History 522
Studies in Modern European Intellectual History:
Histories of the Body
Searching for Books | Finding Book Reviews | Reference Books |
Searching for Scholarly Articles | Looking for More Articles? |
Who cited the Work? | Staying Current
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/books.html
To find BOOKS (and other materials) at Penn State use the library's catalog, The CAT
Use WorldCat to search for materials in libraries worldwide. Use the “Request via ILL” link to have items delivered to you. For more see our Interlibrary Loan FAQ,
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/ill/faq.htm
To search inside Books, use the resources on the E-Books page,
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/format/electronicbook.htm
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/format/bookreviews.htm
Combined Retrospective Index Set to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886 1974
Combined Retrospective Index Set to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974
Book Review Digest. 1905-present.
Book Review Index. 1965-present (Online)
Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur = International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences. 1971-present.
Call # AI9.I52, Arts and Humanities Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Pattee
Reference Books (Your Wikipedia Alternative)
Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Call # D14.B48, Arts and Humanities Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Pattee
Gale Virtual Reference Library (includes, Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000, and Encyclopedia of Modern Europe: Europe Since 1914) Online
Oxford Reference Online (full text of many Oxford University Press reference works, including the Oxford Companion to the Body)
Historians and Historical Writing
Call # D14.E53 1999, Arts and Humanities Ready Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee
Biography and Genealogy Master Index,
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/eres/PSU_azlist.html
Searching for Scholarly Articles
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/articlesdatabases.html
A few History and General databases
- Historical Abstracts
- History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
- Women's Studies International
- Francis (European periodicals, focus on French language sources)
- IBZ (European periodicals, focus on German Language sources)
- Periodicals Index Online (covers many disciplines, but is not current)
Selected Databases in Disciplines other than History
- Art Index
- ATLA Religion Database
- Philosopher's Index
- PsycInfo (articles in Psychology Journals)
For more try, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/eres/gensubjlist.html
Full-Text
The databases History Cooperative, JSTOR, MUSE, and Periodicals Archive Online
include the full-text of selected History journals.
Bibliography is a list of sources usually on a specific theme or region. A few to try:
- Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature
- Bibliographie Annuelle de l'histoire de France. 1955-present
- A Selected Bibliography on Modern French History: 1600 to the Present
- Quellenkunde der Deutschen Geschichte : Bibliographie der Quellen und der Literatur zur Deutschen Geschichte
- Web of Science (Citation database)
- Google Scholar http://google.scholar.com/
- Google Books (search inside books), http://books.google.com
Many databases will e-mail regular updates. Some are offering RSS feeds. A few to explore are Historical Abstracts, The CAT, Muse, and Cambridge Journals.
Browsing Current Journals - Most current issues of history journals are in the Arts and Humanities Library, 2nd floor Pattee. You can browse alphabetically by title.
Questions????
Contact Eric Novotny, ecn1@psu.edu, 814-865-1014, AIM: HistoryLibrarian