Article Databases
Academic Search Complete- Academic multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications.
America History and Life - Major index for the study of history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
Communication & Mass Media Complete - Indexes publications covering all aspects of communication and mass media.
ERIC -Citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals. More information
Literature Criticism Online – Reference resource
JSTOR - Full-text core scholarly journals beginning with v. 1 of each title, in the fields of the arts & humanities, social science and the life sciences. More information
Oxford Reference Online – Provides dictionary and encyclopedic information in many areas including Performing Arts.
Project Muse - Provides access to 400 journals from university presses and scholarly publishers. Covers the fields of literature, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and others.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature and includes full text coverage of more than 350 journals. More information
Media Resources for Theater and Dance
Camio - OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online - Includes digital reproductions of art works (painting, sculpture, photography, costume, jewelry, etc.) from 24 prominent museums in the US.Dance in Video - Provides online videos of dance productions and documentaries by influential dance performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. This is a subdatabase of Music Online.
Jazz Music Library - Largest and most comprehensive collection of jazz available online — with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. This is a subset of Music Online.
Music Online - Standard music reference sources as well as sound and videos covering classical, world music and jazz. Also opera and dance videos. Reference components include:
• Classical Music Library
• Classical Scores Library
• Contemporary World Music
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Opera in Video - Provides online videos of 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video as well as interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon. This is a subdatabase of Music Online.