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Jewish Studies Portal
Access some of our programs, journal indexes, and databases from off campus using the Jewish Studies Portal. Resources include: Bar Ilan Responsa Project, ATLA journal index, DavkaWriter, Encyclopaedia Judaica, and the Soncino Talmud. Watch the short video for an overview on what you can access.

Academic Search Premier
This database base include full text articles from a wide range of fields. View our tips on how how to find resources in the ASP.

ATLA (American Theological Library Association) database
The ATLA database features full text scholarly articles in the areas of Bible, religions, theology. It also includes citations to dissertations and chapters of books. Here are some tips of effective searching.

Bar Ilan Responsa Project
More than just Responsa, this project includes the searchable Hebrew texts of the Bible, Talmud, Midrash, and commentaries as well as many other helpful features and tools.
Searching part 1 covers selecting texts, searching for single terms and viewing the results.
Searching part 2 covers combining search terms
and the special features video demonstrates several of the BI tools such as the calendar and Gematria features.

Library Catalog
This catalog is used for all 3 US campuses of HUC. Watch for CN (Cincinnati) NY (New York), or LA (Los Angeles) to see which campus has the book. Searching the catalog is not always intuitive so check our tips and tricks

DavkaWriter
This powerful Hebrew-English word processor includes the texts of Bible, Mishna, Talmud and the Ashkenazi and Sephardi siddur. This tutorial will demonstrate how to use DavkaWriter to make a "Tikun" practice sheet.