Introduction: Library Databases for Art and Interdisciplinary Research
This page contains information about the major databases for music literature, as well as other interdisciplinary and subject-specific databases that may be useful for your research. For more database options, please see the instructions provided in this guide for using the libraries' A-Z Databases tool.
Art Databases
- Art & Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
This database provides full-text coverage of periodicals and books covering art and architecture. In addition, it offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for academic journals, magazines and trade publications. The database also provides selective coverage for an Image Collection provided by Picture Desk and others.
- Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Provides searchable indexing art journalism from noted publications around the globe, reflecting coverage provided from 1929 through 1984. Art Index Retrospective cites sources published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch, as well as in English. In addition to periodicals, users will find data from important yearbooks and select museum bulletins.
- OpenBibArt: History of Art BibliographyOpenBibArt is a bibliographic database born out of a collaboration between the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (I.N.H.A.), the Getty Research Institute (G.R.I.) and the Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique of the C.N.R.S. (Inist-C.N.R.S.). OpenBibArt reviews the literature on arts from Late Antiquity to the present day, providing access to close to 1.2 million of bibliographic records of periodicals, books, exhibition and auction catalogues, published between 1910 and 2007.
General Humanities Databases
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Images of the full text of many scholarly titles in a range of subject areas, including literature, biological sciences, economics, finance, and statistics. Search the archive or pull up a specific article. Artstor is now available on the JSTOR platform.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals. Coverage: 1985-present
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowProject MUSE provides full-text access scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. The database is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and other university presses and not-for-profit publishers. Also included are the University Press Content Consortium collections in Asian and Pacific Studies, and Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, 1743 to present.
Center for Research Libraries (C.R.L.)
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog This link opens in a new windowThe Center for Research Libraries (C.R.L.) is a consortium of colleges, universities, and libraries that offers rare scholarly resources, including foreign government documents, doctoral dissertations, textbooks, and scientific research materials, as well as six area studies microfilming projects.
Interdisciplinary Databases
Communication & Media:
- Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
- MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Gender & Race Studies:
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
- LatAm-Studies Full Text Online (LatAm-Estudios Texto Completo en Línea) This link opens in a new window
- LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new windowProvides abstracts and citations to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender literature published worldwide. Citations represent periodical articles, books, newspapers, newsletters, case studies, speeches, and other formats. Also includes full text for G.L.B.T. journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as numerous full text books.
History:
- America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest History Vault This link opens in a new window
Performing Arts:
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Philosophy & Religion:
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new window
- Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window