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The most comprehensive resource available in its field, Humanities Full Text brings you full text plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. The database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more.

  • High quality indexing of some 600 periodicals as far back as 1984, over 400 of them peer-reviewed.

  • In-depth abstracts of 50 to 150 words let users know instantly if a cited article is useful to their research.

  • Full text of articles from nearly 250 journals as far back as 1995.

  • Visit our Journal Directory for a searchable list of the journals covered.

  • Search using the Wilson subject thesaurus developed specifically for this database.

  • Up-to-date subject headings keep pace with the latest topics in the visual, performing, and literary arts.

  • Graphical content adds a key dimension to research—PDF page images accompany full text articles, offering both words and images.

  • Search by keyword, subject, personal names, title words, publication, year, type of article or any combination, to find exactly what you need.

  • Library holdings indicator links to your OPAC, letting users know if they’ll find cited issues on your shelves.

  • Links to websites cited by articles help users find related information and images.

  • Acquire articles easily through document delivery links built right into the database.

  • Uniform name authority control (Details) makes searching easy and reliable.

  • Daily updates bring users current information (monthly on WilsonDisc).

  • Wilson quality indexing and abstracting—guarantees user satisfaction with results.

 

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Just click a special WilsonLink icon for automatic links to your other databases—no matter what the vendor. You don’t need additional hardware—WilsonWeb integrates your electronic collection with a supplemental search of all OpenURL compliant resources. In addition, WilsonLink provides extended services including an Internet search and document delivery options.

 

 

Humanities Full Text covers a full range of subjects:

Archaeology • Area Studies • Art • Classical Studies • Communications • Dance • Film • Folklore • Gender Studies • History • Journalism • Linguistics • Literary & Social Criticism • Literature • Music • Performing Arts • Philosophy • Religion & Theology

 

Humanities Full Text Helps Busy Librarians Answer Questions Like These

  • I would like to find some first hand accounts of what it was like to experience Hurricane Katrina. Can you help me find this kind of information?

  • I once read a short story by Joyce Carol Oates called "Surprise, Surprise". How can I find a copy of it to reread?

  • I would like to read about Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of the ancient city of Troy—where should I look?

  • I need to find information on Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser" for a school paper. Can you help me?

  • Is there any place where I can find information about George Washington's presidency?

  • I am looking for material about American soldiers in the Paficic during World War II—is there a source I should consult?

  • How can I locate some book reviews of the most recent book by Stephen Jay Gould?

  • I am writing a paper on the depiction of Native Americans in motion pictures. Can you help me find some articles that address this topic?

  • I'd like to learn more about the history of the black press in America. Where would be a good place to start?

  • I need to know about the current trends in Shakespeare scholarship for a paper I'm writing. Where's the best place to get that kind of overview?

 

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Humanities Abstracts
This database delivers the same indexing and abstracts offered in Humanities Full Text, but without links to full text articles. The same journals are covered. Humanities Abstracts is updated daily on WilsonWeb, monthly on WilsonDisc.

Humanities Index
This database delivers the same indexing offered in Humanities Full Text, but without the abstracts or the links to full text articles. Humanities Index is updated daily on WilsonWeb and monthly on WilsonDisc. Also available in print.

 

"The broad range of topics addressed by the humanities is well represented."
—American Reference Books Annual


 

Humanities Full Text Expands Indexing Coverage—Adding 56 Journals!

Coverage has been strengthened across all subject areas, with emphasis on women’s studies, religion (especially Asian belief systems), philosophy, history, cultural studies, and literature. New journals also focus on Africa, the Middle East, Australia, Germany, India, and the Pacific Rim.

 

Titles were selected with the help of subject specialists on the ALA Reference and User Services Association’s Committee on Wilson Indexes. All are scholarly, peer-reviewed journals with SFX-linkable full text. Nearly all received recommendations from Magazines for Libraries, 11th Edition or Library Journal.

 

Coverage of the new titles began with January 2004 issues, and generate some 3,500 additional citations per year. The new journals are also indexed in Humanities Abstracts and Humanities Index.

  • African Studies Quarterly (Electronic)

  • Agni

  • American Journalism: A Journal of Media History

  • American Literary Realism

  • Arethusa

  • Arizona Quarterly

  • Australian Literary Studies

  • British Journal for the History of Philosophy

  • Buddhist-Christian Studies

  • Calyx

  • CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (Electronic)

  • Confrontation

  • Cultural Critique

  • Eastern Buddhist

  • English Literary Renaissance

  • Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

  • Femspec

  • Folklore Forum

  • Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies

  • Gender and History

  • Genders (Electronic)

  • Germanic Review

  • Hanging Loose

  • Hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture

  • International Journal of Hindu Studies

  • International Labor and Working-Class History

  • Intersections (Electronic)

  • Journal of Early Christian Studies

  • Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

  • Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers

  • Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism

  • Michigan Feminist Studies

  • Middle East Studies Association Bulletin

  • Narrative

  • New German Critique

  • Nous

  • Oral Tradition

  • Oregon Historical Quarterly

  • Pennsylvania History

  • Performance Research

  • PN Review

  • Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

  • Prospects: An Annual of American Cultural Studies

  • Public Culture

  • Religious Studies Review

  • Representations

  • River Styx

  • Semeia

  • Social Text

  • StoryQuarterly

  • Text and Performance Quarterly

  • Textual Practice

  • Transition: An International Review

  • Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

  • West Africa Review (Electronic)

  • Women's Writing

Praise for Humanities Full Text

"A boon for basic and advanced scholars alike, and its interdisciplinary coverage is commendable....
Recommended for public, academic, and school libraries."  
Library Journal
March 2003
(Review)
"A venerable reference source that has long given good service."
—"The Online 100" in Online Magazine
 
Now Available!
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
 
Humanities Full Text adds 56 Journals!
Coverage broadened for women’s studies, religion (especially Asian belief systems), philosophy, history, cultural studies, and literature. 
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