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| ARTICLES | | |  Help Finding Articles | | |  Journal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals. | | | Scholarly Articles | | | ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials [EBSCO] - 1949 to present - Full Text
Covers religious and theological scholarship in 1,400 international journals and 14,000 multi-author works. Includes citations and some full text from Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). | | | Humanities International Index
Includes data from American Humanities Index plus international journals, books and reference works. Provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. | | | Index to Jewish Periodicals - 1988 to present
Lists English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in journals devoted to Jewish affairs. | | | RAMBI; Index of Articles on Jewish Studies - 1960 to present
Standard index to scholarship in several languages on all areas of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. | | | America: History & Life - 1953 to present
Indexes 1,700 journals, books, and dissertations for material pertaining to American and Canadian history. Other subjects covered include popular culture, anthropology, sociology, economics, education, and politics. | | | Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present
Indexes 1,300 journals covering all arts and humanities disciplines. The database of almost 2.1 million records includes materials published from 1980 to the present as well as older material cited in these publications. Updated weekly. | | | Historical Abstracts - 1956 to present
Covers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, collections, and dissertations. | | | Humanities Abstracts - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs from over 465 sources in the humanities. | | | Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes nearly 1,200 English-language scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; also includes citations to book reviews. | | | Index Islamicus - 1906 to present
Lists articles, books, essays, reviews on Islam, the Middle East & the Muslim world (incl. Asia, Africa, & Muslim minorities elsewhere). Covers art, archaeology, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, sciences... | | | International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) - 1951 to present
Contains information from international publications, including over 2600 journals, in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. Compiled by the British Library of Political & Economic Science. | | | Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) - 1802 to 1995 - Full Text
Full text archive of hundreds of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. For complete indexing use the Periodicals Index Online. | | | Periodicals Index Online (PIO) - 1665-1995
Index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. Full text of selected titles can be found in the Periodicals Archive Online database. | | | Popular Articles | | | Ethnic NewsWatch - 1960 to present - Full Text
Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. | | | American Periodical Series (APS) - 1740 - 1900 - Full Text
More than 1,000 titles including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal. | | | Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) - 1802 to 1995 - Full Text
Full text archive of hundreds of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. For complete indexing use the Periodicals Index Online. | | | Periodicals Index Online (PIO) - 1665-1995
Index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. Full text of selected titles can be found in the Periodicals Archive Online database. | |
| BOOKS AND MEDIA | | | Help Finding Books | | | Moodle/E-Reserves
Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more. | | | Library Catalogs | | | Five College Library Catalog - Help
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst. | | | Jewish National and University Library | | | WorldCat - all dates
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records. | | | ALEPH (Consortium of universities in Israel)
Telnet version, follow instructions on screen. | | | Book Purchases and Reviews | | | Amazon.com | | | Books in Print - 1979 to present
Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present. | | | Yiddish Book Center Online Catalog | |
| NEWS | | | US Newspapers | | | Ethnic NewsWatch - 1960 to present - Full Text
Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. | | | Forward | | | International Newspapers | | | Jerusalem Post
Today's edition online. | | | HaAretz | |
| REFERENCE TOOLS | | | Cambridge Collections Online - Full Text
Online version of the Cambridge Companions; offers introductions to major writers, artists, topics and periods within the fields of literature, classics, philosophy, religion and culture. | | | Encyclopedias | | | Jewish Virtual Library
The most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, with more than 13,000 articles and 6,000 photographs and maps. | | | JewishEncyclopedia.com | | | Encyclopaedia Judaica [Gale] - Full Text
2nd edition, with entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists. | | | Style Manuals | | | Citation Guides & Style Manuals | | | Documentation Guidelines for Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
(Duke University Library) Guides for Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, and APA. | |
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