Bibliographic resources
a) Catalogues
Muller Library <http://lmml.org.uk.dotnet17.hostbasket.com/catalogues.html>
The Sefer Hebrew catalogue includes literature in Hebrew & Yiddish , subjects related to Israel
(history, geography, culture), and Jewish communities in the diaspora.
OLIS <http://library.ox.ac.uk/>
The Oxford libraries catalogue.
Leo Baeck College Library
<http://www.lbc.ac.uk/content/blogcategory/431/146/>
Catalogue of a London-based Jewish Studies and Rabbinic library. Its holdings are not included
in any Union Catalogue.
COPAC <http://www.copac.ac.uk>
Combined OPAC (online public access catalogue) of 24 major university research libraries in the
UK and Ireland, including the British Library.
Karlsruhe virtual catalogue (KVK)
<http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/hylib/en/kvk.html>
The closest you get to an international union catalogue. Contains COPAC plus many national
libraries from around the world.
Israel Union catalogue ULI <http://libnet.ac.il/~libnet/uli/uli.htm>
Is what is says. Not contained within KVK.
b) Citation indexes
RAMBI < http://libnet.ac.il/~libnet/rmb >
Most comprehensive citation index for Jewish Studies. Lists articles from 1966 onwards.
IHP (NEW ACQUISITION) – accessible from any of the library computers
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http://aleph3.libnet.ac.il/F/?func=find-b-0&local_base=ihpj&con_lng=heb
Arts and Humanities Citation Index <http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi>
General citation index from articles 1975 onwards. Choose ‘Web of Science’ from the drop down
menu, then tick ‘Arts & Humanities Citation Index’.
Requires a live connection to Oxford University.
c) Electronic resources
OXLIP <http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/>
Gateway to all EL’s of Oxford University. For us the ‘Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias and
Reference Works’ section is probably the most interesting part of it (Single Sign-On)
Oxford e-Journals <http://ejournals.ouls.ox.ac.uk>
Title list of all e-Journals available within the University of Oxford.
Requires a live connection to Oxford University (Single Sign-On)
Journal of Jewish Studies (archive) <http://www.jjs-online.net>
Our centre’s own publication. Free access to the full-text archive is available only from
computers of the Muller Library.
Hubs and gateways for Jewish Studies
Academic info <http://www.academicinfo.net/Judaism.html>
Annotated gateway for Jewish Studies at academic level. Categories: digital publications,
Holocaust Studies, American Jews, women & Judaism, organizations. Focus on North America.
Penn library ( Center for Advanced Judaic Studies library)
<http:www.library.upenn.edu/cajs/home.html>
Well maintained up-to-date link list to worldwide Jewish Studies resources, inc. library meta
catalogues, e-texts and -journals, Academic Jewish Studies libraries and archives, museums and
syllabi.
Studying Jewish Studies – worldwide
SOAS: Judaica & Near East: other useful libraries & archives
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<http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/using/others/finding-material-in-other-libraries.html>
Link list of libraries and archives with Jewish Studies collections in the UK. Provides on-line
collection descriptions.
Academic info <http://www.academicinfo.net/Judaism.html>
Annotated gateway for Jewish Studies at academic level. Categories: digital publications,
Holocaust Studies, American Jews, women & Judaism, organizations. Focus on North America.
Academic
Jewish
Studies
Internet
Directory
<http://www.jewish-studies.com/>
or
<http://jewishstudies.virtualave.net/>
Entries have been divided into the following 6 categories: ‘Academic associations’, ‘libraries’,
‘archives’, ‘Jewish Studies at universities’, ‘research institutes’ and ‘other internet resources’.
Judaica libraries and archives on the web <http://www.bibliomaven.com/>
Comprehensive link list to Judaica libraries and archives throughout the world.
Journal related sources
Academic Jewish Studies internet directory <http://www.jewishstudies.com/Other_Internet_Resources/Academic_Journals/>
Linked list of current academic Judaica journals.
Compact memory <http://www.compactmemory.de/>
Database of all major German-Jewish periodicals from the early 19th century to WWII. The
complete runs are available online in fulltext, free of charge.
Israel union list of serials (ULS) <http://libnet.ac.il/~libnet/uls/>
Jewish history
Jewish History Resource Center, Hebrew University <http://www.dinur.org>
To date >5000 links to websites related to Jewish history have been categorised into 25
categories, e.g. different time periods, bibliographies, libraries, genealogy.
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Manuscript studies
Institute of microfilmed Hebrew manuscripts <http://jnul.huji.ac.il/imhm/catalog.htm>
Over 60,000 reels, representing more than 90% of known Hebrew manuscripts worldwide are
available. The entire catalogue is online free.
Yiddish
Yiddish literature <www.jewish-literature.de>
First online fulltext database of Yiddish books. About 800 representative and rare books from 16th
century to the beginning of 20th century.
Index to Jewish periodicals: an author and subject index to selected English language journals of
general and scholarly interest, ed. by Lenore Pfeffer, Cleveland Hights, Ohio: Index to Jewish
periodicals, 1963- [annually].
Also
available
on
CD-ROM
and
online
via
EbscoHost.
Information
at
<http://www.jewishperiodicals.com>.
180 periodicals indexed. Topics covered: Judaica, Hebraica, Israel, Jewish literature, current
events, Middle East. 2004 print version comprises of 1004 pages.
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