World Cat.
Part of First Search, World Cat is the single largest search engine using the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) database. See the Guides to First Search by the Duggan Libraryand OCLC.
JSTOR.
JSTOR is an example of a content database. It provides images of the full texts of back issues of select journals. See the Full List of journals and the Basic Search Engine. With only a select number of journals currently online, JSTOR can hardly substitute for an exhaustive article search. But it does conveniently give you immediate access to the back issues of such important journals as Modern Language Notes, Speculum, The American Historical Review, and The Journal of the History of Ideas.
Select Online Library Catalogues.
This page includes links to Palni (and the Duggan Library), local college and university libraries, and a selection of major research libraries. The list of local libraries is intended to provide Hanover students with a convenient way of finding materials in the area. If there are other local libraries that you would like to see on the list, please let me know. Some of the major research libraries (such as Harvard's Hollis Online Catalog) are quite complete and, though they alone cannot suffice for an exhaustive search, they provide one of the quickest ways of gaining bibliographical information on books.
MLA Bibliography Index. The Modern Language Association Bibliographical Index is the single most important bibliographical database for secondary sources in literature. It includes bibliographical citations for sources published since 1962.
Historical Abstracts.
Historical Abstracts is the single most important bibliographical database for secondary sources in European and World history since 1450. It provides bibliographical citations of books, articles (with abstracts), and dissertations published since 1955. Hanover students and faculty now have online access at the web site of ABC-Clio. There is also a CDROM version in the Duggan. For scholarship before 1955, there are printed indexes (organized by year) available in the Duggan Library.
Arts and Humanities Search.
Arts and Humanities Search provides bibliographical citations of articles from over 1,300 journals in various disciplines in the arts and humanities since 1980. See the Guide to AH Searces.
Humanities Abstracts.
Humanities Abstracts provides bibliographical citations and abstracts of articles from over 300 publications in the humanties. Full texts of articles may be purchased. It also includes book reviews, bibliographies, and other sources. See the Guide to Humanities Abstracts.
ATLAReligion ATLA Religion Database includes citations from articles, essays, and book reviews on religious studies published from 1949 to the present.