This volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica is the first of a projected 16-volume publication, consisting of an abridged and edited translation of the Persian Da’irat al-Ma’arif-i Buzurg-i Islami, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. One unique feature of this work of reference lies in the attention it gives to Shi’i Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias.
Updated edition of this work on Judaism features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.
Comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world. Contains volumes I-XII of the New Edition of the Encyclopedia of Islam.
Includes reference for study of ancient world. Database provides definitions and explanations of key people, places, and events in ancient history between the late Bronze Age and the 7th century CE. Covers entire ancient Mediterranean world including the Near East and Egypt.
Entries in English and German from the Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit (published between 2005 and 2012). Covers European history from about 1450 to 1850.
From Europe to America to the Middle East, North Africa and other non-European Jewish settlement areas the Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture covers the recent history of the Jews from 1750 until the 1950s. Translated from German into English, approximately 800 keywords present the current state of international research and depict a complex portrait of Jewish life - illustrated by many maps and images. About 40 key articles convey central themes on topics like autonomy, exile, emancipation, literature, liturgy, music or the science of Judaism.
Covers Jewish history, religion and culture in Muslim lands, covering the seventh century to the present (2010), particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods.
Includes background, overview, and wide-ranging and up-to-date scholarship...on the colonial, postcolonial and neo-colonial condition, covering the period from 1492 to the present.
Presents religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture. The original 2,750 entries have been retained, many updated, and approximately 600 new articles have been added.
Overview articles on key topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards, produced by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press. Updated monthly.
Includes background, reference, and essays covering “major topics, the novel, plays, poetry, and global Victorian studies” and “articles on themes such as cosmopolitanism, journalism, race, sexuality, and reading.”
Reflects the latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world, crossing history, geographic borders and disciplines.
Over 5100 authoritative profiles of authors, works and literary and historical topics, written by over 2000 specialists from universities around the world. Also lists over 22,000 works by date, country and genre. Covers canonical literature originally written in English, French, German and Russian, and is extending its coverage of Italian, Spanish, Latin and Greek. Data can be arrayed by date, country and genre.
Articles from the Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present, and more. Access is limited to 1 user at a time. Please log out when you are finished.
Art history articles, also images and links to museums, galleries, and art collections around the world. Titles include Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Note: Access is limited to 8 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.
In-depth articles covering all aspects of music. Includes the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. Access is limited to 8 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.
Covers the entire sweep of American history. Its essays are based on the latest, most persuasive research and incorporate visual and sound materials and links to original sources that could not be included in a traditional printed encyclopedia.
The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature contains over 400 articles and aims to map, over time, the world’s entire landscape of literary expressions and criticism, weaving together the various fields and approaches that make up literature.
Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology provides long-form, articles written by experts from the field.
Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication combines the speed and flexibility of digital with the rigorous standards of academic publishing. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication is part of the larger online Oxford Research Encyclopedia, a dynamic digital encyclopedia continuously updated by the world’s leading scholars and researchers.
The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science is updated monthly and includes multi-media features embedded in articles, along with cross-referenced links. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science contains in-depth peer-reviewed articles and broad coverage of the field.
The Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs) offer long-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars in Latin American History. The encyclopedia covers both foundational and cutting-edge topics in order to develop, over time, an anchoring knowledge base for major areas of research. This source is regularly updated.
The Oxford Research Encyclopedias are dynamic digital reference works for advanced scholars and students, composed of peer-reviewed overview articles that map the entirety of a field of study. The Oxford Classical Dictionary is the Oxford Research Encyclopedia covering classical studies.
The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary Science is overseen by Peter Read of the University of Oxford and an editorial board of subject experts, ensuring a comprehensive, encyclopedic map of the field. Updated monthly.
An accessible and intuitive online platform, Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism brings together a wealth of interdisciplinary content about the Modernist period, and is the ideal starting point for any research in modernism. With over 1,000 articles from experts in the field, supported by over 100 images, The content covers eight key subject areas: Literature, Architecture, Visual Arts, Music, Dance, Theater, Film, and Intellectual Currents. Researchers can browse by subject, movement, or place in order to discover connections between key topics and fields.
The most comprehensive encyclopedia of philosophy in English. Over 2,800 entries, continually updated and revised, covering Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.
An ever-expanding collection of up-to-date articles by leading scholars. Features detailed explanations of philosophical issues along with exhaustive bibliography. Particularly useful for understanding arguments or concepts.
An international encyclopedia which documents and surveys the entire complex of translation as well as the operations and phenomena associated with it. Published in German, English, and French.
This encyclopedia provides the most complete picture of the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginnings of their settlement in the region to the present. This website makes accurate, reliable, scholarly information about East European Jewish life accessible to everyone.
