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Articles

Index to Jewish Periodicals
Coverage: 1988-present. An index on Jewish history, activity and thought, including coverage of contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs.

Annotated Bibliography on Antisemitism
Coverage: varies. The Project on Antisemitism is comprised of three online databases: Bibliographies and Reference Works, Antisemitism throughout the Ages, and Antisemitism in Literature and in the Arts. Works on the Holocaust are included as part of the history of antisemitism in the twentieth century.

RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
Coverage: 1979-present. A bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies, including texts in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages.

JSTOR
Coverage: varies. Over 800 core scholarly journals. Current issues are unavailable for a varying number of years (frequently 2 to 5 years).

Project Muse
Coverage: 1995-present. Provides access to humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from a number of scholarly publishers.

Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture
2009 ed.  This unique encyclopedia chronicles American Jewish popular culture, past and present in music, art, food, religion, literature, and more. Over 150 entries, written by scholars in the field, highlight topics ranging from animation and comics to Hollywood and pop psychology.

Antisemitism: a Reference Handbook
2004 ed. A survey of the historical, political, and sociological contexts of antisemitism in more than 50 countries.

Encyclopaedia Judaica
2007 ed. Provides an overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to \\\"Americana\\\" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures.

Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture
2008 ed. This three-volume work is a cornerstone resource on the evolution and dynamics of the Jewish Diaspora as it played out around the world—from its beginnings to the present.

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
2005 ed. Explains the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large, tracing the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiling perpetrators and heroes, and explaining international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity.

Images

AP Images
Coverage: 1840-present. The photo archive for the Associated Press has over 500, 000 images dating from 1844 to the present and covering a wide range of events and locations.

Reviews

Index to Jewish Periodicals
Coverage: 1988-present. An index on Jewish history, activity and thought, including coverage of contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Coverage: 1960-present. A database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.

Book Review Index Online
Coverage: 1965-present. Indexes reviews in journals, general interest magazines, and scholarly journals.

Book Review Digest - Call Number: Case Ref Z1219.C95
Coverage: 1905-- . Indexes and excerpts reviews of books written in English and published in the U.S. and Canada. More selective than Book Review Index. Arranged alphabetically by author; subject and title indexes. Search year of publication and the year following publication.

Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.