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Humanities Resources
General Humanities Resources
Citation Index (Bibliometrics)
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (FirstSearch Faculty/Staff/Graduate Password)
- Indexes and Abstracts
- Humanities Index Formerly
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Index Formerly International
Index (REF PER/IND AI 3)
- British Humanities Index*
- American Humanities Index*
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
Almanacs, Handbooks, and Yearbooks
- The reader's encyclopedia,
an encyclopedia of world literature and the arts Also known as Benét's reader's
encyclopedia (REF PN 41 .B4 1987)
Art, Architecture, and
Fashion
Indexes and Abstracts
- Architectural Index (REF
PER/IND Z 5941 .A66)
- Arts Index (REF PER/IND
NX 1 .A12 A7x)
- BHA, Bibliography of
the History of Art (REF PER/IND NX 1 .R5x )
- RILA - International
Repertory of the Literature of Art (REF PER/IND NX 1 .R5x)
- Clothing and Textile
Arts Index (REF PER/IND TT 490 .C5x)
- Textile Arts Index*
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
Almanacs, and Handbooks
- Biographical dictionary
of medallists: coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters c., ancient and
modern with references to their works, B.C. 500-A. D. 1900 (REF CJ 5535 .F72)
- Bryan's Dictionary of
Painters and Engravers (REF N 40 .B94 1925)
- The Cabinet Dictionary
(REF NK 2205 .S5 1970)
- Complete History of Costume
& Fashion (REF GT 375 .C67 2001)
- Contemporary Fashion
(REF TT 501 .A1 C66 1995)
- The Dictionary of Art
(REF N 31 .D5 1996)
- The Dictionary of Art
and Artists (REF N 31 .M8 1997)
- Dictionary
of Art Historians www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/dah.htm
- Dictionary of Architecture
and Building (REF NA 31 .S84 1966)
- Encyclopedia of Interior
Design (REF NK 1165 .E43x 1997)
- Encyclopedia of the Vernacular
Architecture of the World (REF NA 208 .E53 1997)
- Encyclopedia of World
Art (REF N 31 .E4833)
- Encyclopedia of World
Architecture (REF NA 202 .S76 1983x)
- The Ergonomic Office
(REF NK 2195 .O4 R87x 1995)
- The Fashion Guide (REF
TT 495 .F37x)
- International Directory
of Architects and Architecture
- International Who's Who
in Art and Antiques (REF N 40 .I57)
- McGraw-Hill Dictionary
of Art (REF N 33 .M23)
- Macmillan Encyclopedia
of Architects (REF NA 40 .M25 1982)
- Masters in Art (REF N
1 .M5)
- The St. James fashion
encyclopedia : a survey of style from 1945 to the present (REF TT 505 .A1
S7 1997)
- Dictionary of Furniture
(REF NK 2205 .D5 2001)
- The Style Sourcebook
(REF NK 1705 .M56 1998)
- Time-Saver Standards
for Interior Design and Space Planning (REF NK 2110 .D35 1991)
- Who's Who in American
Art (REF N 6536 .W5)
- World Painting Index
(REF ND 45 .H38
Linguistics, Literature,
and Writing (including Film, Theatre, and Television)
Bibliography
- Chicorel Index to Poetry
(Index Tables)
- Chicorel Index to Plays
(Index Tables)
- Chicorel Index to Short
Stories & Short Story Index (Index Tables)
- Columbia Grangers Index
to Poetry (Index Tables)
- Cumulative Dramatic Index
(Index Tables)
- Bibliography of the English
Printed Drama to the Restoration
(Index Tables)
- Fiction Catalog (REF Z5916 .F5)
- Hoffman's Index to Poetry: European and Latin American Poetry in Anthologies
(REF PN 1022 .H627 1985)
- Index of American Periodical Verse (REF Z 1231 .P7 I47)
- Index to Fairy Tales (Index Tables)
- Play Index (Index Tables)
- Plot Locator (Index Tables)
- Reader's Advisor (Ed Center)
- The Young Adult Reader's Advisor (Ed Center)
- Twentieth Century Short Story Explication (Index Tables)
Indexes and Abstracts
- MLA International Bibliography(Shelved
with Abstracts of English Studies and FirstSearch)
- Journalism Abstracts
(REF PER/IND PN 4725 .J67)
- Abstracts of English
Studies (REF PER/IND PE 25 .A16)
- Language Teaching and
Linguistics Abstracts (Ref Per Ind PB 35 .L32)
Continued by: Language Teaching
- Linguistics and Language
Behavior Abstracts (REF PER/IND P 1 .L55x)
- Communications Abstracts
(REF PER/IND P 87 .C59733) Also available online as ComAbs
- Index to Journals in
Communication Studies (Matlon) (Shelved with Communication Abstracts)
Biography
- American Biographical
Index (Index Tables)
- American Men and Women
of Science Formerly American Men of Science (REF Q 141 .A474)
- American Writers (REF
PS 129 .A55)
- British Writers (REF
PR85 .B688)
- Contemporary Authors
(Index Tables)
- Dictionary of Literary
Biography (Index Tables)
- Something about the Author
(Ed Center)
- Writers for Young Adults:
Biographies Master Index (Index Tables)
- Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
Almanacs, and Handbooks
- Atlas of Languages: The
Origin and Development of Languages throughout the World (REF P 106 .L67 1996)
- Columbia Granger's Index
to Poetry (Index Tables)
- Cyclopedia of Literary
Characters (REF PN 44 .M3 1998)
- Encyclopedia of Language
and Linguistics (REF P 29 .E48 1994)
- International Dictionary
of Theatre (REF PN 2035 .I49 1992)
v. 1 Plays
v. 2 Playwrights
v. 3 Actors, Directors, and Designers
- Dictionary of Anonymous
and Pseudonymous English Literature (Index Tables)
- A complete and systematic
concordance to the works of Shakespeare (Spevack) (REF PR 2892 .S6)
- Performers' Television
Credits, 1948 - 2000 (REF PN 1992.4 .A2 I58)
Criticism and Plots See
also the section on "Reviews."
- 19th Century Literary
Criticism (REF PN 771)
- 20th Century Literary
Criticism (through around 1950) (REF PN 771)
- Contemporary Literary
Criticism (after around 1950) (REF PN 771)
- Cliff Notes*
- Masterplots (various
call numbers)**
- Magill (various call
numbers)**
- Critical Survey of Drama
(REF PR 625 .C74 1985x)
- Critical survey of drama
: foreign language series (REF PN 1625 .C74 1986)
- Critical Survey of Literary
Theory (REF PN 45 .C74 1987)
- Critical Survey of Long
Fiction (REF PR 821 .C7 1983)
- Critical Survey of Poetry
(REF PR 502 .C85 1982)
- Critical Survey of Short
Fiction (REF PN 3321 .C7)
- John Willis' Theatre
World (Ref PN 2277 .N5 A17)
- Annals of the New York
Stage (REF PN 2277 .N504)
Music and Dance
Biography
- Baker's Biographical
Dictionary of Musicians (REF ML 105 .B16 2001)
- New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians (REF ML 100 .N48 2001x)
Directories
- Schwann opus and Schwann
spectrum (Ref Desk ML 156.2 .O68)
Indexes and Abstracts
- Music Index (REF PER/IND
ML 118 .I83)
- RILM - Abstracts of Music
Literature (REF PER/IND ML 1 .I83 and WKU Internet Resources)
- Guide to Dance Periodicals
(REF PER/IND GV 1580 .G8x)
- Popular Music: An Annotated
Index of American Popular Songs (REF ML 120 .U5 S5)
- Index to Record and Tape
Reviews (REF ML 156.9 .M28)
- Folk
Music Index www.ibiblio.org/folkindex/
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
Almanacs, and Handbooks
- All
Classical Music Guide www.allclassical.com/
- The American History
and Encyclopedia of Music*
- American Song: The Complete
Companion to Tim Pan Alley Song (REF ML 128 .P63 2001)
- Dictionary of Ballet
(REF GV 1585 .W5 1974ax)
- Encyclopedia of Musical
Theatre (REF ML 102 .M88 G3 2001)
- Garland Encyclopedia
of World Music (REF ML 100 .G16 1998 and REF CD-ROM)
- New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians (REF ML 100 .N48 2001x)
- New Grove Dictionary
of Musical Instruments (REF ML 102 .I5 N48 1984)
- Guinness Encyclopedia
of Popular Music (REF ML 102 .P66 G84 1995x)
- International Dictionary
of Ballet (REF GV 1585 .I57 1993)
- International Encyclopedia
of Dance (REF GV 1585 .I586 1998)
- International Dictionary
of Black Composers (REF ML 105 .I5 1999)
- International Dictionary
of Opera (REF ML 102 .O6 I6 1993)
- Music Since 1900 (REF
ML 197 .S634 2001)
- New American Dictionary
of Music (REF ML 100 .M857 1991)
- New Grove Dictionary
of Jazz (REF ML 102 .J3 N48 2002)
- New Grove Dictionary
of Opera (REF ML 102 .O6 N5 1992)
- New Oxford History of
Music (REF ML 160 .N44)
- Oxford Dictionary of
Music (REF ML 100 .K35 1994)
- Rock on! (REF ML 105
.N49 1982)
- Student Encyclopedia
of Music (REF ML 100 .B26 1999)
- The Traditional Tunes
of the Child Ballads (REF ML 3650 .B82)
Philosophy and Ethics
Bibliography
- Research Guide to Philosophy
/ Terence N. Tice and Thomas P. Slavens (MAIN LIBRARY B 52 .T5 1983)
Indexes and Abstracts
- Philosopher's Index (REF
PER/IND B 1 .A1 p47x and Silver Platter)
- Philosopher's Index:
A Retrospective Index to U.S. Publications from 1940 (Z 7127 .P474)
--This material is not duplicated in the Philosopher's Index.
- L'annee Pilologique (Z
7016 .M35A)
- Bioethicsline (Internet
Grateful Med and Medline) (http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/)
- Bibliography of Bioethics
(REF PER/IND R724 .B5x
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
Almanacs, and Handbooks Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Networked CD-ROM and B51 .R68 1998)
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (B 41 .E5)
Dictionary of the History of Ideas (CB 5 .D52)
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (BJ 63 .E45 1992)
Encyclopedia of Bioethics (REF QH 332 .E52)
Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (BL 31 .E5 1955x)
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (BH 56 .E53 1998)
New Historical Atlas of Religion in America
Oxford Companion to Philosophy (B 51 .O94 1995)
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (B 41 .C35 1995)
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (B 41 .B53 1994)
Dictionary of Logical Terms and Symbols (Q A9 .G698)
Religion
Indexes and Abstracts
- Index to Religious Periodical
Literature -- Continued by: Religion Index One (REF PER/IND BL 1 .R4x)
- Religious and Theological
Abstracts (REF PER/IND BR 1 .R286)
- Index Islamicus (REF
PER/IND Z7835 .M6 L65x)
- Old Testament Abstracts
(REF PER/IND BS 410 .O42)
- New Testament Abstracts
(REF PER/IND BS 410 .N35)
- Theologische Literaturzeitung
(BR 4 .T4x)
Holy Books
- Anchor Bible (MAIN LIBRARY
BS 192.2 .A1 1964 G3)
- Interpreter's Bible (BS
491.2 .I55)
- King James Bible (BS
185 1945 .P5x)
- Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation
and Commentary (BP 100 1946bx)
- Book of Mormon (BX 8623
1976x)
- Pearl of Great Price
(MAIN LIBRARY BX 8629 .P52 1951x)
- Hindu scriptures; selected,
translated and introduced by R. C. Zaehner (MAIN LIBRARY BL 1107 .Z313)
Directories and Statistics
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
Almanacs, and Handbooks
- Anchor Bible Dictionary
(BS 440 .A54 1992)
- Broadman Bible Commentary
(BS 491.2 .B67)
- Butler's Lives of the
Saints (BX 4654 .B84 1961x)
- Coptic Encyclopedia (BX
130.5 .C66 1991)
- Encyclopedia of American
Religions (BL 2530 .U6 M443)
- Encyclopedia of American
Religious History (REF BL 2525 .Q44 2001)
- Encyclopedia of the American
Religious Experience (BL 2525 .E53 1987)
- Encyclopedia of Applied
Ethics (BJ 63 .E45 1992)
- Encyclopedia of Monasticism
(REF BL 631 .E63 2000)
- Encyclopedia of Religion
and Ethics (BL 31 .E5 1955x)
- Encyclopedia of Religion
(BL 31 .E46 1997)
- Encyclopedia of Islam
(DS 37 .E523)
- Encyclopedia of Mormonism
(BX 8605.5 .E62 1992)
- Encyclopedia of Unbelief
(BL 2705 .E53 1985)
- Encyclopedia Judaica
(DS 102.8 .E496)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (DS
102.8 .J6)
- New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia
of Religious Knowledge (REF BR 95 .S43)
- Historical Dictionary
of the Shakers (BX 9765 .D84 2000)
- Shaker Experience in
America: A History of the United Society of Believers (KyLib BX 9766 .S74
1992)
- Mennonite Encyclopedia
(BX 8106 .M37)
- Catholic
Encyclopedia 1907-1912 edition (KyLib BX 841 .C25 and www.newadvent.org/cathen/)
- New Catholic Encyclopedia
1967 verion (Main Library BX 891 .N44 1967)
- New Catholic Encyclopedia
2003 version (REF BX 891 .N44 2003)
- New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia
of Religious Knowledge (BR 95 .S43)
- Oxford Encyclopedia of
the Reformation (BR 302.8 .093 1996)
- The Papacy: An Encyclopedia
(REF BX 955.2 .D53 2002)
- Papal Encyclicals (BX
860 .C37 1981) -- Contains Encyclicals from 1740 - 1981.
- Theological Dictionary
of the Old Testament (BS 440 .B5713)
- Yearbook of the Reformation
(BR 302.8 .093 1996)
Mythology
- Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
(MAIN LIBRARY BL 310 .H3)
- Bulfinch's mythology:
The age of fable; The age of chivalry; Legends of Charlemagne. (MAIN LIBRARY
BL310 .B82 1938x)
- Mythology of all Races
(BL 25 .M8 1964)
- The Golden Bough: A Study
in Magic and Religion (MAIN LIBRARY BL 310 .F7 1951x)