Bibliographic resources
a) Catalogues
Muller Library
The Sefer Hebrew catalogue includes literature in Hebrew & Yiddish , subjects related to Israel (history, geography, culture), and Jewish communities in the diaspora.
OLIS
The Oxford libraries catalogue.
LeoBaeckCollege Library
Catalogue of a London-based Jewish Studies and Rabbinic library. Its holdings are not included in any Union Catalogue.
COPAC
Combined OPAC (online public access catalogue) of 24 major university research libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library.
Karlsruhe virtual catalogue (KVK)
The closest you get to an international union catalogue. Contains COPAC plus many national libraries from around the world.
Israel Union catalogue ULI
Is what is says. Not contained within KVK.
b) Citation indexes
RAMBI <
Most comprehensive citation index for Jewish Studies. Lists articles from 1966 onwards.
IHP(NEW ACQUISITION) – accessible from any of the library computers
המפטח למאמרים בעברית מכתבי עת
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
General citation index from articles 1975 onwards. Choose ‘Web of Science’ from the drop down menu, then tick ‘Arts & Humanities Citation Index’.
Requires a live connection to OxfordUniversity.
c) Electronic resources
OXLIP
Gateway to all EL’s of OxfordUniversity. For us the ‘Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias and Reference Works’ section is probably the most interesting part of it (Single Sign-On)
Oxford e-Journals
Title list of all e-Journals available within the University of Oxford.
Requires a live connection to OxfordUniversity (Single Sign-On)
Journal of Jewish Studies (archive)
Our centre’s own publication. Free access to the full-text archive is available only from computers of the Muller Library.
Hubs and gateways for Jewish Studies
Academic info
Annotated gateway for Jewish Studies at academic level. Categories: digital publications, Holocaust Studies, American Jews, women & Judaism, organizations. Focus on North America.
Penn library ( Center for Advanced Judaic Studies library) <http:
Well maintained up-to-date link list to worldwide Jewish Studies resources, inc. library meta catalogues, e-texts and -journals, Academic Jewish Studies libraries and archives, museums and syllabi.
Studying Jewish Studies – worldwide
SOAS: Judaica & Near East: other useful libraries & archives
Link list of libraries and archives with Jewish Studies collections in the UK. Provides on-line collection descriptions.
Academic info
Annotated gateway for Jewish Studies at academic level. Categories: digital publications, Holocaust Studies, American Jews, women & Judaism, organizations. Focus on North America.
Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory or <
Entries have been divided into the following 6 categories: ‘Academic associations’, ‘libraries’, ‘archives’, ‘Jewish Studies at universities’, ‘research institutes’ and ‘other internet resources’.
Judaica libraries and archives on the web
Comprehensive link list to Judaica libraries and archives throughout the world.
Journal related sources
Academic Jewish Studies internet directory <
Linked list of current academic Judaica journals.
Compact memory
Database of all major German-Jewish periodicals from the early 19th century to WWII.The complete runs are available online in fulltext, free of charge.
Israel union list of serials (ULS)
Is exactly what it says. 100,000 different journal titles in all academic fields are featured.
Jewish history
Jewish History Resource Center, Hebrew University
To date >5000 links to websites related to Jewish history have been categorised into 25 categories, e.g. different time periods, bibliographies, libraries, genealogy.
Manuscript studies
Institute of microfilmed Hebrew manuscripts
Over 60,000 reels, representing more than 90% of known Hebrew manuscripts worldwide are available. The entire catalogue is online free.
Yiddish
Yiddish literature
First online fulltext database of Yiddish books. About 800 representative and rare books from 16th century to the beginning of 20th century.
Index to Jewish periodicals: an author and subject index to selected English language journals of general and scholarly interest, ed. by Lenore Pfeffer, Cleveland Hights, Ohio: Index to Jewish periodicals, 1963- [annually].
Also available on CD-ROM and online via EbscoHost. Information at <
180 periodicals indexed. Topics covered: Judaica, Hebraica, Israel, Jewish literature, current events, Middle East. 2004 print version comprises of 1004 pages.
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