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Indexes & Abstracts
Use these indexes and abstracts to locate articles in
journals, monograph series, dissertations, and much more. To locate a specific
title at Yale, search in Orbis. The online databases and CD-ROMs are available
for the Yale community only.
See also the list of Databases
and Electronic Journals for History and the complete lists of databases
and online journals
available to Yale users.
Air University Library Index to Military
Periodicals (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Library, 1949- .)
SML, Main Reading Room Z6723 +A57 (LC).
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A subject index to articles, book reviews, and editorials from English language
military and aeronautical periodicals.
America: History and Life (Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, v. 0- 1964- .)
SML, Main Reading Room, Z1236 +A43 (LC).
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America: History and Life is the primary index to the literature of American
and Canadian History, covering over 2,000 journals in 45 languages. The print
volumes are issued in four parts:
Part A. Article abstracts and citations
Part B. Index to book reviews
Part C. American History bibliography, books, articles
and dissertations
Part D. Annual Index
Volume 0 covers 1954-1963. The CD-ROM covers 1964
to the present.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1975- .)
SML, Main Reading Room Z5937 +A795 (LC)
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An international interdisciplinary index to the literature of the arts and
humanities, indexing the contents of journals.
Bio-Base [microform] (Detroit,
MI: Gale, 1978- .)
SML, Reference Fiche S320
Biography Index: A Cumulative Index
to Biographical Material in Books and Magazines (New York: H.W. Wilson,
1946- .)
SML, Main Reading Room Z5301 B56 (LC)
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Biography Resource Center
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Biographical information on people throughout history, across all disciplines
and subject areas. It combines biographies from sources such as Contemporary
Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and
Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century
Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International
Dictionary of Art and Artists, and the Writer's Directory.
Chicano
Database identifies all types of material on Mexican-American topics
and about Chicanos. Updated quarterly, the Chicano Database covers at least
1967 to the present. Records added since 1992 have expanded its scope to
include the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans,
and Central American immigrants. The Chicano Database also includes the Spanish
Speaking Mental Health Database, covering psychological, sociological, and
educational literature.
Digital Dissertations
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Digital Dissertations contains entries with information about doctoral dissertations
and master's theses. It is the same database as Dissertation Abstracts, but
with the significant advantage that titles published since 1997 are available
in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available.
Dissertation Abstracts International
(Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1861-.)
SML, Reference Z5055 +U49 +D57 (LC). Note: Volumes in Subj. Bib.
are Sections A and C. Section B is in the SML stacks at the same call
number.
Lists Dissertations accepted for the Ph.D. and other doctoral degrees by
American and Canadian degree-granting institutions. Dates of coverage 1861
to the present. Coverage is identical for both print and CD-ROM, although
the CD-ROM does not include abstracts for dissertations prior to 1981. Issued
in three parts after 1969:
* Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences (1969-present)
* Section B: Sciences and Engineering (1969-present)
* Section C: European Abstracts (1976-1988); Worldwide
(1989-present)
See also American Doctoral Dissertations at Z5055 +U49 A62
(LC).
ESTC (English Short Title Catalogue)
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Contains records for works printed in any language in England or its dependencies
from 1473 through 1800, as well as works printed in English anywhere else
in the world during that period. Subject headings appear in records for items
published in 1700 or earlier.
Continues: Pollard, Alfred W. and Redgrave, G.
W. Short Title Catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland,
and Ireland, and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (London:
Bibliographical Society, 1976-1991)
SML, Bibliography Z2002 +P65 (LC). Also located at Beinecke Reference,
British Art Center Reference, and Divinity, Trowbridge Reading Room.
Wing, Donald.
-----. Short Title Catalogue of books printed
in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English
books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (New York: Index Committee
of the Modern Language Association of America, 1972-1988)
SML, Bibliography Z2002 +W55 (LC), also located at Beinecke Reference, British
Art Center Reference, Divinity Stack Reference, and Medical/Historical Reference.
Eureka
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Eureka offers access to an array of databases, including the Research Library
Group's RLIN bibliographic database of more than 22 million titles. Eureka
provides catalog records for books, journals, maps, sound recordings, musical
scores, films, archives, and computer files held in research, corporate,
and public libraries, as well as museums, archives and historical societies.
The Eureka CitaDel files, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, and Anthropological
Literature provide online access to journal citations in these and related
fields. Searches can be printed, downloaded, or e-mailed to the user. Use
Eureka to locate materials outside of Yale.
Film
Index International indexes films from the first silent movies to the
latest blockbusters, and provides biographical information for many film
personalities. Its content also includes coverage of international film awards
and prizes as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.
Film
Indexes Online Film Index International and AFI Catalog.
Film
Literature Index indexes film and television periodicals from 30 countries
and other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The
periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. Subject headings provide
detailed analysis of the articles.
Hispanic
American Periodicals contains journal information from and about Central
and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico
border region, and Hispanics in the United States. From analyses of current
political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American
arts and letters, HAPI contains complete bibliographic citations to articles,
book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials.
Historical Abstracts (Sanda
Monica: ABC-Clio, 1955- )
SML, Main Reading Room, Index Cases D1 +H48 (LC) / D1 +H482 (LC).
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Abstracts of articles from over 2,000 U.S. and foreign periodicals, and Festscriften,
covering world history and culture (not U.S. and Canada). It also includes
citations of dissertations and selected book, film, and video reviews. The
CD-ROM covers 1975 to the present. The print volumes go back to 1955.
In 1971, Historical Abstracts split into two sections:
Historical Abstracts. Part A: Modern History Abstracts,
1450-1914
Historical Abstracts. Part B: Twentieth Century
Abstracts, 1914-
Left
Index is a guide to the literature on the left, with a primary emphasis
on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside
and outside academia. A secondary emphasis is on significant but little known
sources of news and ideas. Topics covered include the labor movement, ecology
& environment, race & ethnicity, social & cultural theory, sociology,
art & aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization.
Poole's Plus Index to Periodical Literature
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A single electronic search across a merged file covering six printed editions,
including date information added to each citation, an author index that enables
full searching and linking by author's names, and expanded title information
of the titles in Poole's
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