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Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1976- .
SML Stacks Z5937 +A795 (LC)
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An international interdisciplinary index to the literature of the arts and humanities, indexing the contents of about 6,100 journals, covering about 1,000 fully and about 5,100 selectively. Those selectively covered are titles in the sciences and social sciences indexed by Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index, from which articles of possible interest in the arts and humanities are drawn. Published in three parts:

• Citation Index, through which you can find what later articles have cited earlier books or articles
• Source Index, an author index
• Permuterm Subject Index, which offers keyword access to the titles of articles

Bibliographie Internationale de l'Humanisme et de la Renaissance. Geneva: Droz, 1966- .
SML Reference Z6207 R4 B53 (LC)

British Humanities Index. London: Library Association, 1962- .
SML Reference, Index Case AI3 +B75 (LC)
Indexes some 375 British periodicals, including many in the field of local history.
"Providing a guide to articles in over 300 journals and newspapers published in Britain. The term 'humanities' is interpreted broadly to include the arts, music, philosophy, religion, literature, economics, politics, history, and society. In addition, selected non-specialist articles of popular interest in science and technology" are also included. (Guide for users)
Beginning 1993, includes abstracts. In four sections: numbered abstracts arranged alphabetically by subject heading, alphabetical subject index, full author index, and index by source journal. (Balay, AD264)

Continues: The Subject index to periodicals. London: Library Association, 1919-1962.
SML Reference AI3 +A832 (LC)

Essay and General Literature Index. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1900/33- .
SML Reference, Index Case AI3 E77 (LC)
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Essay and General Literature Index (EGL), produced by The H.W. Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 300 volumes are indexed annually. Additionally, more than 20 annuals and serial publications are indexed. EGL also provides full bibliographic information on collective titles indexed. EGL focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film. The print volumes cover the years 1900 to the present.

Historical Abstracts: bibliography of the world's periodical literature. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1955-70.
SML Stacks D1 +H48     [Cumulative indexes: SML Stacks D1 +H48A]
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Historical Abstracts contains annotated references to books, articles, and dissertations on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts indexes over 2,000 journals published throughout the world. In addition to key historical journals from virtually every major country, Historical Abstracts covers hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history.
All abstracts are written in English. Article citations carry abstracts of 75-120 words or annotations of one or two sentences. Historical Abstracts on the Web also includes in-process English-language article entries (those entries for which abstract, subject terms, and chronologies are not yet available) prior to their inclusion in the print and version. In addition to articles, each year Historical Abstracts includes approximately 3,000 citations to historical books and abstracts of dissertations of particular interest for historical research.

Continued by: Historical Abstracts. Part A: Modern History Abstracts, 1450-1914. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1971- .
SML Stacks D1 +H482

Historical Abstracts. Part B: Twentieth Century Abstracts, 1914-. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1971- .
SML Stacks D1 +H483  

Humanities Abstracts Full Text. Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson Co.
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Humanities Abstracts Full Text, produced by The H. W. Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that cites articles from more than 350 English-language periodicals, plus the full text of over 95 of those periodicals. It covers the fields of archaeology and classical studies, art and photography, folklore, general scholarship, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, literary and political criticism, music and performing arts, philosophy, and religion and theology. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in 1984. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full text coverage begins with periodicals published in 1995. Continues:

Humanities Index. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1974- .
SML Reference, Index Case AI1 H84 (LC)

Indexes and Guides to Western European Periodicals in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Internationale Bibliographie der geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur : IBZ = International bibliography of periodical literature on the humanities and social sciences = Bibliographie internationale de la litterature periodique dans les domaines des sciences humaines et sociales. Osnabruck: F. Dietrich, 1963/64- .
SML Reference, Index Case AI9 I58 (LC)
SML Reference, Index Case AI9 I585 (LC) [cumulative index]
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A continuation, in combined form, of Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriftenliteratur mit Einschluss von Sammelwerken and Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur (see below). Subject index to more than 7,600 periodicals in German and other languages. The subjects are in German, with cross-references from English and French forms.

Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriftenliteratur mit Einschluss von Sammelwerken. Osnabruck: F. Dietrich, 1896-1964.
SML Reference, Index Case AI9 +B53 (LC)
A comprehensive index valuable because of the large number of important German periodicals, transactions, yearbooks, and other composite works indexed. The usual arrangement is in two parts, the first being an index by broad subject headings, giving in each entry the article's title, its author when known, and the reference to the periodical; the second part is an author index to the subject index.

Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur. Leipzig: F. Dietrich, 1911-1964.
SML Reference, Index Case AI9 B535 (LC)
Indexes about 1,400 periodicals and general works in the principal non-German languages, but not necessarily on non-German subjects. Is similar in general plan and arrangement to Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriftenliteratur mit Einschluss von Sammelwerken. Library is missing 1943/44-1948/49.

Recently Published Articles. Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association, 1976-1990.
SML Reference Z6205 R43 (LC)

A note on the annotations:

Balay = Guide to reference books. Edited by Robert Balay. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
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Sheehy = Guide to reference books. Edited by Eugene P. Sheehy. 10th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.
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