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Art Full TextThis link opens in a new windowArt Full Text indexes and abstracts 425 periodicals dating back to 1984, with full text for 125 periodicals beginning in 1997. It covers art history, folk art, graphic arts, painting, sculpture, architecture, and pottery, there is also detailed coverage in advertising art, archaeology, costume, film, and textiles.
Humanities International CompleteThis link opens in a new windowContains over 1,200 full-text journals (including over 700 not in Academic Search Complete) on all aspects of the humanities related to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
JSTORThis link opens in a new windowFull-text, complete journal collection with over 1,300 titles covering a multitude of subjects, including history, economics, religion, philosophy, classics, language, music, art, sociology, political science, conservation, plant science, cell biology, and zoology
Our JSTOR database offers two multidisciplinary collections: 1) Arts & Sciences I-IX is an umbrella journal collection containing nine sub-units, but which is searched as one collection. Its contents are: over 1,100 core journals in nearly all academic disciplines, including economics, history, political science, public administration, sociology, mathematics, statistics, philosophy, religion, ecology, archaeology, classics, Latin American, African, Slavic, and Middle Eastern Studies, language, literature, theatre, music, art, architecture, legal scholarship, business, education, management, marketing, and health sciences; 2) Biological Sciences, which is a collection of over 150 journals in science fields such as conservation, plant sciences, cell biology and zoology.
Music IndexThis link opens in a new windowA comprehensive guide to all styles and genres of music covering over 700 international music periodicals from 1970 to present.
RILM Abstracts of Music LiteratureThis link opens in a new windowA bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage including records in over 100 languages from thousands of journals, with coverage from 1967 to present.
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Databases Best for Background Information
Encyclopedia of Asian TheatreThis link opens in a new windowThis encyclopedia contains hundreds of articles authored by over 90 expert contributors. It covers both traditional and contemporary Asian theatre, especially South, Southeast, and Far East Asia.
Grove Music Online (1 user limit)This link opens in a new windowContains the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001 ed.), along with four other music resources, including opera and jazz.
Oxford Music Online (3 user limit)This link opens in a new windowThis is the platform for Grove Music Online and two other electronic resources.
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