humanities research guide

This guide will show you the major databases used to do research in the humanities at W&L. What defines "humanities"? : Those branches of knowledge, such as philosophy, literature, and art, that are concerned with human thought and culture; the liberal arts. (from the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)

Finding Books : general information

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. 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.

This icon in search results will link you to full-text resources when available.