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Hist 3453: Modern Germany

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Library Catalog,  MOBIUS,  WorldCat

Scholarly journal article databases and indexes


Historical Abstracts (1955- )
Historical Abstracts is an extensive index that covers world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).  It includes entries for books published, but not book reviews.  More info

Academic Search Premier
Scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,650 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. More info

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975 - )
Journal Index. Covers political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. More info

MLA Bibliography (1963- )
Indexes the international literature in the fields of literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.   More info

Sociological Abstracts  (1952 - )
Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.  More info

PsycINFO (1887 - )
Indexes journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields.  More info

EconLit (1969 - )
Indexes and abstracts for 400+ journals and 500+ collected works per year, including books, dissertations, and working papers.  More info

Web of Science (1988- )
Use for subject or citation searching in the Sciences, Social Sciences, or Humanities.  More info

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (RLG) (1975- ) (5 concurrent users allowed)
Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine.  More info

GenderWatch (1974- )
A full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports, and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues.   More info

JSTOR
Includes the complete back runs of almost 500 journal titles, from whenever each title began publication to a point 3 or 5 years ago. More info

Project MUSE
Includes about 100 scholarly journals from the most recent 3-5 years. More info

You might also want to consult the lists of databases maintained by the various subject librarias on the "Resources by Subject" page.


Older print scholarly journal indexes


Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature (1911- )

International Bibliography of Historical Sciences (1926- )


Newspapers


LexisNexis Academic
Use this to search the full text of European newspapers from about 1975 to the present.  It does not include images.

The Times (London) (1788- ) [microfilm]
The Times Index (London) [print]

New York Times (1851- ) [microfilm]
New York Times Index [print]

New York Times Article Archive: 1851-1980
Use this for basic searching in the New York Times archive to find a citation to an article, then use our microfilm collection.


General periodical indexes


Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900- ) [print]
General interest periodical index; mostly American but some British.

International Index to Periodical Literature (1907-55) [print]
Similar to Readers' Guide (above), but the periodicals are more scholarly.


Reference sources

(a very selected list)

Online:

Oxford Reference Online (1 user at a time)

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Atlas des Deutschen Reichs

Print:

Dictionary of German History, 1806-1945

Historical Dictionary of Germany

Historical Dictionary of Germany's Weimar Republic, 1918-1933

Women Under the Third Reich: a biographical dictionary


Miscellaneous full-text sources


Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online, 1543-1945
A collection of "books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the revolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights."  More info


Guides to secondary literature


American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature



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