If you are accessing this page from off campus, the links to most library databases will not work. To use these resources, go to the Library Web Page, where you can connect to Articles and Databases, Reference Sources, and Electronic Journals and Newspapers after providing your Elmhurst College login and password.

Books
• Use Illinet Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 44 other Illinois academic libraries.
• Use Worldcat to find books held in libraries across the nation.
• Sample Library of Congress Subject Headings:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust and Jewish law
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Anniversaries, etc.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Causes
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Congresses
Related Term: Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Related Term: Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
Related Term: World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance.

• Selected Reference Resources available on the main floor of the library.
• Bibliography of Works Owned by Elmhurst College Including Call Number
• Ordering books from other libraries Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 45 academic libraries in Illinois.
• What if Illinet Online doesn't have the book I need? Request the book through interlibrary loan.

Articles
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe~A wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Full text.
• Academic Search Elite~Selected full text of journals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, and others.
• Periodical Abstracts~Index to general and academic journals in business, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, psychology, women's studies, and others. Selected full text.
• Ovid:

ERIC ~ A key source for education information.

PsychInfo ~ Covers professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics,  and other areas.

Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts ~ Covers anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, economics, geography, gerontology, international relations, law and criminology, planning and public administration, police science and corrections, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry and psychology, social work and public welfare, sociology, urban studies, and related subjects.
 

• JSTOR ~ Unlike the previous databases, which provide indexing, abstracting, and some full text of articles, JSTOR is an online library currently containing 87 journals in 15 different disciplines. JSTOR does not include current issues of journals, but is an electronic archives of titles, often going back to the first issue of a journal's existence. All full text.
• Project Muse is an online library of 45 journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, with the full text of articles from 1996 to the present. Journals in this collection cover primarily the humanities and the social sciences.


How do I find out if the Elmhurst College Library has the journal I need?

 
• Search for the journal title in the box next to the Reference Desk or on Illinet Online.
• If you don't find the journal you need, take a look at this list, Full Text Periodicals Available Online.
• How can I order a photocopy of an article Ican't find at Elmhurst College?

 
Selected Web Sites for the Study of the Holocaust
• Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center
• Shoah Education Project
• HopeSite~Holocaust Education Center
• Cybrary of the Holocaust
• Drew University Center for Holocaust Study
• Anne Frank Online
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• The Gershon & Rebecca Fenster Museum of Jewish Art
• The Simon Wiesenthal Center
• The Teachers Guide to the Holocaust
• Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center
• Simon Wiesenthal Center
• Holocaust: An Historical Summary
• Notre Dame Holocaust Project
• Facing History and Ourselves
• Journal of Holocaust Education
• Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
• Toolkit for Adult Education about the Holocaust
• Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto
• American Friends of the Ghetto Fighters' HouseThe Environmental Protection Agency


Citing & Learning about Information from the Web

• Citing Electronic Resources
• Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information
• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

Last updated November 2000 -Donna Goodwyn