A collaboration of leading Israeli publishers, Kotar is a large collection of reference materials, scholarly books, biographies, and other materials related to Israeli and Jewish topics. Kotar aims to provide students, teachers, and scholars with the best sources of information published over the last 50 years in Hebrew, along with an online work environment. Kotar […]
Tag: Secondary Sources
New Databases for the new academic year! Hebrew books and Talmud Index
Just in time for the beginning of the Fall semester, I am pleased to announce the purchase of two new databases for Columbia’s Judaica collection: 1. Otzar HaHochma – a database of 72,700 digitized Hebrew books, from the 15th century to the present day. Includes books from the presses of Mossad HaRav Kook and Mekhon […]
New Electronic Resources: Hebrew-language journals and dictionaries
I am very pleased to announce that we have recently purchased some very important electronic collections for Jewish Studies research at Columbia. Two collections of journal archives, including many Hebrew journals in the fields of art, Bible, history, folklore, philosophy, and many other topics, are now available through JSTOR via the Jewish Studies Collection and […]
Important upgrades: RAMBI and Bar Ilan Responsa
Ladies and Gentlemen, drumroll please – we have fantastic news about updates from two of the most important resources in Jewish Studies: 1) RAMBI, the Index to Articles in Jewish Studies, profiled here, sent the below email yesterday: "Subject searching in RAMBI, The Index to Articles in Jewish Studies, is being changed so that searching […]
Harvard’s Judaica Library Publications – available freely online!
Libraries tend to be dedicated to open access, devoted to making their collections available to anyone in need of research. With a recent announcement from a Harvard Judaica Librarian, we see that Harvard is definitely on board with this. The Judaica publications that they have digitized include work on Yiddish language and literature, Israel Studies, […]
Staying on top of research: Rambi feeds and Google Reader
With so much work being published in so many different forums in today’s world, it is hard to know when relevant research is published. Enter a match made in heaven: RAMBI feeds and Google Reader! RAMBI, discussed earlier here, is a catalog of articles and chapters in the field of Jewish Studies. RAMBI allows scholars […]
RAMBI: The Index to Articles in Jewish Studies
One of the first things to do before embarking on any research is to check the current work on the topic being studied. In many cases, this can be very daunting: How do I find what has already been done? Sure, I can check CLIO to see if there are books published in my area of […]
New Resource: Thesaurus of the Hebrew Book
I am pleased to announce that Columbia University Libraries has recently purchased the Vinograd Thesaurus of the Hebrew Book. This database, available only on DVD, is a very-much updated version of the print edition (located in Butler Reference: R016.4924 V56). This searchable database lists of all books printed in Hebrew characters from 1468-1948 (including Hebrew, […]
Faculty and doctoral students: Borrow books from NYPL and NYU!
On March 18, 2011, "The New York Public Library and the libraries of Columbia University and New York University have launched a pilot initiative to expand access and use of collections and better serve their users. The collaboration, dubbed the Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MaRLI), will enable NYU and Columbia doctoral students, full-time faculty and librarians, and approved New York […]
New Book: Palaces of Time, by Prof. Elisheva Carlebach
Congratulations to Columbia Professor Elisheva Carlebach on the publication of her newest book, Palaces of Time, by Harvard University Press. From the description: "From one of the leading historians of the Jewish past comes a stunning look into a previously unexamined dimension of Jewish life and culture: the calendar. In the late sixteenth century, Pope […]