Humanities
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) -A good general source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.
America: History & Life (EBSCO) -America History and Life provides extensive coverage of the history and culture of America and Canada from "prehistory to the present." It includes journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews published since 1954. Abstracts are provided for most journal article citations.
Art Index (H.W.Wilson) -is the basic periodical index in art. It indexes the contents of about 300 journals, mostly in English, in all areas of art, architecture, and design published since 1984. Art Index Retrospective extends the coverage back to 1929, but is available only in the library.
ARTbibliographies Modern (CSA) -Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews. Covers many aspects of modern and contemporary art, including performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theater arts, crafts, jewelry, illustration, and more, as well as the traditional fine arts of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing. Architecture is not covered. Search DAAI and ART biliographies Modern together: DAAI/ABM
Contemporary Literary Criticism (InfoTRAC) -An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary writers. Each entry also contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, and sources for further study.
DAAI (CSA) -The Design and Applied Arts Index contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. Research articles are covered, along with topical news items, conference and seminar reports, and book, video and exhibition reviews. DAAI also includes two supplementary databases: Education Directory, an international directory of universities and colleges that offer courses in design and craft subjects, and Periodicals Directory, an international directory of design and craft journals. Search ARTbiliographies Modern and DAAI together: ABM/DAAI
DAR: Design Abstracts Retrospective (CSA) -a retrospective complement to Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI), covering design journals and yearbooks published between 1900 and 1987 AND a unique resource consisting of more than 11,000 profiles of designers, architects, craftspeople, photographers, studios and other institutions.
Design ProFiles (CSA) - is source of information on 20th and 21st-century designers and design firms. The database includes more than 11,000 names, with 5,000 additional names expected to be added this year. It is not a database of journal articlesuse DAAI and DAR for articlesbut a source of essentially biographical information with suggestions for (and sometimes links to) further information.
ERIC (EBSCO) -offers access to many full-text journal articles as well as full-text ERIC documents available on Department of Education web site. Students and faculty wishing to conduct advanced searches will likely find this version easier to use than the open access version. Users also have access to some full-text journal articles not available through the Department of Education. However, as of July 2005 this version does not include 2005 ERIC documents or journals. The most current information may be searched through the open access database. Also, please note that ERIC discontinued the production of ED microfiche. ED 483 046 is the last document available on microfiche.
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) -is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses. This current database begins its coverage in 1990. (Access provided by the MBLC)
Ethnic NewsWatch: A History (ProQuest) -is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses. This database contains the retrospective backfile of Ethnic NewsWatch titles with coverage from 1960 through 1989. (Access provided by the MBLC)
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale/InfoTRAC) -This database provides citations and full-text access to journals in fields such as astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, literature, art, sociology, general science, and communications, as well as covering current events.
GenderWatch (ProQuest) -A full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles.
GreenFile (EBSCO) -a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index - HAPI (UCLA Latin American Center) -The Hispanic American Periodicals Index includes articles on subjects relating to Hispanics in the United States and Latin American subjects. Coverage begins in 1970. Also consider using the Handbook of Latin American Studies from the Library of Congress.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) -Historical Abstracts provides in depth coverage to a large number of journal articles in modern history, which it defines as since 1450. It covers all area of the world except the United States and Canada, which are covered by America History and Life. Coverage begins in 1954. Abstracts are provided for most citations.
Humanities Index (H.W.Wilson) -Humanities Index is the basic periodical index in the humanities, including literature, history, archaeology, gender studies, and philosophy. It indexes the content of about 300 journals, mostly in English. The electronic version begins in 1984; older articles must be searched in the paper index in the library.
Iter Gateway (Iter) -is a database of more than 945,000 records for articles, essays, books, dissertation abstracts, encyclopedia entries and reviews. This material has been collected from 7,218 publications, including 1,617 journals. Updated daily, with thousands of new records added annually, this powerful research tool is of essential use to scholars of the Middle Ages and / or the Renaissance (400-1700).
JSTOR -is a full-text online collection of core scholarly journals from their first issues (some date back to the 1800's) to between two and five years prior to the present. Subject coverage includes arts & sciences, education, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, Asian studies, economics, population studies, sociology and botany and ecology. The journals can be browsed by journal issue or searched by keywords, topics, titles, authors and dates. The journals included in JSTOR are also listed in and linked from the Journals, Magazines & Newspapers in Our Library.
Literary Reference Center - LRC (EBSCO) -is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) -is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
Philosopher's Index (EBSCO) -is a current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. The Index features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews. Philosopher's Index contains research published since 1940 including nearly 570 journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages.
Royal Historical Society Bibliography -in association with Irish History Online and London's Past Online - provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British empire and commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present.
Women's Studies International (EBSCO) -covers the core disciplines in Womens Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 586,600 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to present. This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented.
