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Judaic Studies Research Databases

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Folk Literature of the Sephardic Jews A multimedia archive of ballads and other oral literature in Judeo-Spanish collected from 1957 to 1993 by Samuel G. Armistead (University of California, Davis), the late Joseph H. Silverman (University of California, Santa Cruz), and Israel J. Katz.
Hebrewbooks.org Collection of Torah Seforim.
Heritage: Civilization and the Jews Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture and civilization from the Jewish expulsion from Spain in 1492 to the French Revolution in 1789.
Jewish History: An Essay in the Philosophy of History (Project Gutenberg)
Jewish History Sourcebook (Fordham Univ.) The Project seeks present original source texts in a context that lends itself to educational use.
Jewish Studies, an Internet Journal JSIJ is a peer-reviewed, electronic journal dealing with all fields of Jewish studies, which is distributed free of charge via the Internet.
Jewish Virtual Library The most comprehensive online resource on Jewish history, politics and culture, to provide a one-stop shop for users from around the world seeking answers to questions on subjects ranging from anti-Semtism to Zionism.
My Jewish Learning My Jewish Learning is all about empowering Jewish discovery for anyone interested in learning more. We offer thousands of articles, videos and other resources to help you navigate all aspects of Judaism and Jewish life — from food to history to beliefs and practices.
RAMBI Index of Articles on Jewish Studies Indexes articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of the land of Israel. Covers articles in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages.
Sefaria Library of Jewish Texts Find commentaries, connections and translations.
Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe This encyclopedia provides a complete picture of the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginnings of their settlement in the region to the present.

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SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary database that contains over 1,000 full text, online journals in the fields of business, education, health, the humanities, law enforcement, criminology, and other social sciences. Several of these journals are the most authoritative and influential in their fields. Access from 1999-present.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window Updated regularly. Offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. Includes archives of over 1,000 leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.
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ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window Search ALL ProQuest databases at once. Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database and contains a diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos. Encompasses business, science & technology, health, social sciences, arts & humanities, and news.
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century forward. Helpful for research on world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and many other related topics.
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Education Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Access to top educational publications covering primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
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ERIC: Education Resource Information Center This link opens in a new window Educational-related materials including conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and more with links to more than 337,000 full text documents back to 1966.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Contains over 4,000 in-depth research reports from 1923 to present on the world’s most pressing issues (gay marriage, gun control, Middle East conflicts, etc.) with data, charts, and visuals.
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Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Films On Demand: Master Academic Package This link opens in a new window Full-length streaming videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, sciences, and mathematics fields.
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Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
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ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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Selected eBooks

Rebuilding jewish life in Germany

The land of truth: Talmud tales, timeless teachings

From forbidden fruit to milk and honey: A commentary on food in the Torah

Jewish radical feminism: Voices from the women's liberation movement

Feeling Jewish (A book for just about anyone)

Challenge and conformity: The religious lives of Orthodox Jewish women

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This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of Judaic Studies resources available to you. The Judaic Studies Research Databases box lists databases recommended in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc.

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Journal for the Study of the Old Testament "This journal offers the best in current, peer-reviewed scholarship on the Old Testament across a range of critical methodologies." from SAGE Publishing
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures "The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (JHS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, journal established in 1996 to foster scholarly research on the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Israel’s History and cognate fields of studies."
Journal of Jewish Thought & Philosophy