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10. Find Humanities Sources

AU librarians recommend the sources listed below for reference and research in English, History, Religion, Music, Journalism, and Foreign Languages.

How does humanities research differ from library research in the sciences?

The humanities draw on all aspects of human experience from prehistory to the present, in the arts, religion, literature, history, and man's relationship to the natural world.

Humanists don't like to be fenced in by one discipline. Composers write literature into music, theologians wrestle with psychological and political questions, historians study the rise of great religions and effects of climate or disease on human populations. Regardless of your course title, you will find useful sources among several fields of study in the humanities.

Art, Music, Theatre

Reference:  Oxford Reference Online: Arts & Architecture | Literature Resource Center | Grove Music | Movie Review Query Engine

Articles:  Academic OneFile | Grove Music | Arts & Humanities Search

Literature

Reference:  Literature Resource Center | Oxford Reference Online: Literature | Oxford English Dictionary

Articles:  Academic OneFile | HLAS Online (Latin American Literature)

Primary Sources:  Literature Online | Latino Literature | Granger's World of Poetry

Philosophy and Religion

Reference:  Oxford Reference Online: Religion and Philosphy |  Individual Philosophers

Articles:  Academic OneFileATLA Religion Index

Sacred Texts:  Online Search for Canonical Texts | Crosswalk.com: Search the Bible | Dead Sea Scrolls | The Holy Qur'an

United States History

Reference:  American National Biography | Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774 to the Present | POTUS: Presidents of the United States | U.S. Historical Census Data Browser

Articles:  Academic OneFile | CQ Researcher

Primary Sources:  Constitution of the United States | Documents in the News | Major Document Collections | Major Acts of Congress

World History

Reference:  Oxford Reference Online: History |  A-Z of Countries of the World | Perseus Digital Library

Articles:  Academic OneFile

Primary Sources:  EuroDocs | Documents in the News | Avalon Project Major Document Collections | Foreign Governments: Constitutions, Laws, and Treaties

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