Research Guides: Visual Elements in Theater: Databases

Art Databases

Art Museum Image Gallery
This is an image database--no articles here. Includes images of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts as well as photos, ephemera, and graphic art.

Oxford Art Online
A collection of art reference books, including art dictionaries and encyclopedias. A good way to start learning about a topic, and a great alternative to Wikipedia.
JSTOR
Extremely useful for art history research as well as general history, literature, comparative lit, cultural studies, and more.

Art Full Text
Includes popular art magazines, museum bulletins, yearbooks, and scholarly journals. Searches will return scholarly articles, as well as images, interviews, book and exhibition reviews, and more.

Project Muse
Like JSTOR, but smaller. Good coverage of visual art, as well as literature, history, performing arts, and cultural studies.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
No full text and a bit harder to use, BHA is best for advanced research. It covers art publications from 1975-2007. To use it effectively, search with multiple terms. Don't be afraid to ask a librarian for help!

Music Online: Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. This ever growing collection includes recordings from the world's greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hnssler Classic, Vox and many more. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Good general database. Some history, literature, and other cultural materials available. Not as useful for art-specific research.

Google Scholar
Use Advanced Search. Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines, formats, and sources, including theses, books, abstracts, and articles. Google Scholar sorts articles weighing the fulltext of each article, author, publication in which article appears, and how often the piece has been cited in other scholarly literature.
Humanities Full Text
A good general humanities database, useful for an interdisciplinary research topic (something discussing literature or history, perhaps).

Academic Video Online (AVON)
Academic Video Online (AVON) is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers more than 66,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Kanopy
Streaming service that offers must-watch movies and videos, documentaries, and classic films. Includes the full Criterion Collection and selections from PBS.

How Faculty Can Request Streaming Media:

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Psychotherapy.net
A streaming videos library of 50 training videos featuring the leading practitioners of the psychology field.