New York Public Library, Shakers and Shakerism: A Guide to the Collections
New York Public Library, Digital Library includes photographs of Shaker buildings
Ken Burns, American Stories, The Shakers (a PBS documentary)
Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine (an active Shaker community)
New Religious Movements:Â United Society of Believers (student web page for University of Virginia course) includes background info, resource list, and links to audio-visual resources
To find books on the subject of Shakerism, try searching the library catalog using the following subject search terms. You can also use these terms in a keyword search:
To find books on Shakers, try searching the library catalog using the following author search terms. You can also use these terms in a subject or keyword search:
To find more books in other libraries, use these search terms in WorldCat and place an interlibrary loan request using the "Find it" button.
Use the search terms above in the following databases:
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. 
U of C access
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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America:
History and Life : The fundamental indexing and abstracting
tool for American and Canadian history. Abstracts and indexes
articles and reviews from 2,000 journals published worldwide from
1954. Database also includes citations to abstracts of
dissertations published in these areas. Database updated monthly.
U of C access
Use the search terms above in the following online collections:
Early English Books Online (EEBO) : Titles from
Pollard & Redgrave (1475-1640), Wing (1641-1700), Thomason
Tracts (1640-1661) and Early English Books Tract Supplement.
Subjects include literature, history, philosophy, linguistics,
theology, music, art, education, mathematics, and science.
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Eighteen Century Collections Online (ECCO) :
Comprehensive digital edition of the eighteenth century, a
microfilm collection of 150,000 English-language titles and
editions published between 1701 and 1800. Includes books and
broadsides, Bibles, tract books and sermons to printed ephemera by
well-known and lesser-known eighteenth-century authors. U of C access
Sabin Americana Collection (1500-1926)
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans Digital Editions (1639-1800) : a resource
for research on 17th and 18th century American life, which includes
devotional literature, prayer books, prayers, psalters, and
sermons. U of C
access
Early American Imprints, Series II:
Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) : a resource for research on 19th
century American life, which includes devotional literature, prayer
books, prayers, psalters, and sermons. U of C access
Early American Newspapers : Provides full text of issues from
hundreds of American newspapers published between 1699 and 1876,
concentrating on newspapers that began publication before 1820.
Provides page images and images of individual articles. Texts are
word searchable. U of C
access
Library subject pages on Art and Architecture, Music, History, and other subjects
Grove
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art and culture of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and the
Pacific, with links to images and further information in museum and
other art-related web sites. U of C access
ARTstor : Searchable database of more than 300,000 digital
images. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and
documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture,
photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as forms of
visual culture. Users can search, view, and download images.
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Grove Music Online : This landmark reference work includes over
29,000 articles in all areas of music. Includes coverage of
classical western music, world, jazz, popular and 20th century
music. U of C
access
