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Items whose title begins with H:
H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
Gateway to resources for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, including reviews, works in progress, discussion lists, announcements, a job guide, teaching materials, electronic journals and miscellaneous documents. Includes a search engine.
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(Free database--open to all users)
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC)
This electronic version of the 81st Edition of the Handbook follows the print Handbook in terms of content. There are several updated and expanded tables: Fundamental Physical Constants (the new set of CODATA recommended values, replacing the 1986 set); The Elements (descriptive texts on the occurrence, properties, history, and uses of all the chemical elements); Dissociation Constants of Organic Acids and Bases (expanded by 50%); Dipole Moments (revised and expanded); Threshold Limits for Airborne Contaminants (including the most recent recommendations).
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Handbook of Latin American Studies
Web version
HLAS is the primary database for research on Latin America, it indexes books and articles on Latin America in the social sciences and humanities from 1935 to the present. Covers the principal research worldwide and is especially strong in its inclusion of Latin American publications, articles, etc. Includes abstracts. Online equivalent of annual publication.
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(Free database--open to all users)
HaPI, Health and Psychosocial Instruments
"[F]eatures material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians that are discussed in journal articles, such as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques. . . . The database contains several categories of content -- citations to actual test documents . . .; bibliographic citations to journal articles which contain information about specific test instruments; and a catalog of commercial test publishers and their available instruments" (from Ovid's Web page describing HaPI).
To access HaPI, (1) Select the above link. (2) On the resulting page, choose the "Connect to OVID" button. (3) On the resulting page, select the "Continue" button at the top of the page. (4) On the resulting page, scroll down to "Health and Psychosocial Instruments" and choose that link to enter the HaPI database.
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HAPI, Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Index to articles
The principal index to articles on Latin America and Hispanic Americans in the US, it includes journals in the social sciences and humanities published in the Western world since 1970. Journals indexed are those devoted exclusively to Latin American and Caribbean themes. Book reviews are also indexed.
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HarpWeek (Harper’s Weekly)
Harpweek presently contains the full text (in scanned images) of Harper’s Weekly Magazine for the period 1857-1912, with full indexing. Includes all illustrations, cartoons, news, literature, editorials, and advertisements.
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Hartford Institute for Religion Research
The Hartford Institute for Religious is devoted to sociological research in the area of religion. The site provides information about various Institute research projects on issues such as women and religion, congregations, religion and the family, etc. Links to articles by leading scholars in the sociology of religion are also included, as well as bibliographies, syllabi, and other scholarly resources.
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(Free database--open to all users)
Harvard Guide to African-American History
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Available in Central Library on Reference CD-ROM workstation
HathiTrust
HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. Bibliographic and full-text search are available for all volumes. Public domain volumes are freely accessible to the public and can be downloaded in their entirety with authentication by persons affiliated with partner institutions. Vanderbilt University Library is a HathiTrust partner institution.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
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Health Reference Center-Academic
Provides access to a wide range variety of health information resources, including the full-text of many documents, periodical articles and book excerpts. Offers information from over forty full-text nursing and allied health journals as well as many other publications.
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Hebrew Tutor
Interactive tutorial for learning biblical Hebrew.
Retrieve CD-ROM from Divinity Library Room 224 (PJ 4567 .H437 1995) and take to the CD-ROM Workstation (in the periodicals area of the Divinity Library) to use the database.
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Available on CD-ROM Workstation in the Divinity Library
Hein Online (HeinOnline)
Includes Code of Federal Regulations (1938 to date), Congressional Record (1789 to date), Federal Register (1936 to date), Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) (1861 to date), Pentagon Papers, U.S. Code (1925 to date), U.S. Statutes at Large (1989 to date) and state law databases, legislative histories, world constitutions, and other U.S., foreign, and international databases.
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Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary of American English
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(Free database--open to all users)
Available in Central Library only
Hengwrt Chaucer Digital Facsimile
"Full colour facsimile of the Hengwrt Chaucer manuscript (National Library of Wales Peniarth 392 D)."
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Full Text Resource!
Available in Central Library on Reference CD-ROM workstation
HeritageQuest Online
HeritageQuest (Heritage Quest) Online is a collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s. It searches the U.S. Federal Censuses, Genealogy and local history books, Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Revolutionary War records, Freedman’s Bank Records, and the Memorials, Petitions and Private Relief Actions from the U.S. Serial Set.
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Historic Documents Series (CQ Online Editions)
“Historic Documents Series collects more than 2,500 primary sources covering current events around the world from 1972 to present and provides a clear, logical organization and tools for exploring these rich resources.”
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Historical Abstracts (HA) (EBSCOHost interface)
index to articles, excludes US and Canada
Over 700,000 records of journal articles and book titles about historical and related social science literature for all areas of the world except the United States and Canada. Abstracts relevant history articles from over 2,000 journals and provides citations to book reviews and to dissertations.
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Historical atlas of Islam = Atlas historique de l'Islam
Companion to the print resource of the same name, this resource provides a variety of maps that detail the growth of Islam throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. Includes a browsable alphabetic index as well as detailed maps of cities important in the history of Islam.
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(Free database--open to all users)
Available only on workstations in the Divinity Library
Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia)
Find variables under general population; ethnicity/race/place of birth; education & literacy; agriculture; economy/manufacturing/employment; and slave population. Choose date range, specific variables, and state, and county. Drawn directly from historical volumes of the U.S. Census of Population and Housing.
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Historical Jewish Press
This site contains a collection of Jewish newspapers published in various countries, languages, and time periods. Digital versions of each newspaper are presented, making it possible to view the papers in their original layout. Full-text search is also available for all content published over the course of each newspaper’s publication.
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Historical Photographs of the Land of Israel
The site "offers full access to photographs documenting people, events and places in pre-state Israel during the 19th and 20th centuries." It "includes visual documentations of streets and cities, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa as well as other educational institutions, Jewish social life and culture in the Land of Israel during the 19th century, and much more."
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Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS)
The standard source for historical statistics about the social, political, and economic aspects of the United States. Includes Census and other statistical data. Contains all 57 chapters of the print edition (1975).
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(Free database--open to all users)
Available in Central Library only
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition (HSUS)
The standard source for historical statistics about the social, political, and economic aspects of the United States, now expanded and revised from the 1975 print source. Includes Census and other statistical data. Create custom tables and merge columns from multiple tables to create custom tables, which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed. Essays by experts place topics such as migration, slavery, health, crime, Native Americans, and the Confederate States of America in historical context.
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Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie
A useful, supplementary guide to the thirteen volume set: Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie (Central Library Ref. B43 .R58).
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(Free database--open to all users)
Available in Central Library on Reference CD-ROM workstation
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This database integrates Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science (1975 to present), Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (1987 to present), Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza (1982 to present), and Wellcome Bibliography for the History of Medicine (1991 to present). Database "records describe journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the contents of nearly 9,500 journals."
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Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
"The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Grants and Training and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security." "The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies."
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Hoover's Online
Hoover's (Hoovers) has basic information on 12 million worldwide companies and in-depth profiles of more than 40,000 public and private companies. Basic company information comes from Dun & Bradstreet. Before purchasing D&B information from this database, please check to see if it is available for free in our D&B Million Dollar Database. Each Hoover's in-depth profile may include company description, historical profile, competitors, financials, products/operations, industry information, and biographies of executives. IPO Central provides information on initial public offerings.
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Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection
Provided by the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) this Gale collection of more than 800 journals and 29 subject specific Delmar, Cengage Learning reference titles and travel handbook's from Fodor's - provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism fields.
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House and Senate Journals, Series I, 1789-1817
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How to Find the Latest Business Data
Includes the statistics for the latest edition of these programs: Economic Census, County Business Patterns, Annual Survey of Manufactures, Foreign Trade: State Exports, and other data programs. Indicates whether data for each program is available for the U.S., States, Metro areas, Counties, Places, and ZIP codes. If you click on the name of the program, you may find links to earlier editions of the program.
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hrsg. von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek / mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
-- See NDB ADB Deutsche Biographie
HSELINE
international sources on health & safety
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Hydrosphere Environmental Data Resource Disc Volume 1.0
(Ask at the Science/Eng. Reference Desk)
Hydrosphere’s Resource Disc integrates windows software and multi-agency databases for convenient data research and curriculum development. The disc contains three datasets: an NCDC "station finder" dataset, a USGS "station finder" dataset, and a watershed dataset. GIS coverages are also included. Instantly search, locate, and review summaries of reported NCDC weather and USGS river data. Immediately map station locations in geographic context using popular GIS software Easily develop curriculum with the companion multi-agency watershed databases.
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Hydrosphere GIS Compendium - Region 4:2
(Ask at the Science/Eng. Reference Desk)
The data sources for our GIS Compendium publication are the USGS WATSTORE database, the NCDC TD3200, TD3240 and TD3260 databases, and the EPA STORET database. The data on the disc include summary information on the raw data measured by all USGS, NCDC and EPA stations in the region. The disc also provides GIS coverages in both MapInfo and ArcView (or PC ArcInfo) formats. Number of Stations: over 750,000 on eleven regional discs Period of Record: 1781 to present (updated annually) Content: annual statistics on measured data, State, County, HUC, Reach1 and Station GIS coverages Parameters: streamflow, weather, water quality Interface: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, NT Export Formats: Delimited Text Data Delivery: Off-the-shelf Region 4:2 covers AL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
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