Judaica and Near Eastern Studies
E-Resources
- Encyclopaedia JudaicaSecond edition (2007) of standard reference work on the Jewish religion and people.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam This link opens in a new windowCovers Muslims of every age and land, tribes and dynasties, crafts and sciences, political and religious institutions, and the geography, ethnography, history, topography, and monuments of major towns and cities, encompassing the Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, Indian and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire, and all other Islamic countries.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Index to Jewish Periodicals This link opens in a new windowCitations to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs, 1988 to present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies This link opens in a new windowAn index to articles and other scholarly literature on the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa, 1900-present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Middle East Newsstand This link opens in a new windowMore than 30 current, full text newspaper French and English language newspapers from the Arab world, Israel, and the subcontinent.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- The Jewish Virtual Library"The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. So far, more than 13,000 articles and 6,000 photographs and maps have been integrated into the site."
- Historical Jewish PressTwenty digitized Jewish periodicals from the 19th and 20th centuries, in Hebrew, Hungarian, French, and English. 407,000+ pages available for browsing.
- ATLA Religion Database This link opens in a new windowCovers journal articles, essays and book reviews that make up the research literature of all major religious faiths and denominations, 1949-present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Europa World This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia and directory of the world's countries. Substantive coverage of government, demographics, history, and much more. Current.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- RAMBI: Index of Article on Jewish SubjectsCitation index located at the Jewish National and University Library in Israel.
- American Jewish Year BookDigitized text of The American Jewish Year Book, 1899-2007, from the American Jewish Congress.
- Countries and their culturesInformation on food, rituals, pastimes, arts, etc. of 200 nations.
- Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish LibraryMore than 10,000 Yiddish titles available free-of-charge through the Open Content Alliance and the National Yiddish Book Center.
- Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia,Features over 1,700 biographies, 300 thematic essays, and 1,400 photographs and illustrations on a wide range of Jewish women through the centuries.
- Academic Islamic Studies and Middle East, Central Asian, and other Area Studies SitesExcellent website at the University of Georgia.
- ArchNet"ArchNet is an international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilisations."
- National Digital Library of Poland--Yiddish Literature"National Digital Library POLONA presents a selection of most outstanding representatives of Yiddish literature written before World War II: poets, novelists, playwrights and pioneers in writing in that language..."
- Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel6,000 biographies of Israeli pioneers, published by David Tidhar. Sponsored by Touro College Libraries.
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