Research Guides: Jewish and Israel Studies: Bibliographies and Book Collections

Background information

Bibliography is a systematic list of books, journal articles and other materials on a specific topic. They are extremely helpful in doing research on a particular topic.

To find additional bibliographies in your subject area, search the Subject Phrase field in the Worldcat Catalog Advanced Search For example, search for "algeria* AND history AND bibliography," or "middle east AND history AND bibliography," etc.

In addition, always look at the bibliographies of the books and articles that you are reading for your topic. Not only will you find additional sources for your paper, but often you will also be able to make a determination whether a particular book or article is important for your topic. If a source is citated by multiple authors, you should probably include it in your own research as well.

Online bibliographies and collections of Hebrew and Yiddish books

Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts at the Library of Congress
The Hebraic Section of the Library of Congress houses some 230 manuscripts written in Hebrew and in cognate languages such as Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Persian, and Yiddish. It is a highly diverse collection with materials ranging from rabbinic responsa and commentary to poetry, Jewish magic, and folk medicine, and together they offer a rich, often intimate glimpse into Jewish life over the centuries.

Hebrewbooks.org
15,000 classical Hebrew books. Hebrewbooks.org was founded in order to preserve all old American seforim. Currently mission expanded to all Torah Seforim ever printed. View and print the entire Sefer online.
Kiryat sefer
Bibliographical quarterly of the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem. Bibliography of all the publications in Israel and of Judaica from all over the World. Contains books, dissertations, pamphlets, etc. Covers all geographic areas, disciplines within Jewish Studies and time periods.

Modern Hebrew Literature - a Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon
The The Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature is compiled by Joseph Garlon-Goldschlager and is hosted by the Ohio State University. It provides short biographies and bibliographies of works of Modern Hebrew writers. The site is in Hebrew.
National Yiddish Book Center
The National Yiddish Book Center is a vibrant, non-profit organization working to rescue Yiddish and other modern Jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. More than 10,000 of their titles are now available free-of-charge through the Open Content Alliance.

Selected general bibliographies

The Israel Union List of Serials
Lists over 100,000 different serial titles held by over 170 Israeli academic, special and public libraries and collections.
Bibliographical studies and notes on rare books and manuscripts in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America by Alexander Marx
Call Number: McKeldin Library Reference Stacks | BM40 .M37
ISBN: 0870682482
Bibliography of Jewish bibliographies by Shunami, Shlomo
Call Number: McKeldin Library Reference Stacks | Z7070.A1 S5 1969
ISBN: 9780196475585
Index of articles relative to Jewish history and literature published in periodicals, from 1665 to 1900. by Moise Schwab
Call Number: McKeldin Library Reference Stacks | Z6366 .S413
ISBN: 087068163X
Publication Date: 1971-01-01
Otsar ha-sefer ha-ʻIvri : reshimat ha-sefarim she-nidpesu be-ot ʻIvrit me-reshit ha-defus ha-ʻIvri bi-shenat 229 (1469) ʻad shenat 623 (1863) by Vinograd, Yeshayahu
Call Number: McKeldin Library Reference Stacks | Z7070 .V55 1993
Studies in Jewish bibliography and related subjects : in memory of Abraham Solomon Freidus, 1867-1923, late Chief of the Jewish Division, New York Public Library. by Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation
Call Number: McKeldin Library Stacks | Z6368 .S93 1969
Publication Date: 1929

Subject Specific Selections

Published Material from the Cambridge Genizah Collections by Stefan C. Reif (Editor)
Call Number: McKeldin Library Folio BM434 .C25 1988
ISBN: 9780521333368
Publication Date: 1989-06-15
The Oryx Holocaust Sourcebook by William R. Fernekes
Call Number: D804.3 .F47 2002
ISBN: 1573562955
Publication Date: 2002-05-30
Bibliography of Holocaust Literature by Abraham J. Edelheit; Hershel Edelheit
Call Number: D810.J4 E33 1986
ISBN: 081337233X
Publication Date: 1986-11-09
Yiddish Catalog and Authority File of the YIVO Library by Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Staff
Call Number: McKeldin Library Folio DS102.95 .Y58 1990
ISBN: 9780816104932
Publication Date: 1990-10-01
Jewish Films in the United States by Stuart Fox (Compiled by)
ISBN: 0816178933
Publication Date: 1976-08-01
Soviet Jewish History, 1917-1991 by Luckert, Yelena
Call Number: DS135.R92 L83 1992
ISBN: 0824025830
Publication Date: 1992-10-01
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Arab-Israeli Conflict, Nineteen Forty-Five to Nineteen Seventy-One by John Sherman
Call Number: McKeldin Library Stacks DS119.7 .A672
ISBN: 9780824098292
Publication Date: 1978-05-01
Antisemitism: an annotated bibliography by Susan S. Cohen (Editor)
Call Number: McKeldin Library Stacks DS145 .A57 1987
ISBN: 9780824085322
Publication Date: 1987-09-01
Bibliography of modern Hebrew literature in translation
Call Number: McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks PJ5059.A1 B5
Judaica Americana by Robert Singerman
Call Number: McKeldin Library Stacks E184.J5 S56 1990
ISBN: 9780313250231
Publication Date: 1990-01-24