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• 1. Zoological Record

  The Zoological Record database indexes approximately 5,000 journals, providing world-wide coverage of zoological literature. Emphasis is on systematic/taxonomic information on various animal groups, including protozoa, nematoda, pisces, reptilia, aves, and mammalia. There are no abstracts. Comprehensive coverage of worldwide zoological literature, including international journals, review annuals, monographs, meeting proceedings, books, and reports. All major areas of zoology are represented, including: behavior, ecology, evolution, habitat, nutrition, parasitology, reproduction, taxonomy, and zoogeography. (Updated monthly)

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• 2. Zhongguo fang zhi ku = 中國方志庫

  中國方志庫 (also known as Database of Chinese Local Records) is produced by the Erudition Corporation, in Beijing. It contains more than 10,000 local gazetteers from the Song Dynasty to the Republican era, 10 million digitized images, and 2 billion words. The series I contains 2,000 titles of local gazetteers.
  To access: 1. Select Ancient Classics, and click the blue login button. 2. On the second screen, select 大型數據庫 (upper right corner). 3. Under the main work 中國方志庫, click on available sections (indicated in red). 4. Click the blue button 我已阅读 on the Welcome page. To exit: Click X in the upper right hand corner of a text, or 退出. Due to the limited number of users for the database, please log off when done in order to permit others access to the database without delay.

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• 3. ZEFYS: Historische Zeitungen: Zeitungsinformationssystem

  Developed by the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), ZEFYS is the portal for accessing digitized German historical newspapers, as well as full-text and selected web resources and databases relevant to this publication type. Currently, it provides more than 81,000 issues of 86 historical newspapers originating from Germany and other countries publishing in German. It offers a full-text search in 3 newspapers of the Prussian Press, Amtspresse Preussens, and a comprehensive web guide for finding databases and information about newspapers on the web. A bibliographic search feature assists with finding international newspaper titles within the world's largest bibliographic database for serial titles, the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB).

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• 4. yourDictionary.com

  yourDictionary.com provides links to free online dictionaries, thesauri, and glossaries in English as well as more than 120 other languages. There is also a section containing many subject dictionaries, glossaries, and lists of terms. (Updated irregularly but frequently)

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• 5. Yomidas Rekishikan (Japan)

  The Yomiuri Shimbun is Japanese newspaper database that contains 3 databases: Rekiahikan--more than 10 million articles since its inaugural issue in 1874. The Yomiuri Shimbun -- about 4.8 million news articles of are available from 1986 onward. The Daily Yomiuri (English) -- about 175,000 articles of are available from 1989 onward.

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• 6. YIVO encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe

  Topics covered include arts, daily life, places, language, literature, history, politics, and religion. In addition to the encyclopedia articles, this site provides access to a collection of photographs, audio, video, digitized documents. Originally issued in print in 2008. Does not seem to include Greece. (Updates ongoing)

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• 7. Yiddish Sources

  Yiddish Sources is a portal for Yiddish and Yiddish Studies and offers up to date and comprehensive information including digitized collections. (Updates ongoing)

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• 8. Yiddish Prints

  The Collection "Yiddish Prints" contains about 800 very valuable Yiddish books that belong to the Frankfurt University Library. The texts were printed in Hebrew letters in West, Central and East Europe. The dates range from the middle of the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century. (Unknown update schedule)

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• 9. Yiddish and Hebrew Texts

  A general gateway to Yiddish-language resources including some Yiddish books. (Updated irregularly)

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• 10. Yearbook of International Organizations Online

  The Yearbook is a database of detailed profiles of more than 60,000 international organizations in all disciplines. Active, inactive, and dormant organizations are included, as well as both non-governmental (NGO) and intergovernmental (IGO) organizations. The database covers 300 countries and territories, and includes approximately 1,200 new entries each year. Besides physical and virtual contact information, each record details the structure, staff, languages, finances, aims, activities, events, publications, statistical information, and analyses of the organization. Records can be formatted into Excel, CSV, and Word. (Updates every 6-8 weeks)

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