Penn State University Libraries - HIST 522: Histories of the Body

• 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

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 (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature) (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 Retrospective (1929-1984)
• ATLA Religion Database
• Philosopher's Index
• PsycINFO (articles in Psychology Journals)

The databases History Cooperative E-Journals, JSTOR, Project Muse, and Periodicals Archive Online include the full-text of selected History journals.

• Web of Science (Citation database)
• Google Scholar
• Google Books (search inside books)

Many databases will e-mail regular updates. Some are offering RSS feeds. A few to explore are Historical Abstracts, The CAT, Project 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.