History and Culture
Electronic materials available on the Web
Academic Guide to Jewish History: Major Print and Internet Scholarly Resources: Provides extensive collection in print and electronic formats. Searchable by subject. All entries are annotated. A truly amazing resource!
Center for Jewish History: Repository for the cultural and historical legacy of the Jewish people. Partners with other Jewish organizations to provide materials and services to academic and general communities.
Materials at UIUC
Organized by Secondary and Primary sources, starting with the most general sources descending in publication date.
Secondary Sources:
Bibliographies and Catalogs | Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Studies | Encyclopedias | Other Sources
Primary Sources:
Bibliographies and Catalogs
Secondary Sources
Judaica reference sources : a selective, annotated bibliographic guide. 3rd revised and expanded edition (2004)
Location: History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Reference Collection
Call Number: 016.90904924 C981j2004
International Bibliography of Jewish History and Thought (1984)
Location: History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library
Call Number: 016.90904924 IN82
History and Guide to Judaic Bibliography (1977)
Location: Main Reference
Call Number: 016.90904924 B774H
A Critical Bibliography of Writings on Judaism (1988)
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.296 G875C
Bibliography of Jewish Bibliographies (1965)
Notes: Supplement listed below.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.296 SH9B1965
Bibliography of Jewish Bibliographies : Supplement to 2d ed. enl., 1965 (1975)
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.296 SH9B1975
The Schocken guide to Jewish books : where to start reading about Jewish history, literature, culture, and religion (1992)
Location: History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library
Call Number: 016.90904924 Sch61
The Book of Jewish books : a reader’s guide to Judaism (1986)
Location: Main Reference
Call Number: 016.296 B644
The Study of Judaism : Bibliographical Essays (1972)
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.296 ST94
2000 Books and More : an Annotated and Selected Bibliography of Jewish History and Thought (1983)
Locations: Main Stacks and Main Reference
Call Number: 016.90904924 K141T
Index to festschriften in Jewish studies (1971)
Notes: Coverage from 1936-1971.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.95693 B45I
An Index to Jewish Festschriften (1970)
Notes: Coverage prior to 1936.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 892.4 M33I
Modern Jewish History: a source reader (1975)
Location: Undergrad
Call Number:
909.04924 C399M
A bibliography of Israel (1981)
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.915694 B471
Universal Jewish History - 4 vols.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number:
933.01 B471U
Great Schisms in Jewish History
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number:
296.8 G798
Jewish-Christian relations : an annotated bibliography and resource guide (1988)
Notes: Subject coverage from antiquity through the twentieth century.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.26126 SH56J
Bibliographical Essays in Medieval Jewish Studies (1976)
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.90904924 B471
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Antisemitism : an annotated bibliography (1984-2001)
Location: Main Stacks
CAll Number: 016.3058924 AN87
Bibliographie zum Antisemitismus : die Bestände der Bibliothek des Zentrums für Antisemitismusforschung der Technischen Universität Berlin (1989-1993)
Notes: Translation: Bibliography of Anti-Semitism. Introductory material in English and German
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: Q. 016.3058924 T226B
Inventory of records of the American Jewish Committee, 1906-80 [microform] (1981)
Location: History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library
Call Number: FILM 016.97304924 AM35I
Prejudice: racist-religious-nationalist (1971)
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.30145 W63P
Columbia Guide to the Holocaust
Location:
History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library
Call Number:
940.5318 N559c
The encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust
Location: History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library
Call Number:
Q. 940.04924 En19
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Encyclopedia Judaica (1971-)
Location: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258222
The encyclopedia of Judaism (1999)
Notes: 2006 ed. at Uni High Reference
Location: Undergraduate Library Reference
Call Number: 296.03 En1921999
The new encyclopedia of Judaism (2002)
Location: History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Reference and Main Reference
Call Number: Q. 296.03 En1922002
Encyclopedia of Jewish History: events and eras of the Jewish people
Location: Reference or Undergrad
Call Number:
Q. 909.0492403 En19)
Who’s who in Jewish history after the period of the Old Testament
Other title: Routledge who’s who in Jewish history after the period of the Old Testament
Location: History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library Reference
Call Number: 922.96 C73W1995A
Jewish Time Line Encyclopedia
Location:Main Stacks
Call Number:
909. 0492 K137J
The Blackwell companion to Jewish culture : from the eighteenth century to the present (1989)
Location: Main Reference
Call Number: 909.04924 B568
The New standard Jewish encyclopedia (1977)
Location: Undergraduate Library
Call Number: 296.03 ST241977
Jewish Women in America: a historical encyclopedia
Location: Reference or Women & Gender Resources,
Call Number:
Q. 920.07209924 J556
Jewish-American history and culture : an encyclopedia (1992)
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 973.04924003 J556
Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel (1971)
Notes: Subject coverage begins with the Nineteenth Century.
Location: Undergraduate Library
Call Number: 956.9403 EN19
Medieval Jewish Civilization: an encyclopedia
Location: History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library or Reference
Call Number:
Q. 909.04924 M468
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Jewish History Atlas
Location: Map and Geography or Undergrad
Call Number:
912.5694 G37 J1977)
Primary Sources
Ozar ha-sepharim. Thesaurus libororum hebraicorum tam impressorum quam many scriptorum (1880)
Notes: Lists 17,000 Hebrew books and manuscripts. Coverage to 1863.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: 016.296 B43O
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