Electronic Resources

Except where noted, these resources are only available to UIUC affiliates.

This page is under continuous development.

The Responsa Project: Global Jewish Database

*Available online to UIUC affiliates through the Citrix Server.*

This database contains the complete set of photographs (roughly 2,700) of all eight hundred or so texts from the Khirbet Qumran caves. Navigating the collection is made easier by the presence of accompanying annotations denoting "Cave number, text title, Inventory number, other photographs containing the same scroll or fragment and cross-references to the microfiche edition and the Facsimile Edition of the Biblical Archaeology Society". Includes bibliography.

Encyclopedia Judaica FULL TEXT

*Available online to UIUC affiliates through the Citrix Server.*

*Also available at Modern Languages and Linguistics Library on CD-ROM.*

An easy-to-use encyclopedia of Jewish knowledge includes searchable full-text articles, photographs and illustrations, film clips, maps, and numerous tables and charts.

Gesprochenes Jiddisch

*Available at Modern Languages and Linguistics Library on CD-ROM.*

RAMBI (The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies)

*Available online to UIUC affiliates.*

For the "Index of Articles on Jewish Studies," Click the link above, then click "Rambi Web" to search.

Jewish Encylopedia

*Freely available on the World Wide Web*

This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906.