Wilson Humanities Abstracts Full Text – Short User Guide
Presented using the WebSpirs interface, Humanities Full Text brings you full text with
abstracts and bibliographic indexing for the most noted scholarly journals in the humanities,
as well as many important specialized magazines.
Humanities Abstracts Full Text contains abstracting and indexing coverage for all 500
periodicals included in Wilson’s Humanities Index as well as the full text of over 160
periodicals, offering instant access to information from publications such as: American
Journalism Review; American Poetry Review; Art Journal; Asian Folklore Studies; Canadian
Journal of History; Central European History; Contemporary Review; Dance Magazine; Film
Criticism; Journal of Popular Culture; Opera News; Perspectives of New Music; Scandinavian
Studies; World Literature Today.
Subjects covered include: Archeology; Art; Communications; Drama; Film; Folklore; History;
Humanities; Language; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Photography; Religion.
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Subject Searching
Anywhere - all searchable fields within the database
Subject – subject fields within the database
Author or Title Searching
Author - enter a last name and initial(s) to search for an author (Corporate Author is also
available)
Title - enter a word or phrase to be searched in the title
Other Database Fields
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terms and fields using the Terms, In (fields) boxes and Boolean Operator choices. Use the
Database Guide to find out about the fields.
Browsing Indexes
Choose here to browse for general subjects or field specific indexes – journal name,
language, type of publication etc.
Find Citation
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Limits
Commonly used limits are listed on the Search Page, Others can be chosen from the More
Limits page. Limits generally allow you to choose from within types of documents, languages
and the presence of full-text or abstracts
Search History
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save searches or create SDI’s (Alerts).
Print, Save and Email
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