Instruction and Class Guides

Selected Library Resources on the History of Judaism

Library Catalog
http://library.bu.edu/


Subject Headings

• Jews Historiography
• Jewish Way of Life
• Jews Folklore
• History Religious Aspects Judaism
• Mysticism-Judaism

Periodicals/Website

Encyclopaedia Judaica
Excellent source to start your research; covers all aspects of Judaism, Jewish history and culture, Israel and the Diaspora.

RAMBI
A major index to articles on Jewish studies compiled by the librarians at the Jewish National and University Library in Israel.

Historical Abstracts
The pre-eminent index to articles in historical journals.

Humanities Full-Text
An important index to periodical articles published in humanities journals.

JSTOR
Full-text articles from many journals in the humanities, including literature and philosophy.

MLA International Bibliography
The major index to periodical articles published on literature and literary criticism.

Project Muse
Full-text articles from many humanities journals.

Jewish History Resource Center    
Compiled by scholars from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, this metasite contains links to authoritative and useful sources on Jewish history and culture.

Citation and Footnote Styles

RefWorks
A superb bibliographic management system to create footnotes, endnotes and bibliographies

Donald Altschiller, History Bibliographer, Mugar Memorial Library
email: donaltsc@bu.edu

http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/historyofjudaism.html