Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity. It is one of the most distinguished areas of the intersection of science and humanities. However, this doesn't mean that the dichotomy between the two is gone. There is tension within the field between the scientific side (physical anthropology) and the humanities side (cultural and social anthropology).
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Anthropology Plus combines Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and the Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.
Archaeology is the scientific study of the physical remains of past human activity, including the remains of all man-made objects. Archaeology is a key source of knowledge about past societies and cultures, especially those that we don't have very many written materials about. This field uses many scientific techniques including those from environmental sciences, biology, and geology.
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Anthropology Plus combines Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and the Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.
A scholarly, multidisciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for over 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and others. Also includes full-text access to over 5,000 journals. Offers coverage of many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building. It is a meeting point of the sciences required to create a structurally sound building that fulfills utilitarian needs and the art required to create an aesthetically pleasing space. This requires an understanding of certain physics and engineering concepts as well as art and design concepts and methods.
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Based on a merger of databases from EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson, and including many unique sources that were never previously available, this database covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. This database features full-text articles as well as detailed indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books, podcasts and more. International in scope, Art Source includes periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch and is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers.
Comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. The American and international journals indexed include not only scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also publications of professional associations, American state and regional periodicals, and the major serials on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Coverage is mainly from 1934 to the present, with selective coverage back to 1741.
Digital Humanities is at the intersection of digital technologies and humanities. It uses digital data and technology to help answer research questions in the humanities. Often times it takes physical research materials in various humanities fields and implementing a digital aspect. This can make the information within the materials more accessible, easier to engage with, and more interactive.
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A scholarly, multidisciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for over 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and others. Also includes full-text access to over 5,000 journals. Offers coverage of many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Indexes world's leading arts and humanities journals with selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals.
Provides page images of back issues of the core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Users may browse by journal title or discipline, or may search the full-text or citations/abstracts. New issues of existing titles and new titles are added approximately on a weekly basis. The University of Illinois has access to the following JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences I-XV, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Business IV, Global Plants, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Life Sciences Collection, Lives of Literature, Security Studies, Struggles for Freedom - South Africa, Sustainability, and World Heritage Sites - Africa.
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. It includes both the scientific study of how the brain and thoughts work and the humanistic aspect of trying to understand how that impacts human behavior. For the purpose of this guide, psychology is considered to be an intersection of humanities and science because it can be applied in a wider, societal context for the study of humanity; it can be used to study the individual and their interactions with society; and it can be a very scientific field of study as it moves more towards psychiatry and the necessary understanding of brain chemistry.
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Web of Science indexes core journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution, patterns, and determinants of health and diseases across populations. It looks at the scientific nature of health, such as causes of diseases, the transmission of diseases, and statistical analysis of data. It also looks at the humanistic side of health, such as the social determinants of health, human behavior that contributes to the spread of diseases, and other impacts of society on health.
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Global in scope, coverage includes agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, plant sciences, mycology and parasitology, food science, human health and nutrition. CAB Abstracts offers extensive coverage of journal and nonjournal literature from around the world including annual reports, general reports, books, conference proceedings, field notes and more. Over 7 million records with coverage dating back to 1973. Includes over 170,000 full-text journal articles and indexing for over 10,000 academic journals, books, conference proceedings and reports. Also available on the CABI Digital Library platform.
CINAHL provides indexing for close to 3000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for most of the indexed journals are also included. Full text material includes many journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
UIUC Library Subject Specialist for Health and Wellness and Medicine:
Peg (Margaret) Burnette
Graphic design is the process of creating visual communications using typography, photography, iconography, and illustration. It takes both technical and art skills to design good graphics that display information effectively and in an aesthetically pleasing way. Steve Jobs even understood that the graphic designing for Apple was an intersection of science and humanities.
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Based on a merger of databases from EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson, and including many unique sources that were never previously available, this database covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. This database features full-text articles as well as detailed indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books, podcasts and more. International in scope, Art Source includes periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch and is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers.
UIUC Library Subject Specialist for Art & Design:
Emilee Mathews
UIUC Library Subject Specialist for Media:
Lisa Romero
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine is what it sounds like: the historical study of science, technology, and medicine. It looks at past concepts, techniques, equipment, and productions of science, technology, and medicine. As history is a humanity, this subfield of history is a good example of the intersection of the humanities and the sciences because someone studying it needs know how to do history and understand the scientific concepts they are studying and how they differ from modern understandings of science.
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Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.