The Sheridan Libraries

Jewish Studies

Explore research options for Jewish history, Hebrew and Yiddish literature, Jewish philosophy and religion

Contact:

Office: M-Level #11
(behind the Research Consultation Office)

Use Hebrew Literature, Modern as one possible limit. Or Israeli literature
You can search for a writer or a theme as a SUBJECT.
- Ex.: Amos Oz
- Ex.: Animals in literature
- Ex.: David Grossman
- Ex.: Zionism in literature
You can use the Language limit in a catalog search to limit to Hebrew or English results.

The MLA International Bibliography
the best database to use to find articles and book chapters on Hebrew literature
Oxford Bibliography in Jewish Studies
good article and sources under "Literature, Modern Hebrew"
Humanities Fulltext
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
JSTOR
Index to Jewish Periodicals
the definitive index on Jewish history, activity and thought. This database provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals.
Project MUSE

For many authors there will be a volume in Cambridge Companions. Or cross search the entire archive.
Oxford Scholarship Online is another cross-searchable database.
LION has good basic information on writers.
- The e-texts portion of LION is English-language works.
- But the criticism and reference components treat writers of many nationalities.
Artemis Literary Sources also has good basic information on writers.
- It will give overviews of works and critical articles on writers.

Browsing the library shelves
The main Hebrew Language and Literature collections are found on D-level at MSEL under the following call numbers:
* PT (White Label Section): Books on Hebrew language and literature, cataloged before 7/96
* PJ 4501-5192 (Blue Label Section): Books on Hebrew literature and language cataloged after 7/96.

Subjects: History, International and Area Studies, Literature, Philosophy and Religion, Political Science, Sociology