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Annee Philologique
(use restricted to Simpson Library building
only)
Published by the Societe Internationale de Bibliographie
Classique, L'Annee Philologique indexes articles and books in classical studies,
literature, archaeology, history, philosophy, and related disciplines. Electronic
coverage begins in 1969. Paper issues of the bibliography are shelved under
the call number PA31 .A56.
American
Periodicals Series Online
Provides digitized images of more than 1,000 American
magazines and journals published from the colonial era to the beginning of the
20th century.
Covers history, politics, the arts and sciences, folklore,
and popular culture.
Coverage extends from 1740 - 1900 +.
Arts
& Humanities Search
Available through FirstSearch.
A citation index that includes over 1.4 million records,
referencing more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
Coverage from 1980 to the present.
ARTstor
A collection of some 300,000 images that documents
numerous artistic traditions and cultures from around the world.
The ARTstor Charter Collection contains one general
collection (the Image Gallery) and eight specialized collections, all of which
embrace painting, architecture, photography, sculpture, design, the decorative
arts, and other forms of visual culture.
Users can view and analyze images through zooming and
panning, though computer pop-up blocking software must be disabled or set to
allow pop-ups.
ATLA
Religion Index
Citations/Abstracts of selected publications back to
1818.
Expanded
Academic ASAP
Provides millions of citations, abstracts of articles (summaries), and full-text articles on a wide variety of topics. Updated daily.
Click on “refereed/peer-reviewed publications” to obtain scholarly articles. Coverage extends from 1980 to date.
FirstSearch
databases
Provides access to dozens of indexes and databases
in a variety of disciplines.
Greenwood
Daily Life Online
Looks at the everyday lives of people throughout history
(antiquity to present) from the material, religious, domestic, political, recreational,
intellectual, and economic viewpoints. Based on numerous primary and secondary
resources, the database includes historical overviews, maps, illustrations,
chronologies, and sidebars. Organized by time period, region, and topic.
Humanities
Abstracts
Indexes a broad range of some 500 magazines and journal
publications in the humanities.
Covers topics in archaeology and classical studies,
folklore, history, language and literature, performing arts, philosophy, religion,
and related subjects.
Coverage extends from 1983 to the present. Continues
print Humanities Index, 1975-1996 (REFB AI 3
.H85) and Social Sciences and Humanities Index,
1965-1974 (REFB AI 3 .R282).
Humanities
& Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984
Indexes nearly 1,200 periodicals in the social sciences
and humanities, providing citations to more than 1,300,000 articles. Covers
topics in archaeology and classical studies, anthropology, folklore, history,
gender studies, language and literature, economics, drama, political science,
philosophy, international relations, music, sociology, journalism, psychology,
religion, geography, and many other related subjects.
Coverage extends from 1907 through 1984.
InfoTrac
1980 to the present
Contains full-text articles, as well as citations and
abstracts.
Provides access to a variety of general, academic,
and subject-oriented databases. Of particular use is Expanded
Academic ASAP, which indexes more than 600 journals in most academic disciplines,
and InfoTrac
OneFile, which provides access to the articles in all the Infotrac databases.
MLA
International Bibliography
Provides access to more than 5,000,000 citations to journal articles, books, and dissertations in the fields of literature,
language, criticism, and the dramatic arts. The pull-down windows in the advanced search allow for complex searches, such as Author (Subject),
Literary Work, and keyword. Coverage extends from 1963 to date.
Patrologia
Latina
The electronic version of publisher Jacques-Paul Migne's
217-volume Patrologia Latina (printed from 1844 to 1855), and the corresponding
four index volumes (1862 to 1865).
The set covers the works of the Church Fathers from
Tertullian in 200 A.D. to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
Periodicals
Index Online (formerly PCI)
Indexes some 10 million articles in the arts, humanities,
and social sciences.
Provides author, title, and keyword access to the table-of-contents
pages of more than 2,700 worldwide periodicals.
Updated regularly, with over 1 million entries added
each year.
Coverage extends from 1665-1995.
These periodical indexes are shelved in Simpson Library's Reference collection.
See also Periodical
Indexes (World Wide Web).
| Periodical Index | Coverage | Call number |
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Index to Religious Periodical Literature. |
1946-1976 | REFB BL1 .A46x |
| Religion Index One: Periodicals.
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1977 – present. | REFB BL1.A46 |
Full-Text Sources
Bryn Mawr
Classical Review
Online since 1990, the scholarly journal Bryn Mawr
Classical Review "publishes timely reviews of current scholarly work
in the field of classical studies (including archaeology)." Back issues
may be browsed by year or searched by keyword.
The Bible, Revised Standard Version
The Holy Bible, King James Version
Bullfinch's Mythology
The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes.
Noble Qur'an
(also spelled Koran)
Maududi's translation comes with introductory material
to aid in understanding the text.
Religion-Online
Full text of out-of-print books and articles pertaining
to the study of religion.
Rutgers
University Libraries Guide to Philosophy Resources
Electronic texts of philosophers organized by date
from Rutgers University.
Nicely organized and easy to get at materials.
Voice of the
Shuttle
Classical Studies page.
Voice of the
Shuttle
Religious studies page.
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