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  1. Humanities Resource Guide Kim Nolan LIS 517 Information Sources and Services in the Humanities

  2. Humanities The Humanities, those branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture or with analytic and critical methods of inquiry derived from an appreciation of human values and of the unique ability of the human spirit to express itself. As a group of educational disciplines, the humanities are distinguished in content and method from the physical and biological sciences and, somewhat less decisively, from the social sciences. The humanities include the study of all languages and literatures, the arts, history, religion and philosophy. ~ Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition

  3. Religion Religion, human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. It is also commonly regarded as consisting of the way people deal with ultimate concerns about their lives and their fate after death. In many traditions, this relation and these concerns are expressed in terms of one’s relationship with or attitude toward gods or spirits; in more humanistic or naturalistic forms of religion, they are expressed in terms of one’s relationship with or attitudes toward the broader human community or the natural world. In many religions, texts are deemed to have scriptural status, and people are esteemed to be invested with spiritual or moral authority. Believers and worshipers participate in and are often enjoined to perform devotional or contemplative practices such as prayer, meditation, or particular rituals. ~ Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition

  4. Library of Congress ClassificationsforReligion BL1-2790 Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BM1-990 Judaism BP1-610 Islam. Bahai Faith. Theosophy, etc. BQ1-9800 Buddhism BR1-1725 Christianity BS1-2970 The Bible BT10-1480 Doctrinal Theology BV1-5099 Practical Theology BX1-9999 Christian Denominations

  5. Dewey Decimal ClassificationforReligion 200 Religion210 Philosophy & theory of religion220 The Bible230 Christianity & Christian theology240 Christian practice & observance250 Christian pastoral practice & religious orders260 Christian organization, social work & worship270 History of Christianity280 Christian denominations290 Other religions

  6. Religion Resources Online Resources Print Resources • ATLA The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) database provides the most extensive access to information on religion of any source. Covering 1949 to the present. • World Religion Database The (WRD) offers detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country in the world. • Encyclopedia Judaica The most authoritative source on Judaism and Jewish life. • Religion and Philosophy Collection Provides coverage of world religions, religious denominations, biblical studies and religious history. • ProQuest Religion More than 220 journals, with many titles from religious publishing bodies, most available in full text. • Atlas of the Worlds Religions Covers indigenous religions, place names and religious sites and other topics of contemporary interest • Encyclopedia of Religion Comprehensive encyclopedia of ancient as well as contemporary religious topics. • Encyclopedia of Religion in America Multidisciplinary examination of religion in American life. • Religions of the World: A comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices Addresses religion in over 200 countries with entries placed in the country and geographic context. • The Literature of Theology Provides more than 500 bibliographies of religious resources. Resource descriptions taken from Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts

  7. Christianity Christianity,stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth (the Christ, or the Anointed One of God) in the 1st century ad. It has become the largest of the world’s religions. Geographically the most widely diffused of all faiths, it has a constituency of more than 2 billion believers. ~ Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition • Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (CPLI) – provides indexing of periodicals, collections of essays, church and papal documents. • Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity – Highlights the diversity of understanding of the Christian traditions in different environments. • Historical Dictionary of Jesus – The people places and events associated with Jesus are identified and defined in this highly regarded source.

  8. Literature Literature, a body of written works. The name has traditionally been applied to those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic excellence of their execution. Literature may be classified according to a variety of systems, including language, national origin, historical period, genre, and subject matter. Literature is a form of human expression. But not everything expressed in words—even when organized and written down—is counted as literature. Those writings that are primarily informative—technical, scholarly, journalistic—would be excluded from the rank of literature by most, though not all, critics. Certain forms of writing, however, are universally regarded as belonging to literature as an art. ~ Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition

  9. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE CLASS P - LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE • P - Philology. Linguistics • PA - Greek - Latin language and literature • PB - Modern languages. Celtic languages • PC - Romance languages • PD - Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages • PE - English language • PF - West Germanic languages • PG - Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian language • PH - Uralic languages. Basque language • PJ - Oriental languages and literatures • PK - Indo-Iranian languages and literatures • PL - Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

  10. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION CLASS P - LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE • PM - Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages • PN - Literature (General) • PQ - French literature - Italian - Spanish – Portuguese literature • PR - English literature • PS - American literature • PT German literature - Dutch literature - Flemish literature since 1830 Afrikaans literature - Scandinavian literature - Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian - Modern Icelandic literature - Faroese literature - Danish literature – Norwegian literature - Swedish literature • PZ - Fiction and juvenile belles lettres

  11. Dewey Decimal ClassificationLiterature • 800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism • 810 American literature in English • 820 English & Old English literatures • 830 German & related literatures • 840 French & related literatures • 850 Italian, Romanian & related literatures • 860 Spanish & Portuguese literatures • 870 Latin & Italic literatures • 880 Classical & modern Greek literatures • 890 Other literatures

  12. Literature Resources Online Resources Print Resources • Literature Resource Center Complete literature reference database contains biographical and bibliographical information on authors and their works. • MLA International Bibliography Contains citations to books, journal articles and dissertations published on literature, modern languages, linguistics, and folklore. • Literary Reference Center Full text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, and literary journals. • Twayne’s Author Series Literary criticism for about 200 authors. Author search results include bibliographies, chronologies, and critical discussions. • Oxford Reference Online Premium Indexes many of Oxford’s reference resources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, companions and guides. • Cambridge Guide to Literature in English Includes literary and non-literary authors who were important within the literary culture of their era. • Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics Over 500 entries on authors and works addressing the world history of literature related to politics. • Gale Encyclopedia of American Literature Biographical, historical, literary and critical information on prominent American authors. • Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory Comprehensive evaluations of literary theory and their origins. • Oxford Chronology of English Literature Covers 1474- 2000, places works in context to time and place. Resource descriptions taken from Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts.

  13. Fiction fiction, literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation. Types of literature in the fiction genre include the novel,short story, and novella. The word is from the Latin fictiō, “the act of making, fashioning, or molding.” ~ Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition • Early American Fiction, 1789-1875 – contains the text of more that 730 first editions of American novels and short stories. • Early English Prose Fiction – Contains more than 200 works from the period 1500-1700 • Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth Century English Novel – The history and development of the English novel are traced in this work. • Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story – analyzes the genre from the beginning of the short storyin the early 19th century to the present.

  14. Fine Arts Fine art, from the 17th century on, has meant art forms developed primarily for aesthetics, distinguishing them from applied arts that also have to serve some practical function. Historically, the five main fine arts were painting, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, with minor arts including theater and dance. Today, the fine arts commonly include additional forms, including film, photography, conceptual arts, and printmaking. However, in some institutes of learning or in museums, fine art and frequently the term fine arts (pl.) as well, are associated exclusively with visual art forms ~ Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition

  15. Library of Congress Classification • Subclass N – Visual Arts • Subclass NA – Architecture • Subclass NB – Sculpture • Subclass NC – Drawing, Design, Illustration • Subclass ND – Painting • Subclass NE – Print media • Subclass NK – Decorative Arts • Subclass NX – Arts in General

  16. Dewey Decimal Classification 700Fine Arts710   LANDSCAPE GARDENING.720   ARCHITECTURE.730   SCULPTURE.740   DRAWING AND DESIGN.750   PAINTING.760   ENGRAVING.770   PHOTOGRAPHY.780   MUSIC.790   AMUSEMENTS.

  17. Fine Arts Resources Online Resources Print Resources • World Biographical Dictionary of Artists A comprehensive, authoritative art history database. • Art Source This database covers, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. • Grove Art Online The foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, covering both Western and non-Western art. • Oxford Art Online Oxford Art Online offers access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today. • ARTstor An online resource of 1.5 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences • The Art Lover’s Almanac The entire world of art is at your fingertips in this easy-to-use, clear and comprehensive resource book. • Art Works Each volume contains quality reproductions of the work of fifty or more artists. • Benezit Dictionary of Artists is an extensive publication of bibliographical information on painters, sculptors, designers and engravers created primarily for art museums, auction houses, historians and dealers. • International Directory of Arts Reference directory that has contact information for over 145,000 museums, galleries, art journals and more. • The Handbook of Art and Design Terms Extensive art and design entries reflect the large amount of new terminology that has evolved in the field over the last decade. Resource descriptions taken from Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts.

  18. Art Sales and Pricing Art Sales and Pricing – Special libraries and special collections of all types need sales and provenance information for books and art objects. These resources are generally expensive and only large libraries or well supported art and museum libraries can afford subscriptions. More information is now available on the internet. Price It!Antiques and Collectibles -This database is an identification, research, and pricing tool for collectors, dealers, appraisers and anyone interested in the trade. Antique Collectors Club –Publications cover antiques, architecture, art, decorative arts, fashion, gardening and nature. Art Dealers Association of America – provides an introduction to the art world for would be collectors.

  19. Performing Arts Performing arts are art forms in which artists use their body or voice to convey artistic expression. Performing arts include dance, music, opera, theatre, magic, spoken word, circus arts, recitation and musical theatre. • Artists who participate in performing arts in front of an audience are called performers, including actors, comedians, dancers, magicians, musicians, and singers. Performing arts are also supported by workers in related fields, such as song writing and stagecraft. • Performers often adapt their appearance, such as with costumes and stage makeup, etc. • There is also a specialized form of fine art in which the artists perform their work live to an audience. This is called performance art. Most performance art also involves some form of plastic art, perhaps in the creation of props. ~ Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition

  20. Library of Congress Classification • PN1560-1590 The performing arts. • PN1585-1589 Centers for the performing arts • PN1600-3307 Drama • PN1635-1650 Relation to, and treatment of, special subjects • PN1660-1693Technique of dramatic composition • PN1720-1861 History • PN1865-1988 Special types • PN1990-1992.92 Broadcasting • PN1991-1991.9 Radio broadcasts • PN1992-1992.92Television broadcasts • PN1992.93-19 92.95 Nonbroadcastvideo recordings

  21. Library of Congress Classification • PN1993-1999 Motion pictures • PN1997-1997.85 Plays, scenarios, etc. • PN2000-3307 Dramatic representation. • The theater • PN2061-2071 Art of acting • PN2085-2091 The stage and accessories • PN2131-2193 By period • PN2131-2145 Ancient • PN2152-2160 Medieval • PN2171-2179Renaissance • PN2181-2193 Modern • PN2219.3-3030 Special regions or countries • PN3035 The Jewish theater • PN3151-3171 Amateur theater • PN3175-3191 College and school theatricals • PN3203-3299 Tableaux, pageants, "Happenings," etc. **Through a little research I found that some specific performing arts can be found in various places across the LOC classification system. As an example topics relating to ‘Dance’ can be found in subclass GV

  22. Dewey Decimal Classification Performing Arts 790.06 Organizations and management of recreation; recreation 790.07 Education, research, related topics of recreation 790.08 Recreation for groups of people 790.09 History, geographic treatment, biography of recreation 790.1 General kinds of recreational activities 790.2 The performing arts in general

  23. Performing Arts Resources Online Resources Print Resources • Theater History on the Web A compilation of web sites devoted to researching theater history • International Index to the Performing Arts Full text subscription database that covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry. • Performing Arts Yearbook Subscription database of an International performing arts directory. • Global Performing Arts Database Makes performing arts artifacts accessible so they can be studied and preserved. • Performing Arts Encyclopedia Website of the Library of Congress that is a rich resource across the performing arts. • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance Covers a wide sweep of the performing arts with authoritative entries. • The Performing Arts: A Guide to the Reference Literature Covers historically important bibliographies and catalogs. • Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater Authoritative encyclopedia covering all facets of the performing arts but also includes drag shows and performers. • The Art of Clowning Contains the ‘how-to’ of clowning as well as the history of clowning. • African Americans in the Performing Arts One of the A to Z African American series contains over 190 biographies. Resource descriptions taken from Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts

  24. Theater Theater - is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. ~ Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition • American Drama Subscription database that offers online access to more than 1,500 plays by 500 playwrights. • Play Index Contains over 31,000 play citations published from 1949 to the present. • History of the Theatre Considered the go-to book for theater history. • World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Covers the theaters of the world since 1945.

  25. Digital Humanities The digital humanities is an area of research, teaching, and creation concerned with the intersection of computing and the disciplines of the humanities. Developing from the field of humanities computing, digital humanities embraces a variety of topics ranging from curating online collections to data mining large cultural data sets. Digital Humanities currently incorporates both digitized and born-digital materials. 1)Perseus Digital Library - The Perseus Digital Library is an evolving collection of resources for the study of the ancient world, including archaeology, atlas, texts and translations, text tools and lexica. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/ 2) The Valley of the Shadow - The Valley of the Shadow is a digital archive of primary sources that document the lives of people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, during the era of the American Civil War. http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/ 3) Biblion - Enter the World of Tomorrow through one of the Library's richest and most heavily used archival collections: the official corporate records of the 1939–40 New York World's Fair. http://exhibitions.nypl.org/biblion/worldsfair/ 4) Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project - consists of an electronic collection of primary source materials relating to the Salem witch trials of 1692 and a new transcription of the court records. http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/home.html 5) Digital Public Library of America - The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. http://dp.la/

  26. Religion Resource Citations • ATLA - https://www.atla.com/Pages/default.aspx • World Religion Database - http://www.worldreligiondatabase.org/wrd_default.asp • Encyclopedia Judaica - http://www.encyclopediajudaica.us/ • Religion and Philosophy Collection - http://www.ebscohost.com/public/religion-philosophy-collection • ProQuest Religion - http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/pq_religion.shtml • Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (CPLI) http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/atla-catholic-periodical-and-literature-index • Bollier, John, and David R. Stewart, The Literature of Theology. Westminster: John Knox Press, 2003. • Harrington, Daniel J. Historical Dictionary of Jesus. Lantham, MD. Scarecrow Press, 2010. • Jones, Lindsey, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. • Lippy, Charles H., and Peter W. Williams, eds. Encyclopedia of Religion in America. CQ Press, 2010. • Melton, J. Gordon, and Martin Baumann, eds. Religions of the World: A comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. • Patte, Daniel, ed. Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010. • Smart, Ninian, and Frederick Denny, eds. Atlas of the World’s Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. .

  27. Literature Resource Citations • Literature Resource Center - http://gdc.gale.com/gale-literature-collections/literature-resource-center/ • MLA International Bibliography - http://www.mla.org/bibliography • Literary Reference Center - http://www.ebscohost.com/public/literary-reference-center • Twayne’s Authors Online - http://www.gale.cengage.com/TwaynesAuthors/ • Oxford Reference - http://v1.oxfordreference.com/pub/views/home.html • Early American Fiction, 1789-1875 - http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/early_am_fiction.shtml • Early English Prose Fiction - http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/early_eng_prose_fict.shtml • Booker, Keith M., Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics: Censorship, Revolution and Writing. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005 • Caserio, Robert, ed. Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth Century English Novel. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009. • Cox, Michael, ed. Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. • Gale Cengage. Gale Encyclopedia of American Literature. 2009 • Hawthorne, Gregory, Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory. New York: E. Arnold, 2001 • Head, Dominic, 3rd Edition, Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006. • Werlock, Abby H.P.. 2nd ed.Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story. New York: Infobase Publishing/Facts on File, 2009.

  28. Fine Arts Resource Citations • Art Source - http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/art-source • Grove Art Online - http://www.oxfordartonline.com/public/book/oao_gao • Oxford Art Online - http://www.oxfordartonline.com/public/about • ARTstor - http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml • FRANCIS - http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/francis • Price It! Antiques and Collectibles - http://bit.ly/1433l37 • Antique Collectors Club - http://www.antiquecollectorsclub.com/us • Art Dealers Association of America - http://www.artdealers.org/ • Hume, Helen, The Art Lover’s Almanac. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. • Art Works. New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, dist. W.W. Norton. 2005. • Benezit Dictionary of Artists. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. • International Directory of Arts. 35th ed. Munchen: DeGruyter Saur, 2010. • Edwards, D., The Handbook of Art and Design Terms. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004.

  29. Performing Arts Resource Citations • Theater History on the Web http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/theatrer.html • International Index to the Performing Arts http://iipa.chadwyck.com/marketing.do • Performing Arts Yearbook http://www.artsdb.net/ • Global Performing Arts Database http://www.glopad.org/pi/en/ • Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/ • American Drama http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/american_drama.shtml • Play Index http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/play-index • Brockett, Oscar G., Franklin J. Hiddy. History of the Theatre. Boston: Pearson Education, 2008. • Kennedy, Dan., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. • Otfinoski, Steven. African Americans in the Performing Arts. New York: Facts on File, 2003. • Rubin, Don., gen. ed. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. New York: Routledge, 1998. • Simon, Eli,. The Art of Clowning. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. • Simons, Linda Keir., The Performing Arts: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1994. • Summers, Claude, ed. Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater. Berkeley, CA: Cleis Press, 2004.

  30. Additional References • Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition - http://www.britannica.com/ • Perrault, Anna H., Elizabeth S. Aversa. Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts. Santa Barbara CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.

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