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Seminar: Black Death

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XPLORE

Here are some subject headings in the XPLORE online catalog to search for books on the subject of Black Death.

Black death
Black death -- Europe
Plague -- Great Britain 
Plague

OhioLINK

Book Review Databases

Book Review Index Online (1965-present; updated quarterly; some full-text; XLinks) is a comprehensive guide to more than 5 million book reviews in thousands of publications. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Thomson/Gale. This subscription is limited to 2 simultaneous users.

Books in Print Professional (full-text reviews; RefWorks help) complete, unbiased bibliographic information for over 5 million in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, audio, and video titles. An online version of the highly regarded print title, it features over 30,000 full-text previews; 140,000 tables of contents; and over 700,000 reviews of titles by over 200,000 publishers. It also includes cover images, author biographies and annotations. The entry for each book includes the title, contributor, publication date, publisher, country of publication, market, ISBN, item status, binding format, edition, pages, price, also available through, language, Bowker subjects, general subjects, physical dimensions, other formats and additional publisher information. Some entries include a synopsis/annotation, full-text review, full-text preview and stock availability. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by R.R. Bowker.

Choice Reviews Online (1988-present; updated monthly; full-text reviews) provides access to reviews published in CHOICE. It is produced by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, and the user interface is provided by Network Synergy Corporation. This subscription is limited to 3 concurrent users.

Electronic Journal Collections

Electronic Journal Center (about 1995-present; updates dependent upon publisher; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; saving searches) is a multidisciplinary collection of about 5,000 journals published by Academic Press, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Psychological Association (PsycARTICLES), Association of Computing Machinery, Berkeley Electronic Press, BioOne, Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Emerald (MCB University Press), Ingenta, Institute of Physics, Kluwer, Lawrence Erlbaum, Optical Society of America, Oxford University Press, Project MUSE, Royal Society of Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, Thieme and Wiley. Scholars can be notified by email about new relevant articles according to subject, author or journal title. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

JSTOR (1st issue of 1st volume to 3 years from present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) provides online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a variety of academic disciplines including the arts, business, demographic studies, humanities, social sciences, and science.

Historical

Historical Abstracts (new user interface; 1955-present; updated 3 times per year; some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) indexes and abstracts over 2,000 international historical journals. It also includes selected journals in the social sciences and humanities. It covers history from 1450 to the present, but excludes US and Canadian history. Users can search cited references and browse Clio Notes, chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in world history. It is produced by ABC-CLIO and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) (1967-present) contains more than 300,000 bibliographic records for current articles published in journals, conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues. Articles relate to the Middle Ages, within the date range of 400-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Users can search the Bibliographie de Civilisation Medievale (BCM) database separately or along with the IMB database for book bibliographic records. Click Enter Databases and then Go to begin. This subscription is limited to 3 simultaneous users. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Breopolis Publishers.

Iter (400-1700; updated daily) is a database of materials pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It contains bibliographic records for materials published in 500 scholarly journals.

Art

Art Full Text (1929-present; updated monthly; much full-text; RefWorks help; video tutorial; XLinks; saving searches), formerly Art Abstracts, indexes and abstracts over 400 international art publications. It covers art topics such as advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film, architecture, and art history. It includes periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. It is produced by H.W. Wilson Company and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Bibliography of the History of Art cancelled, see Art Abstracts.

Religious

ATLA Serials, Religion Collection (1949-present; updated quarterly; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) indexes journal articles, book reviews, conference proceedings, congresses, essays in multi-author works and Festschriften. It covers the Bible, church history, ecumenism, ethics, missions, pastoral ministry, religions, religious studies and theology as well as religion and religious research in related fields such as antiquities, anthropology, archaeology, business, history, law, medicine, philosophy, psychology and sociology. It contains the online version of Religion Index One: Periodicals (RIO), Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works (RIT), Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR) and Retrospective Indexing Project (RIP). It is produced by American Theological Library Association and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Religion and Philosophy Collection (1984-present; updated weekly; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts from 1984-present for 301 journals, many peer-reviewed, and full-text from 1990-present for 290 journals. It covers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. It is published by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online (1981 - present; some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) contains more than 300,000 records and includes indexed citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, papal documents, church promulgations and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. It is produced by American Theological Library Association and the Catholic Library Association and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

General

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