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(374) Resources In 'Publishing Libraries & History of the Book'
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Databases & Article Indexes (46) E-Journals (213) Acronyms, Abbreviations & Symbols (1) Associations, Organizations & Societies (5) Biography (1)
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Primary Publishing Libraries & History of the Book Databases & Article Indexes

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ScholarlyCommons: Repository
Also Known as: Scholarly Commons
ScholarlyCommons@Penn is a repository of the research and scholarly output of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, administered by the Penn Library....   [more]
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    Penn Dissertations in ScholarlyCommons@Penn
    FAQ re joining and submitting papers

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Important Publishing Libraries & History of the Book Databases & Article Indexes

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AAM Media Intelligence Center (formerly ABC E-Statements Historical)
Also Known as: ABC E-Statements Historical
current and historical ABC publication member reports, including Audit Reports, Publisher's Statements, ABC Interactive Audit Reports, Insert Verification Service Reports (IVS), Supplemental Data Repo...   [more]
Holdings: 1996-current for Periodicals and 1997-current for Newspapers.
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AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
Also Known as: Art and Archaeology Technology Abstracts, Technical Studies in Art and Archaeology
Abstracts of material cultural heritage management and conservation literature worldwide. Topics include methods of examination and analysis, conservation including architectural conservation, archaeo...   [more]
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ADAT - Academic Database Assessment Tool
Provides comparative information on major bibliographic and fulltext databases. Users may compare journal title coverage by major databases, search for journal titles to see which databases cover the ...   [more]
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America's Historical Imprints: Early American Imprints Series I and II, 1639-1819
Includes Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800; Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 ...   [more]

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Bibliography of Arabic Books Online
- from Brill Online Books and Journals
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Book Review Digest Retrospective
Also Known as: BRD
Covers 1905-1982....   [more]

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Cabell's Whitelist
Also Known as: Cabells Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management, Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Education, Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Nursing
Journal quality metrics such as acceptance rates, as well as submission criteria and other information researchers might need to match their manuscripts with the journals most likely to be interested ...   [more]
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Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
A project of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCLA...   [more]
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Das Fruhe Deutsche Buchtitelblatt
" Das fr|he deutsche Buchtitelblatt: Mainz, Bamberg, Stra_burg, Kvln, Basel, Augsburg und N|rnberg. Bibliographische Daten und Abbildungen." A large collection of early German title plages, with ...   [more]
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DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks
DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks allows scholars and students to investigate the publishing, printing, and marketing of English Renaissance drama in ways not possible using any other print or...   [more]
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DigiZeitschriften
Also Known as: Digi Zeitschriften
DigiZeitschriften provides full-text access to over 100 scholarly journals published in Germany or neighboring countries since the late 1700s. The journals are in German, English, or other European la...   [more]

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Directory of Poetry Publishers
- from Dustbooks eDirectories
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Directory of Small Press/Magazine Editors & Publishers
- from Dustbooks eDirectories
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Dustbooks eDirectories
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E-corpus
e-corpus is a collective digital library that catalogs and disseminates numerous documents: manuscripts, archives, books, journals, prints, audio recordings, video, etc. This diverse platform present...   [more]
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E-LIS
E-LIS is an electronic open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, in Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related application activities....   [more]
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Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library (1475-1900)
Also Known as: Early Arabic Printed Books 1475-1900, Early Arabic Printed Books From the British Library Part 1, Early Arabic Printed Books Part 1, Early Arabic Printed Books: Literature, Grammar, Language, Catalogues and Periodicals, Early Arabic Printed Books: Sciences, History and Geography
Early Arabic Printed Books 1475-1900, Early Arabic Printed Books: Literature, Grammar, Language, Catalogues and Periodicals, Early Arabic Printed Books: Sciences, History and Geography...   [more]
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Early Western Korans
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Einbanddatenbank
A database on bookbinding (especially rubbings from bindings) from the 15th and 16th centuries, focusing on collections in Berlin, Stuttgart, Wolfenbuttel and Munich....   [more]
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Francis
Also Known as: Bulletin signaletique
Francis covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities and social sciences. It is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature with emphasis on cur...   [more]
Holdings: 1984 to the present. Updated monthly.
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    FRANCIS via EBSCOhost (closed file)

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German Decorative Trade Bindings
From the collections of the University of Wisconsin....   [more]
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Global Books in Print
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Holdings: Updated weekly.
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Hazine
This site is dedicated to helping scholars conduct research in the Middle East and beyond. The core content of HAZINE is practical articles regarding how to access and use archives, manuscript librari...   [more]
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Index Translationum
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International Directory of Little Magazines & Small Presses
- from Dustbooks eDirectories
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Lawrence J. Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
The Schoenberg Database is itself a work in progress. It provides data on medieval manuscript books produced before 1600. The information is drawn from auction and sales catalogs, inventories, catalog...   [more]
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LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts
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LISTA -- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Also Known as: Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
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Manuscriptorium
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Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections
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Missionary Periodicals Database
Not an article index, not fulltext, MPD is a bibliography of "all periodicals on foreign missions published in Britain between the 18th century and the 1960s by missionary societies." Useful for ident...   [more]
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Newspaper Carriers' Addresses
"Carriers' addresses were published by newspapers, usually on January 1, and distributed in the United States for more than two centuries. The custom originated in England and was introduced here duri...   [more]
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OLAC Language Resource Catalog
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Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Critical Bibliography (2nd ed)
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SCImago Journal and Country Rank
Journal ranking project using Scopus title list....   [more]
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Shahnamah Editions Online
Also Known as: Shahnamah Online, Firdawsī's Shāhnāmah Editions Online
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Small Press Record of Books in Print
- from Dustbooks eDirectories
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Web of Science
Also Known as: ISI Citation Indexes, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, SSCI, SCI, AHCI, ISI, WOK, Web of Knowledge
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index[more]
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
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    Web of Science Tutorials
    Cited Reference Searching Tutorial

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Women Writers Online
Also Known as: women writers project
Searchable, full-text collection of works in English by pre-Victorian women writers. Renaissance Women Online is a special sub-set of this ...   [more]

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Zeitschriftendatenbank
Also Known as: ZDB
The worlds largest specialized database for serial titles (journals, annuals, newspapers etc., incl. e-journals), managed by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The ZDB contains more than 1.6 million bib...   [more]
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Related Publishing Libraries & History of the Book Databases & Article Indexes

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Abbreviationes Online: Medieval Abbreviations on the Web
Abbreviationes is designed for use in both learning and teaching medieval Latin paleography, comprised of over 70,000 entries containing a total of 80,098 references to manuscripts....   [more]

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Bibliography of the Hebrew Book
This resource only works in Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. “The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book” features a bibliographic database covering approximately 90% of all the books published ...   [more]
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Historical Abstracts
Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada)....   [more]
Holdings: ca. 1974- present. Updated three times a year.

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International Bibliography of Art
Also Known as: IBA
IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), and retains BHA's editorial policies. The database includes records created by the Getty Research Institute in 2008-09, plus new r...   [more]
Holdings: 2008 - the present

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Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
Also Known as: Digital Dissertations, Dissertation Abstracts, UMI, DAI, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT), Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext
Indexing (since 1861) and abstracting (since 1980) for doctoral-level dissertations completed at North American universities. Page images or fulltext of all available dissertations - including Penn d...   [more]
Holdings: Indexing 1861-present, abstracts 1980-present, page-image or fulltext PDF for available dissertations dissertations from 1997 to the present.
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