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Arts and Humanities databases

Art, Classics, Communications, English, Foreign Languages, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion

Name of database About this database
America: History & Life

Historical coverage of the United States and Canada

American Civil War Letters & Diaries, 1861-1865

Letters, diaries and memoirs

American Film Scripts

Text of scripts, plus detailed information on related scenes, characters and people.

American Periodical Series, 1740-1900

Historically significant periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900

Asian American Drama

Texts of plays plus detailed information on related productions, theaters, and production companies.

Art Full Text (WilsonWeb)

A database which covers all aspects of art.

 
Art Retrospective (WilsonWeb)

Art Index citations published between 1929-1984.
 

Bibliography of the History of Art

European and American art from the 4th century to the present.

Black Drama: 1850 - present

Full text of 502 plays, with information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.

Black Thought and Culture

Works of non-fiction written by leading African Americans from colonial times to 1975.

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries, 1500-1900

Diaries and letters.

  
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective

Full text of major articles from issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Free access to full text scientific and scholarly journals.

 

Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Culture, and the Environment

 

Documents the relationships among peoples and with the environment in North America from 1534 to 1850.

  
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)

Publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press.  Searchable in both English and Spanish. 1960-

Film Literature Index

Citations to film, television and video articles, reviews and book reviews

GenderWatch (ProQuest)

Women and gender. 1970-

 
Handbook of Latin-American Studies

A bibliography on Latin America alternating annually between the social sciences and the humanities. 1935-

Harp Week

The electronic version of Harper’s Weekly, the 19th century "Journal of Civilization."

Historical Abstracts

Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada).

History E-Book Project (ACLS)

Over 1230 full-text, cross-searchable books in the field of history

Humanities and Social Sciences Retro (WilsonWeb)

Covers a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals.

 
IngentaConnect

academic and professional research articles

International Index to the Performing Arts

Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry.

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

An online reference handbook

    
Literature Online (LION)

Works of English and American literature from the 8th century to the present day.

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)

International scholarly materials on language, literature, linguistics, and folklore.

Music Index Online (EBSCO) 

Covers all aspects of music.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories

Letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial-1950

The immediate experiences of 442 women, as revealed in diaries and letters.

  
Oxford English Dictionary(OED)

Traces the development of English from approximately 1150 AD up to the present day. (courtesy MD Digital Library)

Pennsylvania Gazette

The Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper, 1728 through 1800.

Philosopher's Index (EBSCO) 

Covers all aspects of philosophy.

Renaissance Women Online

A collection of Renaissance texts from the Women Writers Online collection, accompanied by contextual and topical essays.

Sage Premier

full-text journals in anthropology, communications, education, economics, gender studies, health sciences, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period

Contains 60 volumes of Romantic Poetry, extensive contemporary critical reviews, and other material.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

An online encyclopedia of philosophy. A work in progress, this database includes only selected entries.

Women Writers Online

Searchable texts by pre-Victorian women writers from the Brown University Women Writers Project.