History - Ancient: Selected Reference Resources


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  • ABZU: A Guide to information related to the study of the Ancient Near East on the Web
    Archive of materials for the study of the Ancient Near East. Includes primary literary texts, plus access to archaeological, historical, and cultural essays and websites.

  • ArchiveGrid NU resource
    Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. 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.

  • ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials NU resource

  • In the First Person
    Index to over 3,000 collections of personal narratives in English.

  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook

  • Japan Knowledge NU resource
    Includes dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese, Japanese-English and English-English); a full text 30 vol. encyclopedia; two dictionaries of current words: a dictionary of scientific terms; a biographical dictionary; the JK Who’s Who; the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan; a news database (NNA) that covers Asia and the European Union; a full-text journal; chronologies (world history, Japan by period, Japan by prefecture, science, culture, society, daily life, social movements, economics and for individuals); a database of video (TV, news) recordings from 1908 to 2005; database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; URL database; books in print database; sound library; music library, etc.  In Japanese and English.

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Harriet Lightman
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Last updated: 06/02/08