UWM Libraries Research and Course Guides: Celtic Studies 133: Celtic Crossings: Using the Library Online

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Celtic Studies Resources

Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts has article abstracts from over 2,000 journals, citation of books, and dissertations on the history of the world from 1450 to the present.
JSTOR
COVID-19 Extended Access Resource (JSTOR has temporarily activated all archive and primary source collections until June 30, 2022.) Archival and current issues of more than 2,400 scholarly journals across more than 60 academic disciplines (title lists) along with a growing number of open access ebooks. The UW-Milwaukee Libraries have acquired access to JSTOR collections Arts and Sciences I-VIII and the subject collections for Biological Sciences, Jewish Studies and Ireland.
MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography indexes international scholarly materials, including over 4,400 journals, books, working papers, and conference proceedings on language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. It is updated 10 times a year.

Celtic Digital Initiative
The aim of the Celtic Digital Initiative (CDI) is to make scarce resources available in an electronic format to students and scholars, both within University College Cork and beyond. There are four major sections: Images (digitised pictures of interest to Celticists), Text Archive (links to PDF files of rare material), Celtic Noticeboard (an area devoted to announcements of forthcoming conferences, events, vacancies, publications etc.) and Celtic journals (tables of contents of Celtic Studies journals).
Digital Collections at The Library of Trinity College Dublin
Explore the collection of 119,238 treasures including books, maps, paintings, manuscripts and photographs.
Medieval Sourcebook
An online collection of medieval history source texts, including texts on Saints' lives, the medieval church, Celtic studies, and much more.
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft
Created by the University of Edinburgh, the Scottish Witches Map and and related sources capture and aggregate trial, residence, detention, and personal data about accused witches across Scotland in the 1500-1700s.
UWM Center for Celtic Studies Recommended Resources