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Publications on the archaeology of Great Britain and Ireland.Click title for abstract. A service of the Counsel for British Archaeology.

The Scott Polar Research Institute of Cambridge University maintains this bibliographic database of records, listing books, journal articles, videos, films, and other works published from 1602 through to the current century. Each entry includes a brief annotation describing the nature of the material.

"The Cambodian Genocide Program is attempting to create an indexed catalogue of all known primary and secondary documentary resources pertaining to gross violations of human rights during the Khmer Rouge regime. ... These citations include a sample of the primary documents now known to have survived the years since the Khmer Rouge fell from power as well as the bulk of the secondary literature on the Khmer Rouge regime. Included are a full catalogue of all existing records of the Khmer Rouge prison at Krang Ta Chan in Takeo Province, a catalogue of 800 records of documents from the Khmer Rouge Central Security service known as 'Santebal' (Special Branch), and summaries of newspaper articles on the Khmer Rouge in the Bangkok Post from 1975 to 1979."

HLAS (Handbook of Latin American Studies) is edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Scholarly "works reviewed include books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the disciplines of Anthropology (including Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Ethnology), Art, Economics, Geography, Government and Politics, History, International Relations, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Sociology. Starting with Volume 54, the Handbook also includes a section on Electronic Resources for Latin American studies." Annotations (abstracts) are about a year behind. Does not include full text.

"The Chicago Online Bibliography of Mamluk Studies is an on-going project of the Middle East Documentation Center at the University of Chicago, the aim of which is to compile comprehensive bibliographies of all primary sources relating to the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt and Syria, as well as all research and discussion--scholarly and popular--germane to the subject." Searchable by Author, Title, and Subject, or browsable by Subjects.

Searchable by Author, Title, and Subject.. Click on Books, Reprints, Articles, etc.

Bibliothèque Interuniversaire de Médecine (BIUM) of the University René Descartes-Paris 5, "which aims at making accessible ample resources for research in ancient medicine," provides this database of articles. It includes two formerly separate bibliographic collections, the Ancient Medicine Bulletin and the Early Modern Medicine Bulletin. The interface is in French, but the titles and abstracts of some publications are in English.(Not all have abstracts) Use the top search space to enter key word(s).

Research documents thematically relevant to the circumpolar high north. The service covers all subjects and many languages, and is free and open for all. Open Polar is a service devoloped by
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
and the Norwegian Polar Institute

Citations to articles relating to the history of pharmacy. Search by key word. Truncation is available. It is published by Govi-Verlag; the Internet version is hosted by the University of Karlsruhe. Site is in German, but includes articles from English-language journals

A service of the Maison inter-universitaire des Sciences de l'Homme - Alsace, BAHR (Bulletin analytique d'histoire romaine) contains citations on the history of Rome. English language publications are included. Click on the Union Jack flag next to "Bulletin analytique d'histoire romaine" to start. The easiest strategy is to put a key word or phrase in the title search space click and search button. The resulting list of entries appears in reverse date order. Although there is no abstract, the full record for each citation includes a list of key words that should make the subject matter clear. Journal titles are abbreviated, but the titles are expanded in parentheses following the abbreviation.

Materials for study of women and gender in the ancient world. "Diotima serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean . . . "

"Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages." Feminae is a cooperative project of several librarians and scholars." Be patient; the search can be somewhat slow.

Change the language from Dutch to English by using the pulldown menu after the search space. Includes many English-language articles and documents. Search in the space; to limit your results to English, click the Engels filter under Taal in th left column. Click Meer info (lightbulb icon) next to an article to see full information and an abstract. Some items, marked Open Source, are available in full text online. Produced and maintained by Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Findoc contains records with abstracts of human-rights literature. The publisher, Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University, is the documentation centre in Finland for literature on human rights. Try using the Index button for keywords. The default sort is oldest to newest publication date.

Labordoc is an international bibliographic database covering journal articles, books, and other documents relating to "all aspects of work and sustainable livelihoods, and the work-related aspects of economic and social development and human rights." Created and maintained by the ILO. Documents may contain a link to the full text, although for some of these access is limited to the ILO.