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Arts and Humanities — Databases and Full-Text Resources
Academic Search Complete  
Humanities, social sciences, news and events, sciences, policy -- mutli-disciplinary coverage of journals. Includes many full text articles.
Ad*Access  
Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II.
America's Historical Newspapers  
Early American newspapers are a major primary source for American history. 1-3 provide unprecedented access to the nation's newspapers from 1690-1876. Series 1 covers 1690-1876, series 2 and 3 cover 1821-1876.
America: History and Life  
Principal resource for articles on American and Canadian history.
American State Papers  
Digitized and searchable edition of legislative and executive documents of Congress from 1789-1838.
Annual Reviews Online  
Full text extensive research reviews of current and emerging topics in a variety of disciplines: biomedical, physical and social sciences.
Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts - AATA Online  
A searchable database of abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage.
Art Index  
Citations from 400 art journals, 1984 - present. Selected full-text coverage, 1997 - present.
Art Index Retrospective  
Citations to articles and reproductions from 420 art journals.
Arte Publico Historical Collections Series 1   
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Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection presents a digital collection of historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature and culture.
ArticleFirst  
Listing of items from the table of contents pages of over 13,000 journals. Subjects range from business, humanities, and popular culture to sciences, medicine, and technology.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index  
Topic and citation searching to identify articles published in high impact arts and humanities journals.
ArtStor  
Digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching. Click the 'Go' button in the upper right hand corner of the screen to enter ArtStor.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals  
Indexes articles about architecture, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage: early 1900's to present.
Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN)  
Searchable database of citations related to conservation and restoration of cultural property.
Bibliography of the History of Art  
Provides abstracts for articles, books, etc., on European and American art from late antiquity to the present.
British Pathe  
A digital archive of the British Pathe news corporation from 1896 – 1970. Educational users can preview stills and low resolution clips for free from among 3500 hours of film newsreels. The archive covers history, social history, sports, news and entertainment.
Classical Scores Library  
Contains 1,000's of pages of music scores by classical composers from the Baroque era to the present day.
Communications Abstracts  
Citations to communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of information sources.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts  
Citations to articles in scholarly journals. Topics: crime trends, prevention and deterrence, juveniles, police, courts, sentencing.
Criminology Full Text  
Covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.
Digital Scriptorium  
The Digital Scriptorium is an image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research. Presently viewable on the DS website are records for 5,300 manuscripts and for 24,300 images
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800)  
Searchable database of digitized early American books, pamphlets and broadsides published between 1639 and 1800.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)  
Searchable database of digitized early American pamphlets, broadsides, books, state papers and governmental materials published between 1801 and 1819.
Early American Newspapers I, II, and III  
Early American newspapers are a major primary source for American history. 1-3 provide unprecedented access to the nation's newspapers from 1690-1876. Series 1 covers 1690-1876, series 2 and 3 cover 1821-1876.
Early English Books Online (EEBO)  
Full text digital facsimiles of titles from the earliest printed works in the English language.
EBSCOhost  
Humanities, social scienes, news and events, sciences, policy -- mutli-disciplinary coverage of journals; includes many full text articles.
Education Full Text  
Research in peer reviewed education journals -- citations, abstracts and some full text.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online  
Full text of more than 150,000 important printed works published in the United Kingdom between 1701 and 1800, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Encyclopaedia of Islam  
The result of decades of research and work, the Encyclopaedia of Islam is generally acclaimed as one of the major scholarly enterprises of this century. Its sheer size and scope is enormous. Its thousands of pages contain a true mine of information of immense value for any student and researcher of the Islamic world.
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ân  
Drawing upon a rich scholarly heritage, Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ân (EQ) combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qur'ân. It is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qur'ânic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'ânic studies. With nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, the EQ is the first comprehensive, multi-volume reference work on the Qur'ân to appear in a Western language.
Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures  
A unique collaboration of over 1000 scholars from around the world, the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures crosses history, geographic borders and disciplines to create a ground-breaking reference work reflecting the very latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world.
ERIC (EBSCO Interface)  
Teaching, learning, schools, educational policy; article citations, full text of non-peer reviewed documents. Locating material found in ERIC.
Essay & General Literature Index  
Citations to chapters in humanties and social science books
Fine Arts and Music Collection  
Provides more than 150 full-text magazines and journals in Fine Arts and Music.
Fuente Academica  
Searchable multidisciplinary database of Spanish-language academic journals.
Grangers World of Poetry  
13,000 poems in fulltext, 250,000 poetry citations and commentaries, biographies and bibliographies.
Grove Art Online (Now Oxford Art Online)  
Includes full text of the Grove 34-volume Dictionary of Art.
Grove Music Online (Now Oxford Music Online)  
Includes full text of the 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Historical Abstracts  
Principal resource for articles on world history from 1450-present.
Historical Statistics of the United States - Millennial Edition  
U.S. demographic and economic statistics from colonial times to present.
History Cooperative  
Searchable and browseable index of full-text history journals.
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine  
The History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database provides access to articles, books, book reviews, dissertations, and conference proceedings in science, technology, and medicine.
Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective  
Citations to articles from major social science and humanities journals from 1907-1984
Index Islamicus  
Index Islamicus is THE international classified bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world.

Rightly described as 'an indispensable tool for libraries, graduates and undergraduates alike', it provides the reader with an effective overview of what has been published since 1906 on a given subject in the field of Islamic Studies in its broadest sense.

Index Islamicus includes extensive indices of names and subjects carefully geared to this rapidly expanding field of study.
Informe  
Article citations, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines
Inter-Play  
Indexes plays that appear in collections, anthologies, and periodicals held by the PSU Library.
International Medieval Bibliography  
Citations to journal articles and books related to the Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa from 400-1500.
Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art  
This website is conceived as a companion to the Islamic galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Intended as a general introduction to Islamic art, it draws upon examples from the museum’s comprehensive collection, which includes works from an area extending from southern Spain to Central Asia, ranging in date from the seventh century up to the present day.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance  
The online bibliography covers literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
JSTOR  
Historical backfiles of full text articles from a selected number of major research journals.
LexisNexis Academic Universe  
Full text sources, including: regional, national and international newspapers; business, legal, and medical publications; and government documents.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)  
Comprehensive resource in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. Provides citations to publications.
Literature Compass  
Literature Compass is an online-only journal publishing peer-reviewed survey articles of the most important research and current thinking from across the entire discipline.
Literature Online - LION  
Literature Online features a collection of over 260,000 works of American, English, and Modern poetry, drama, and prose with complementary reference and secondary resources.
Literature Resource Center  
Provides information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.
MLA International Bibliography  
Citations to journal articles, dissertations, and books in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore from 1963 to the present.
Museology Bibliography (BMUSE)  
Searchable database containing citations of journal articles, books and reports published from 1900 to the present relating to museums and museum curatorship.
Music Index  
Citations to articles on classical and popular music in over 700 periodicals.
Musical America Worldwide  
Contains up-to-date news, reviews, and contact information regarding international performing arts professionals.
New York Times Historical File (1851- 2001)  
Complete, searchable archive of the New York Times from 1851-2001 with full-page and article PDFs.
Oxford Art Online (formerly Grove Art Online)  
Includes full text of the Grove 34-volume Dictionary of Art.
Oxford English Dictionary  
The OED covers the history of the English Language. Contains word definitions, pronunciation, history, and language of origin.
Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online)  
Includes full text of the 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)  
Citations on topics of public policy to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, web sites and government documents
Philosopher's Index  
Primary database for literature related to philosophy.
Play Index  
Citations and abstracts for over 30,000 plays published individually or in collections.
Plowshares: Digital Archive for Peace Studies  
Provides primary documents – including minutes, diaries, correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals – ranging in date from the 1700s to the present. The archive chronicles the social justice efforts of the students and faculty of these colleges as well as the members of their affiliated historic peace-churches – Quakers, Mennonites and the Church of the Brethren.
ProjectMuse  
Full text articles from scholarly humanities and social science journals.
Proquest Historical Annual Reports  
More than 800 US companies' annual reports (1844-current) available through searchable pdf images.
PsycINFO  
Citations and abstracts for journals, books and dissertations in psychology and human behavior.
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RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies  
Citations of research articles related to all aspects of Judaic Studies.
Readers' Guide Retrospective  
Citations to articles in general and popular magazines. Coverage of popular magazine publishing from 1890-1982.
Religion and Philosophy Collection  
Citations and full-text articles related to philosophy and religion.
Romantic Era Redefined  
The Romantic Era Redefined provides a new, genre-redefining electronic collection of Romantic-era literature. It includes poetry, prose, drama, letters, and diaries-along with political, philosophical, scientific, and sociological works.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy  
The definitive resource for philosophy information. Features more than 2,000 original entries from a team of over 1,300 of the world's most respected scholars and philosophers.
Royal Historical Society Bibliography  
Resource for article, book, and chapter citations on the history of the British Isles back to 55BC.
Sage eReference  
Full text of 81 encyclopedias and reference books in the social sciences and humanities published by Sage Reference. Can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic.
Schwann Online  
Online catalog of classical, jazz, rock, and pop music CDs from 1997-2001.
Short Story Index  
A digital guide to more than 72,000 stories written in or translated into English from more than 4,200 collections and anthologies, as well as an additional 12,000 stories from periodicals.
Social Sciences Citation Index  
Topic and citation searching to identify articles published in high impact social science journals.
SocINDEX  
SocINDEX, with more than 1.3 million records, covers an array of social science disciplines - from anthropology to social work.
Sociological Abstracts  
Citations to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae  
Comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era.
Times Digital Archive  
Full text of The Times of London 1785-1985.
US Congress. Congressional Serial Set.  
Searchable, full text database of the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from 1817-1980.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000, Scholar's Edition  
Text of primary source documents and historical interpretations focusing on women in American social movements.
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online  
The /World Shakespeare Bibliography Online/ is a searchable database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1961 and 2008. Includes nearly 117,500 annotated entries.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts  
Searchable database of literature on world politics and public administration.
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