A Practical Guide to Electronic Resources in the Humanities

Woodhead Publishing Ltd, September 2010, Pages: 354

From full-text article databases to digitized collections of primary source materials, newly emerging electronic resources have radically impacted how research in the humanities is conducted and discovered. This book, covering high-quality, up-to-date electronic resources for the humanities, is an easy–to-use annotated guide for the librarian, student, and scholar alike. It covers online databases, indexes, archives, and many other critical tools in key humanities disciplines including philosophy, religion, languages and literature, and performing and visual arts. Succinct overviews of key emerging trends in electronic resources accompany each chapter.

Key features:

- the only reference guide to electronic resources written specifically for the humanities
- addresses all major humanities disciplines in one convenient guide
- concise format ideal for students, librarians, and humanities researchers
- provides wide-ranging examination of disciplinary trends in e-resources development, use and management
- written by librarians with many years of experience in humanities-based research

Readership: Information professionals and other knowledge managers, humanities scholars, and LIS students at postgraduate and undergraduate levels.

Introduction
- Research and the web
- Open access: electronic journals and repositories

Introduction to electronic resources in the performing arts
- Music
- Theater
- Dance
- Film

Introduction to electronic resources in art and architecture
- Article indexes and databases
- Painting and sculpture
- Museums, archives and digital collections
- Illuminated manuscripts
- Architecture
- Dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference resources
- Photography, prints and design
- Dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference resources
- Archives, museums and digital collections

Introduction to languages and literature resources
- Classical Greek and Latin languages and literature
- Germanic languages and literature
- Romance languages and literature
- Slavic languages and literature
- Asian languages and literature

Introduction to electronic resources in philosophy and religion
- Philosophy
- Dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works
- Electronic text collections
- Aesthetics
- Continental philosophy
- Professional resources
- Religion
- Dictionaries, encyclopedias and other general reference works

Ana Dubnjakovic is the College Librarian for Performing Arts and Foreign Languages at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds advanced degrees in music and librarianship and has published and presented on collection development topics focusing on performing arts and foreign languages.

Patrick Tomlin is Assistant Professor and Head of the Art and Architecture Library at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has taught, presented, and published on a number of topics in art history and academic librarianship.

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