Humanities Research Guide
| Finding Books To find books on your topic, you should use Annie, our Library Catalog. If the library does not have enough coverage on your topic, you may search WorldCat, a national catalog. WorldCat has an interlibrary loan icon (ILL) on the results page, which allows you to request the book from another library. If you are doing a search by topic, we recommend you start your search using KEYWORD. Finding Articles & Do we have the articles you need? Articles are found in indexes, also called databases. A listing of humanities indexes is found below. Many databases have direct links to full-text articles. However, if no full-text if provided in the database, you need to go to our Periodical Finder (help page). The Periodical Finder will indicate where you can find the full-text of the article, be it in online form or in print form in the library stacks. However, our holdings are limited, and you may use our Interlibrary Loan service to request articles we do not have available. The |
Databases by Discipline
TIPS 1 : Read through the entire list of databases before making your selection
2 : Read the info page to determine what the database consists of, how to search it, etc.
GENERAL HUMANITIES
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
Project Muse - info and connect
JSTOR - info and connect
Alternative Press Index - info and connect
Expanded Academic ASAP - info and connect
ProQuest Research Library - info and connect
Periodicals Index Online (PIO) - info and connect
More online resources in the Humanities
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Art Full Text - info and connect
Art Retrospective - info and Connect
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) - info and connect Connect
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
Grove Art Online (encyclopedia) - info and connect
ARTStor (art images) - info and connect
More online resources in Art & Architecture
LITERATURES & LANGUAGES
MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography - info and Connect
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
More online resources in Literature & Language
PHILOSOPHY
Philosopher's Index - info and Connect
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (work in progress) - Connect
More online resources in Philosophy
RELIGION
ATLA Religion - info and connect
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
Encyclopedia of Religion - online and in print
More online resources in Religion
HISTORY
America: History and Life - info and connect
Historical Abstracts - info and Connect
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance - info and Connect
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index - info and connect
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
International
Medieval Bibliography - info
and connect
More online resources
in History
CLASSICS
l'Année Philologique - info and connect
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: info and connect
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
More online resources in Classics
MUSIC
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
Grove Music Online (encyclopedias) - info and connect
See also the ALL HUMANITIES section above
THEATER
Arts and Humanities Search - info and connect
Grove Music Online (encyclopedias) - info and connect
LexisNexis - info and connect
Citing Books and Articles for your bibliography and footnotes
There are a number of citation style guides. The ones most used in the humanities are the Chicago Style and the MLA Style. The most detailed information is found in the printed books (Turabian Manual; MLA Guide), rather than the online manuals. However, if you are citing an online source, you should use the online manuals listed.