HS-SS Library Databases

Instructions for accessing resources remotely.

Databases: The Institute subscribes to the following databases. We recommend that for other databases and E-Journals you visit Princeton University Library Article and Databases page.

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DOS and CD-ROM databases:
(available on computers located in the Historical Studies-Social Science Library)

• Electronic Siku Quanshu (available on a labeled computer in the Computer Center)
• Iter Italicum (on CD-ROM)
• Monumenta Germaniae Historica (CD-Rom)
• The Responsa Project, the database for Jewish studies, runs off of a CD through the Windows interface.

The Institute is a participant in the JSTOR project. Please let us know if you are unable to connect to a resource and we will see that you gain connectivity.

Other software and peripherals:
The Computer Cluster downstairs offers various word processing packages (Word Perfect, MS-Word) as well as Adobe Photoshop and Caere software (OmniPage Professional with optical character recognition capability). A variety of scanners are available including large format, slide, microformat, and of course a scanner which is document fed. There is also a scanner which will autoscan microfilm. The printer is a double-sided printer.

E-mail questions to and please let us know if any of these resources are not functioning.