Research Guides: Hebrew and Judaic Studies: Ph.D. Workshop

Secondary Sources: establish what's been done already

Dissertation Abstracts

Dissertations
Citations index
Journal literature
National Union catalogs and bibliographies

EThOS: UK E-Theses Online Service
DART-Europe E-theses Portal
Israeli Dissertations
Change your Select Base/Catalog from drop down to Theses or E-Theses

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) This link opens in a new window
This database indexes about 1,700 arts and humanities journals. Dates of coverage: 1975 to present.
Adjust settings to expand your searching to include the Social Sciences Citation Index, the Science Citation Index, the Book Citation Index, and others.

Broad Journal Literature Search

WorldCat - FirstSearch (OCLC) This link opens in a new window
Search for books and more in libraries in the U.S. and around the world. Indicates when NYU Libraries holds a copy of a book and shows you nearby libraries with holdings.

Kiryat Sefer
Kiryat Sefer, the national bibliography of Israel began in 1925. It is online since 2003. Bobst Library has 1924-2003, https://getit.library.nyu.edu/resolve?umlaut.referent_id=19295014&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_tim=2023-02-03T09%3A52%3A46-05%3A00&ctx_id=&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rft.genre=journal&rft.issn=00231851&rft.jtitle=%E1%B8%B2iryat+sefer&rft.language=eng&rft.lccn=54051497&rft.object_id=110978976777763&rft.object_type=JOURNAL&rft.oclcnum=1755169&rft.place=Yerushalayim&rft.primo=nyu_aleph002928436&rft.private_data=%3Cnyu_aleph%3E002928436%3C%2Fnyu_aleph%3E%3Cgrp_id%3E51058632%3C%2Fgrp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C%2Foa%3E&rft.pub=Bet+ha-sefarim&rft.title=%E1%B8%B2iryat+sefer&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fprimo.exlibrisgroup.com%3Aprimo-nyu_aleph002928436
Also, lists Israeli dissertations.
European National Libraries

Staying Current

Set up TOC updates via email, or using the BrowZine app on your mobile device. For example, for the AJS Review, or for the Jewish Quarterly Review. In each 1st annual issue JQR lists dissertations.

Staying Current

Ulrichsweb This link opens in a new window
Ulrichsweb is an authoritative source of detailed information on periodicals of all types -- academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world.

Strategies for finding the core journals in related fields, and establishing TOC alerts

Library Catalog
using keywords medieval studies periodicals

E-Books in Hebrew

Kotar Library This link opens in a new window
The Kotar Library provides access to reference books, encyclopedias, journals, etc., published over the past half century in Hebrew and English.

Finding Primary Resources

Specialized library collections
Archives
Digitized materials

ArchiveGrid This link opens in a new window
ArchiveGrid is a listing of archival collections across the world. Users can search nearly a million collection descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
Archive Finder This link opens in a new window
Archive Finder is a current directory which describes thousands of collections of primary source material housed in repositories across the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Reference Titles

The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, 2012
Cambridge Companions
Oxford Handbooks
Includes, e.g.: Handbook of Jewish Studies; Handbook of Biblical Studies; Handbook of Dead Sea Scrolls; Handbook of Holocaust Studies.
Oxford Bibliographies
Encyclopaedia Judaica
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World

Useful Tools

Zotero: your citations formatting tool in the cloud
Dropbox or NYU Box: your filing cabinet in the cloud
BrowZine: mobile access to your core journals

Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Secondary Sources: establish what's been done already

Staying Current

Staying Current

E-Books in Hebrew

Finding Primary Resources

Archives

Reference Titles

Useful Tools