Databases: H

Some databases are restricted to the Washington University community. Information about access from outside WU campuses.

• Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
  Full text of current edition. Part of CHEMnetBASE but can be accessed and searched separately.
• Handbook of Differential Equations: Ordinary Differential Equations (2008, vol. 4)
  This handbook is the fourth volume in a series of volumes devoted to self contained and up-to-date surveys in the theory of ordinary differential equations, with an additional effort to achieve readability for mathematicians and scientists from other related fields so that the chapters have been made accessible to a wider audience. * Covers a variety of problems in ordinary differential equations * Pure mathematical and real world applications * Written for mathematicians and scientists of many related fields.
• Handbook of Psycholinguistics (2nd edition, 2006)
  Full-text. 'The handbook is an indispensible single-source guide for professional researchers, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, university and college teachers, and other professionals in the fields of psycholinguistics, language comprehension, reading, neuropsychology of language, linguistics, language development, and computational modeling of language. It will also be a general reference for those in neighboring fields such as cognitive and developmental psychology and education.' (from product website)
• HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) (1970 - )
  Journal index. Article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. More info
• HarpWeek: The Civil War Era, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age (1857 - 1912)
  Full-text. Contains the full text of Harper's Weekly during this time period, including full-page images, which contain numerous illustrations and maps. Indexed by subject, illustrations, literature & publishing, advertising, occupation, and literary genre. More info
• Health & Wellness Resource Center
  Full-text. Journal index. Provides bibliographic references, abstracts and full text for excerpts and articles from a variety of health publications. Provided courtesy of the Becker Medical Library. More info
• HEDBIB
  Journal index. 'The International Bibliographic Database on Higher Education (HEDBIB) is an integrated database offering more than 30.000 references on higher education systems, administration, planning and policy, costs and finances, evaluation of higher education, issues related to staff and students, cooperation, mobility and equivalences of degrees, curricula, teaching methods and learning.' (from database homepage)
• Hein Online
  Full text. Many legal resources, including the Code of Federal Regulations, United States Code, and U.S. Statutes at Large; scroll list of 'Subscribed Libraries' in the left-hand column once connected. Campus-wide access is due to subscription by the WU Law Library.
• Hein Online Law Journal Library
  Full text. Journal index. More than 900 searchable full-text law journals. Campus-wide access is due to subscription by the WU Law Library.
• Herman Melville’s "Typee": A Fluid-Text Edition (part of Rotunda)
  Full text. 'One of America’s most startling fluid texts, Herman Melville’s Typee exists in multiple critically diverse versions, in both manuscript and print. Based on the recently discovered working draft of Typee, this electronic edition offers digital images, a transcription of each manuscript page, corresponding print texts, and a dynamic reading text, which allows readers to inspect the revision sequences and narratives of more than 1000 revision sites.' (from database homepage) More info
• Highwire Library of the Sciences and Medicine
  Electronic journals and journal citations in Medline. Some are subscribed by WU Libraries (available full-text); some are not. More info
• Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) (1970 - )
  Journal index. Article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. More info
• Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) (1955 - )
  Journal index. Provides historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada), from over 2,000 journals published worldwide. More info
• Historical Dictionary of Iraq (2004)
  Ebook, full-text. 'A broad range of topics, both ancient and modern, are dealt with throughout the introduction and the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography complements this extensive historical reference.' More info
• Historical Statistics of the United States
  Ebook, full-text. A standard source for quantitative facts of American history, completely expanded and revised, now available as a searchable online database. More info
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (1975 - ) (5 concurrent users allowed)
  Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields. More info
• HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies) (1935 - )
  Abstracts and complete bibliographic information for published materials about Latin America on topics in the social sciences and humanities. Available in English or Spanish. More info
• Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations of the World (3rd edition, 2005)
  Full-text. 'Describes 2,500 holidays, festivals, commemorations, holy days, feasts and fasts, and other observances from all parts of the world. Entries cover popular, ethnic, religious, and historic events of international, national, regional, and local significance.' (from ebook homepage)
• Holocaust Encyclopedia
  Full-text. A project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Provides links to images, documents, bibliographies, personal stories, historical film footage and other resources. Also contains nearly 300 brief articles which are searchable from the home page.
• Homeland Security Digital Library
  The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation's premier repository of policy related documents on homeland security. It is organized to support local, state and federal decision-making and analysis and structured to assist scholars and academics in homeland security research.
• eHRAF Archaeology (Human Relations Area Files)
  Full-text. Information on prehistory of the world. More info
• eHRAF World Cultures (Human Relations Area Files)
  Full-text. A multicultural database providing in-depth information on all aspects of cultural and social life. More info
• Human Resources Abstracts
  Index, some full-text. Covers essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. More info
• Humanities Abstracts
  Access to this database has ended. Please try Academic Search Premier, which indexes many of the same journals, or contact your subject librarian for other suggestions.