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Library Contacts
Associate Professor, University Library/ Head, History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library/ Librarian for History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, History Librarian, Religious Studies Librarian, and Newspaper Librarian
217-300-3520
cswroth@illinois.edu
Afro-American Studies, Bioethics, Buddhism, Ethics, Genealogy, Hinduism, History, History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine, Jewish Studies, Newspapers, Philosophy, Religion, Religious Studies
Video Tutorials (Searching Library Databases)
1. Analyzing a Topic
This video introduces the basics of searching library databases, and how searching library databases is different from searching other online information systems (like Google). A transcript of this video is available here: https://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/tutorials/analyzing/.
2. Search Queries in Library Databases
This video goes into more detail on how to construct a query for a library database, including more information on query syntax and Boolean logic. A transcript of this video is available here: https://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/tutorials/searching/
Key Resources
JSTOR: The full text of over 2,500 scholarly journals, with coverage back to the first issue for each, in some cases as far back as the 17th century. Recent issues of most journals in this database are embargoed by journal publishers, so to be certain you are also identifying the most recent publications, use an article index like Historical Abstracts.
Historical Abstracts: Journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on all aspects of world history, excluding North America, from 1450. Includes links to the full text of some articles. 1954-present.
Bibliography of Asian Studies: Multi-disciplinary. Indexes journal articles, books, and book chapters, principally in Western languages on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Indexes publications from 1971-present.