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Art Databases
Grove Art Online
(Part of Oxford Art Online)
Full Text
Current information
Reference book articles, Images, Web site links
Use for: Art, Humanities
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Artstor on JSTOR
The prior Artstor website was retired on August 1, 2024
Images of artwork, architecture, photographs, historical artifacts and primary sources
with short descriptions
Use especially for Art, Humanities, Photography, History. Useful for all subjects
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Art Full Text
Includes Full Text
Mid 1990s-Present
Academic and peer-reviewed journals, magazines
Use for: Art, Humanities, Music, Film, Theatre, Photography, Communication Design
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Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) 
Includes Full Text
1984-Present
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and newsletters, reference
book articles
Use for: Art, Music, Theatre, Dance, Humanities, Photography, Communication Design,
Film
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
Use for: Art, Humanities, History
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Use for: Art, Ceramics, Humanities
Home Improvement (Gale OneFile) 
Includes Full Text
1984-present
Magazines, trade publications, newspapers and newswires, images, video clips
Use for: Architecture, Construction Management, Interior Design
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Hobbies & Crafts Source
(Previously named Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center)
Full Text, Videos, Recipes
2000-present, limited 1970-2000
Magazines, Books, Videos
Use for: Art, Culinary Arts, Music, Photography, Physical Education
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Music Databases
Oxford Music Online (Includes Grove Music Online)
Includes Full Text
Updated regularly
Reference book articles, Images, Music clips
Use for: Music, Humanities
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Music Online
Streaming music and video
Searches multiple collections including American Song, Classical Music Library,
Contemporary World Music, Dance in Video and Opera in Video
Use for: Music, Dance, Humanities, History
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IPA Source
Full Text
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera
arias and art song texts
Use for: Music
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Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)
Includes Full Text
1984-Present
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and newsletters, reference
book articles
Use for: Art, Music, Theatre, Dance, Humanities, Photography, Communication Design,
Film
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Classical Music Library
Musical works
Streaming music with background information and images
Use for: Music, Humanities, History
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Classical Scores Library
Musical scores and manuscripts
Medieval to contemporary
Full, study, piano, and vocal scores
Use for: Music, Humanities, History, Theatre
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Smithsonian Global Sound
Musical works from around the world
Streaming music with liner notes and cover art
Use for: Music, Humanities, History
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Contemporary World Music
Streaming music
Contemporary genres such as reggae, world fusion and Bollywood.
Also includes some traditional music for comparison
Use for: Music, Humanities, History
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American Music
Musical works
Early Colonial period to the recent past
Streaming music. Includes historic American music about major historical events, politics,American
Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys
Includes all content from the previously separate product African American Song
Use for: Music, Humanities, History
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Opera in Video
Streaming video
Compositions from the Baroque to the 20th Century
A growing collection of some of the most important opera performances
Use for: Music, Humanities, Film, Theatre
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Classical Music in Video
Streaming video
Classical music performances, masterclasses and interviews
Orchestral performances, chamber music, oratorio, solo performances
Use for: Music, Humanities, History, Theatre
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Dance & Theatre Databases
Dance in Video
Streaming video
A growing collection of works by some of the most influential performers and companies
Includes a variety of genres from ballet to jazz to experimental
Use for: Dance, Music, Humanities, Theatre, Film
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International Encyclopedia of Dance
Use for: Dance, Humanities
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Theatre in Video is now listed as part of Theatre Performance and Design
Theatre Performance and Design
Includes Theatre in Video
Video, Full Text, Audio and Images
Ancient Greek to modern full-length plays, documentaries, drawings, playbills, documentation
Comprehensive, international collection covering all aspects of theater from production
and design to performance, from the 17th century through to the present day, including,
set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, makeup, and more.
Use for: Theatre, Film, Humanities, Art, Music
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Digital Theatre+
Streaming video
1960-present
600+ productions - plays, operas and ballets, supporting study and teaching guides
Use for: Theatre, Dance, Music, Humanities, Film
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Play Index
Citations only
1949-present
Publication information for individual plays and plays within book collections, descriptive
annotations and music requirements
Use for: Theatre, Literature, Humanities
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Humanities Databases
Arts and Humanities through the Eras
Use for: Humanities, Art, History
Humanities Full Text
Full Text
1983-present
Academic and peer-reviewed journals, Magazines
Use for: Art, Dance, Film, History, Humanities, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Speech
Communication, Theatre
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JSTOR
Includes Full Text
Dates covered: 1600s up to 3-5 years ago. All issues of included journals.
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, primary sources
Use for: All topics, especially scholarly and historical information about any topic
How to search
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Academic Search Complete
Includes Full Text
Links to cited references
1865-present, many full-text.
Academic and peer-reviewed journals, magazines
Use for: General information on a wide variety of subjects
How to search
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Academic OneFile (Gale)
Include Full Text
1984-present.
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, books, news program transcripts
and podcasts, videos, images
Use for: All topics
How to search
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History Study Center Online
Includes Full Text
Coverage - over six thousand years of world history, from the rise of early Mesopotamian
civilizations to the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Book articles, magazine articles, maps, pictures, primary documents, video clips,
web sites
Use for: History, Government, Humanities, Sociology
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Biography (Gale In Context)
Includes Full Text
Coverage: Current and historical information
Reference book articles, magazine articles, images, websites
Use for: Biographical information on notable people past and present
How to Search
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New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Use for: History, Humanities
Project Muse
Includes Full Text
Mid 1990s-present
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, online books
Use for: In-depth information. Arts, English, Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
Full Text
1880s-Present
Online books. 4700+ searchable titles.
Use for: Humanities, History, Government, Art, Dance, Literature, Philosophy
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Religion & Philosophy Collection
Includes Full Text
1975-present
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals
Use for: Philosophy, Religion
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Religion and Philosophy (Gale OneFile)
Includes Full Text
1983-Present
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and newsletters, images,
videos
Use for: Philosophy, Religion, Humanities
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