Databases
SOAS Library provides access to many databases which support research into the Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica
SOAS students and staff can cross-search a range of databases relevant to the study of the Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica via Primo Central
Below is a list of our major databases available for the Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica. Most databases can be accessed by all Library users on-campus. For a full list of our databases please see A-Z databases.
- 19th century British Library newspapers 48 local, regional and national titles selected by the British Library to best represent life, events and opinions in 19th century Britain.
- Encyclopaedia of Judaism (Brill Online Reference Works).
- Cambridge Histories Online Includes Cambridge History of Judaism, Cambridge History of Christianity, Cambridge History of the Bible and New History of the Bible, the Cambridge Ancient History and Histories of Philosophy (Jewish, Hellenistic and in Late Antiquity)
- EBSCOHost Major database, including Academic Search Premier and Middle East and Central Asian Studies (MECAS)
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers - On-campus or off-campus Access to over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers from 1715
- JSTOR - On-campus or off-campus Full-text access to over 1000 core scholarly journals (recent content embargoed). SOAS Alumni can also register for off-campus access via http://soasalumni.org/
- Oxford Reference - On-campus or Off-campus Access to over 100 Oxford University Press encyclopaedias, dictionaries and other reference works across a wide range of subjects relevant to historians
- Proquest Theses and Dissertations: Humanities and Social Science Collections Database of US theses and dissertations dating from 1861 to the present day, with full-text access to most theses added since 1997, plus a growing retrospective full-text coverage
- Web of Science / Knowledge Major bibliographic database including Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index
Search a wide range of resources (not just Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica) via Primo-Central
