifteen volumes of Social Philosophy Today.

Can other electronic resources be linked to POIESIS?

Yes, POIESIS implemented OpenURL link processing. The OpenURL standard is a syntax for describing an information resource that exists in a web-based environment. Links that follow the OpenURL standard are considered “context-sensitive”. These links can direct users to information resources, such as full-text repositories or library catalogs, to which they (or their institutions) have access. The OpenURL standard has been implemented widely in the scholarly information industry. For more information, visit the Poiesis OpenUrl Information page.