Humanities Librarian
Carol Wittig
Contact:
Rm. 119 Refectory (**during Boatwright Library renovation May 2025-August 2026**)
261 Richmond Way
Richmond, VA 23173
261 Richmond Way
Richmond, VA 23173
804.289.8459
Website
Subjects: American Studies, Biography, Book Reviews, Citing Sources, Classical Studies, Copyright & Fair Use, E-Books, English & Literature, Faculty Resources, French, German, Getting Started with Library Research, Language and Linguistics, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, Leadership Studies, Master of Liberal Arts, News Sources, OneBooks, Open Access & Faculty Scholarship, OSHER, Reference Sources, Rhetoric & Communication Studies, Russian, Scholarly Publications, Spanish, Special Topics
Databases for Journal Articles and Primary Sources
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MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric/composition, and folklore. (EBSCO)
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Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowSearch for biographies, overviews, and critical analysis of literary topics, authors, and their works. (Gale)
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Fuente Académica This link opens in a new windowSearch Spanish and Portuguese-language scholarly journals covering all major subject areas in humanities, social sciences, sciences, and law. (EBSCO)
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to the humanities. (EBSCO)
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics in the arts, humanities, social sciences and some math/science. Most journals have volumes/issues dating from the 19th century to within 3-5 years of present day. (ITHAKA)
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Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics related to the arts, humanities, and social sciences. (Project MUSE)
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on all aspects of world history (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. (EBSCO)
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FIAF: International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to film, film theory, film history, and film criticism. The database also contains "Treasures from the Film Archives," which has a detailed index of the silent-era film holdings of archives from around the world. (ProQuest)
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Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to the performing arts, including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television, and more. (ProQuest)
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Dissertations and Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowSearch for doctoral dissertations and masters theses from institutions around the world. (ProQuest)
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New York Times Historical Newspaper & Index This link opens in a new windowAccess the archives of the New York Times from 1851-2019. (ProQuest)
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Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019 This link opens in a new windowSearch for articles from the archives of the Times of London newspaper, which covers general news, culture, fine arts, politics, history, and more. (Gale)
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Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2021) This link opens in a new windowSearch for articles from the archives of Financial Times. (Gale)
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Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Access a massive collection of streaming videos, including documentaries, interviews, performances, newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage, among others. Most topics are represented in this database. (Alexander Street Press)
Websites about the Spanish Civil War
Websites with Video and Propaganda Posters
Newsreels and Photography
- Newsreel: Cinema as Political Propaganda From Magi Crusells, Cinema Section of the Department of Contemporary History, the University of Barcelona
- Newsreel: Spain in Revolt:
- Newsreel: Spanish Civil War, 1
- Newsreel: Spanish Civil War, 2
- Photography: David Seymour (CHIM) Photography Collection From the Library of Congress
- Photography: Gerda Taro, This is War exhibit From Magnum, features some biographical information and photographs
- Photography: Robert Capa bio From Magnum Photography. features both a portfolio and biographical profile
- Photography from Spanish Civil War: La Guerra Civil Espanol en fotos From the Spanish Language Huffington Post
- Photography from Spanish Civil War: Robert Capa Bio from the International Center of Photography
- Photography from Spanish Civil War: Robert Capa and Gerda Taro
- Posters and Propaganda
The EUROCLIO programme Historiana - - Posters and Propaganda Posters from UCSD's Southworth Collection
- Posters and Propaganda: Imperial War Museum Spanish Civil War Posters
Collection includes artist information and represents both sides of conflict - Posters and Propaganda: Library of Congress Poster Collection Poster collection from the Library of Congress
- Posters and Propaganda from the Spanish Civil War from Rebecca M. Bender, PhD.
Websites with Art and Monuments
- Art: A Relationship Fraught and Fruitful via Wall Street Journal
- Art: Guernica via Fundacion Picasso
- Art: Guernica: Testimony of War via PBS
- Art: Joan Miró: A life in paintings via The Guardian
- Art: Miro: "Ogres and Victims Dance in Savage Webs of Tyranny" via The New York Times
- Art: Miró and the catastrophe of the Spanish Civil War via Tate Modern
- Monuments: "History in the Streets: the removal of the International Brigades Monument in Madrid"
From the University of Sheffield department of History - Monuments: "International Brigades Monolith Defaced..."
From Progressive Spain: news & views on issues, politics and activism - Monuments: "Spanish Civil War Monument Must Be Pulled Down, Court Rules" From The Guardian
- Monuments: Fate of Valley of Fallen Monument From BBC, fate of Franco's Valley of Fallen reopens Spain wounds
- Monuments: In Spain, A Monumental Silence NY Times article about Spanish Civil War monuments
- Monuments: Spain's monument to Franco: a divisive reminder
Article from Al Jazeera about the divisive nature of El Valle de los Caidos - the Valley of the Fallen - Monuments: Tree of Gernika From the Basque Government, a description of the significance of the Tree of Gernika.