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ELECTRONIC
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The following databases index diverse journal collections and provide access to thousands of full-text articles via any computer on the USHMM network.
Central and Eastern European Online LibraryProvides access to articles from more than 300 humanities and social science journals pertaining to Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern European topics. Browse an alphabetical list of titles here.
JSTORInterdisciplinary collection of articles from more than 1,500 scholarly journals. Browse an alphabetical list of titles here.
LekketSearchable database of articles by leading scholars in the field of Jewish studies, including back issues of Yad Vashem Studies and conference proceedings sponsored by Yad Vashem.
Project MuseProvides access to almost 400 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines. Depth of coverage varies for each publication. Browse an alphabetical list of titles here.
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The following databases provide bibliographic citations and reference pointers on accessing hundreds of thousands of articles published in multiple languages.
Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on AntisemitismContains more than 40,000 annotated citations for articles, books, and other resources about the history of antisemitism. Maintained by the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism.
Google ScholarDatabase of links to peer-reviewed articles, papers, books, and abstracts published by professional societies, universities, and academic publishers worldwide.
Historical AbstractsIndexes and abstracts articles from more than 4,000 journals as well as books and dissertations published worldwide in over 40 languages.
Index to Jewish PeriodicalsIndexes more than 160 English-language journals on Jewish history, activity, and thought. Includes guides to articles, book reviews, and feature stories devoted to Jewish affairs published since 1988. Browse an alphabetical list of indexed journals here.
IngentaConnectSearches content from more than 170 different publishing partners. Includes article summaries from over 30,000 publications. Provides links to the full text of titles to which the library subscribes.
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PubMedIncludes more than 14 million citations for life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering articles dating back to the 1950s.
RAMBI: A Jewish Studies IndexIndexes articles on Jewish studies compiled from thousands of periodicals and collections of articles in various languages.
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Follow this link for a listing of all journal titles available electronically.
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The following databases provide full-text access to back issues of select newspapers.
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Expresse DigitaleWeb gateway for a collection of over 25 major German exile and anti-Nazi newspapers published from 1933 to 1945.
Historical New York TimesProvides full-text access to the New York Times newspaper, with all issues published between 1851 through 2004.
Historical Washington PostProvides full-text access to the Washington Post newspaper, with all issues published between 1877 and 1991.
Historical Jewish PressProvides full-text access to digitized Jewish newspapers in various countries, languages, and time periods. Includes issues of the Palestine Post published between 1932 and 1950.
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The following databases provide access to encyclopedia articles or original primary sources related to the Holocaust.
Conditions and Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-1945Digital collection of historical documents based on British Foreign Office information files gathered from across German-occupied territories during World War II. Includes information relevant to everyday life, propaganda efforts, and resistance movements in Western Europe.
Encyclopaedia JudaicaOnline encyclopedia that includes more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion.
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Oxford Reference OnlineIncludes over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works into a single cross-searchable resource. A list of all titles included in this resource can be found here.
Testaments to the HolocaustA digital collection of primary-source documents and rare printed materials drawn from the holdings of the Wiener Library in London that includes materials on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, including eyewitness accounts, photographs, Nazi propaganda, rare publications, and other source materials.
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History ArchiveProvides access to the nearly 52,000 interviews with Holocaust survivors conducted in 56 countries and in 32 languages through the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, formerly the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.
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The following databases provide citations and, in some cases, the full text of master's theses and doctoral dissertations.
DissonlineCollection of full-text dissertations awarded by German universities. Maintained by the German National Library.
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Proquest Dissertations & ThesesIncludes citations, abstracts, or full text access to master's theses and doctoral dissertations from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1637.
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The following databases provide language and translation resources.
Oxford Language Dictionaries OnlineProvides searchable, comprehensive bilingual dictionaries for English translations to and from German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese. Includes audio samples to hear native pronunciation of most words.
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The following resources provide geographic and location information.
Columbia Gazetteer of the WorldDatabase of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world. Online, updated version of the 1998 Columbia Gazetteer of the World.
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ShtetlSeekerDatabase containing the names of all localities in the 31 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, plus all of the former Soviet Republics, and Turkey, based on data provided by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. A project of JewishGen.
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