Databases
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new window
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Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all scholarly fields of religion. Covers 1949 - current. - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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The primary place to find scholarship on world history. (For U.S. and Canadian History, use America: History and Life). Covers publications from 1955 - present. - MECAS: Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
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An index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa. Covers 1900 - current. - RAMBI: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies This link opens in a new window
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Provides selective indexing of thousands of journals and essay collections in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages. International in focus. The library also has print copies of this index in the reference collection (REF DS 102 .J6) from the years 1966-2000 when it ceased print publication and moved to its current online format. - Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive This link opens in a new windowCollection of audiovisual interviews with witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides.
- Brill Online This link opens in a new window
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A selection of authoritative subject encyclopedias and reference works. Includes Brill's New Pauly, the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, the Encyclopedia of China, the Encyclopedia of Hinduism, the Encyclopedia of Islam (2nd and 3rd editions), the Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, the Encyclopedia of the Neo-Latin World, the Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān, and Qurʾānic Studies Online. - ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Full-text and full-image articles for major newspapers from the United States including the Jerusalem Post. Earliest papers start in 1851.
Websites
- Celebrate 350: Jewish Life in America, 1654-2004A clearinghouse for information about events celebrating 'the achievements of Jews and the Jewish community in America over the last 350 years.' In 1654, a small group of Jews from Brazil landed in New Amsterdam (New York City) seeking refuge from persecution. This site features a timeline of American Jewish history since 1654, a calendar of events celebrating Jewish communities in the United States, and Web resources.
- Center for Jewish HistoryDetailed information about this 'central repository for the cultural and historical legacy of the Jewish people,' a project of five respected research facilities. The Web site has online multimedia catalogs of their libraries and archives, and descriptions (including some images) of the center's exhibits and family history resources. The Center, in New York City, has materials on Ashkenazic or Sephardic resources, Yiddish language, Jewish art, and genealogy.
