Jewish Studies : Finding Books, Articles, Dissertations, and Book Reviews
Use these resources to find books, articles (in journals), essays (in books), dissertations, and book reviews in Jewish studies.
Library Catalog : To find titles and locations of books, journals, and other resources at the U of C Library, search the library catalog by author, title, subject, etc.
Database Finder : The Library subscribes to many different types of electronic resources, from those that provide indexes of journal articles to those that aggregate full-text content from a variety of different publishers. The Database Finder provides alphabetical and subject-based lists of these resources, including descriptive and coverage information. To browse titles in Jewish studies, follow the link above OR go to Database Finder and click on the "subject browse" tab. Scroll through the subjects in the left window and select "Jewish studies"; narrow your search by subcategory or leave the default of "ALL"; then click "go."
"Find It" Button : Use this button which appears in the library catalog and in most of the indexes listed below to find the resource within the University of Chicago Library, to request an interlibrary loan, or to export the record into RefWorks. If the Library subscribes to a service which provides electronic access to a resource, the "Find It" button will direct you there.
RefWorks
: Refworks is a web-based biliographic tool which lets you save
and use citations, automatically formating them in a variety of different citation
styles for use in bilbiographies and footnotes. The Library subscribes to Refworks
and makes accounts freely available to all University faculty, students, and
staff.
| Finding Books | Finding Articles/Essays | Finding Dissertations |
| Finding Book Reviews | Subject Specific Indexes |
- WorldCat
: A worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively
by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built
from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries,
it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.
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- Books
in Print : The Books In Print database has more than 4
million records, and is updated weekly. Records describe in-print, out-of-print,
and forthcoming books, audios and videos from more than 44,000 North American
publishers and U.S. distributors and wholesalers. U
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RAMBI Index of articles on Jewish Studies (The Jewish National and University Library). free access
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Index to Jewish Periodicals : "This database provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. Index to Jewish Periodicals is intended for students of Jewish thought and others interested in contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988."
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ATLA Religion Database : (1949-) The most important index for religious and theological studies. It indexes more than 700 journals relating to religion, some of which contain links to the full-text of the articles. It also indexes essays in books, including Festschriften; and book reviews. Compiled by the American Theological Library Association, this resource is intended to support the study and research of faculty and students studying religion.
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Academic Search Premier : A scholarly, full text database designed for academic institutions. The database includes full text for 1800 publications as well as images, for nearly every academic field of study.
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Compact Memory: Retrospektive Digitalisierung jüdischer Periodika im deutschsprachigen Raum: A major digitization project for over 80 Jewish German periodicals (mainly 19th and early 20th century).
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JSTOR : Archive of major scholarly journals. Contains complete runs from their first volumes up through approximately five years ago.
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Citation Linker : Find a particular article for which you have a citation. Enter the information you know about the article, journal, or book into the form below and the Citation Linker will help you locate the full text - whether online, in the Library, or through interlibrary loan.
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Web of Science : Part of the Web of Science, which also includes the Social Sciences and Science Citation Indexes. Allows searching by cited author as well as author, title, and keyword.
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ArticleFirst : (1990-) Indexes articles from the table of contents of nearly 12500 journals, along with a list of libraries holding the journal title.
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Project Muse : Project MUSE was launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press, to offer the full text of JHUP scholarly journals via the world wide web. In 1999, MUSE published online 46 JHUP titles in the humanities, social sciences. free access
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PCI, Periodicals Contents Index : Indexes the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from 1770 to 1995, including many European titles. Includes links to some full-text articles. Dates of full-text coverage vary by title.
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Finding Dissertations: The University of Chicago has circulating copies of most University of Chicago doctoral dissertations and masters' theses. Users with current University of Chicago borrowing privileges may borrow them. Records for these items are included in the Library Catalog. In Regenstein Library, dissertations and theses are usually shelved in the A-Level Reading Room. In other libraries, they are shelved in the bookstacks.
- ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses : Includes citations for materials
from the first U.S. dissertation (1861) to those accepted as recently as last
semester. Starting in 1997 full-text is often available. If full-text is not
available, information about ordering the document is provided. U
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- Index
to Theses with Abstracts : Indexes theses accepted for
Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland (1970-). U
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- Center for Research Libraries, Doctoral Dissertations Collection: Located in Hyde Park, CRL's international doctoral dissertations collection provides comprehensive access to doctoral dissertations submitted to institutions outside the United States and Canada, regardless of format, subject and location (free access to catalog, but membership needed to request items). U of C faculty, students, and staff may request items via interlibrary loan.
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Book Review Index
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International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR) (1985-)
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- Anthropology
Plus : Anthropology Plus is the world's most comprehensive,
focused index of bibliographic materials from the late 1800s to today in the
fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology;
ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture; and interdisciplinary
studies. Beyond these disciplines, researchers and scholars in art history,
demography, economics, genetics, geography, geology, history, psychology,
religion, or sociology will all find relevant anthropological material. U
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International Medieval Bibliography : "The IMB database comprises records deriving from articles published in periodicals (journals) and in miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues) published world-wide. All subjects relating to the Middle Ages are included, within the date range 300-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa." (Select "Enter databases" for access)
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Philosopher's Index : Contains citations and abstracts (1940-) covering scholarly research in the field of philosophy. Covers all major articles from anthologies and books in English, Spanish, German, Italian, and French as well as 480 journals from 38 countries.
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Sociological Abstracts : Provides access to research in sociology and related disciplines. Includes citations since 1963 (and abstracts since 1974) for articles in over 1,500 journals.
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