Research Databases
- Art Full Text (1984 to date) This link opens in a new window
Indexes 350 art magazines and journals covering pre-historic to contemporary art. Some full text from 1995-date. For earlier dates search its companion database the Art Index Retrospective. Searching both databases simultaneously for publications dated 1929 to the present. Both databases index the Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin.
- ATLA Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Also covers antiquities and archaeology, Bible, church history, ecumenism, ethics, missions, pastoral ministry, philosophy, religions and religious studies, theology. Dates of Coverage: 1949-to date
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Index to thousands of academic journals covering world history (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to present, in over 40 languages, with full-text available. Dates of Coverage: 1955 to date
- Index to Jewish Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 230 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. Covers Jewish and Middle Eastern culture, literature, history, politics, religion, and other areas of study. Dates of Coverage: 1988 to date
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Index to books, essays, and journal articles on modern languages, literatures, fiction, folklore and linguistics. Topics include literary theory, criticism, folk literature and belief systems, linguistics, semantics, translation, dramatic arts, and history of printing and publishing. Covers literature worldwide and includes materials in all genres and in foreign languages. Dates of Coverage: 1926 to date
- RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies This link opens in a new windowIncludes scholarly articles in all disciplines from journals and collections of articles in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and many European languages. Covers the various fields of Jewish studies and the study of the Southern Levant (roughly Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, and parts of Lebanon). Dates of Coverage: 1966 to date
Web Resources & Digital Collections
- Center for Jewish History Digital CollectionsThe Center for Jewish History provides a collaborative home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The partners’ archives comprise the world’s largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel.
- CentropaMaintained by the Central Europe Center for Research and Documentation, contains oral history and photographic archives.
- EuroDocs GermanyGateway to historical primary document collections on the web.
- EuropeanaInternet portal to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records from Europe’s museums and cultural institutions.
- Jewish History Resource CenterLists 5,000+ websites relevant to Jewish history. Topics are arranged in topic categories and by type.
- JSTOR images (formerly Artstor)
High quality images of the fine arts (painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing), photography, architecture and new media including Film, Audio, Video, Performance Art and Digital Art - Judaica Sammlung FrankfurtDigitized titles of extensive Hebraica and Judaica collections; around 18,000 titles of the late 19th - early 20th centuries; PDF format.
- Leo Baeck InstituteOrganization devoted to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews, with searchable digital collections. Oberlin also has past and current access to Leo Baeck Institute Year Book.
- Leo Baeck Institute Year BookThe Leo Baeck Institute Year Book is the pre-eminent journal on Central European Jewish history and culture.
Research tools that everyone should know about!
- Google ScholarMix of scholarly content and less scholarly from all fields, some freely available articles. "Cited By" links help to show connections between scholars’ work. Never pay for articles; check Journal Finder (below) or use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request.
- Journal FinderQuickly find out what scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers Oberlin has access to, either in print or online.
- RefworksCitation management tool; saves your references, formats footnotes and creates bibliography. To learn more, explore the RefWork tab on this page for tutorials; you can also stop by the research desk or make a research appointment for in-depth help.