LibGuides: ARTH 290B: Music Video and American Visual Art: Accessing Databases and Indexes Off Campus

General Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles (or article summaries) from scholarly journals, newspapers and popular magazines covering most academic disciplines. Some as far back as early 1900's, but mostly since about 1970. Free to all Indiana residents via INSPIRE.in.gov
Dissertations: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Index of doctoral dissertations and some master's theses from most North American and many European colleges and universities. Starts in 1743. Full text is available for over 1 million, mostly since 1996.

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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Journal article archive, covering humanities, social sciences and science. Begins with vol. 1, issue 1, 1800's, or even earlier (most titles exclude the most recent 3-5 years; some titles have current issue access).
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
A full-text article database of popular and trade news from around the world; company profiles; accounting literature and legal information largely focusing on U.S. and North America.
New York Times (1980 - current) This link opens in a new window
Search the New York Times within the U.S. Major Dailies collection.

Music Specific Databases

Bloomsbury Popular Music This link opens in a new window
Bloomsbury Popular Music is a source of scholarship and serious in-depth analysis of popular music in a global context. It includes the entirety of the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, the 33 1/3 series of books exploring key albums, and more.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD) with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, & indexes books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on theatre & performance internationally. Some as far back as 1900, mostly 1970+. 90% in English. Free to all Indiana residents via INSPIRE.in.gov
Music Industry Data This link opens in a new window
Over 60 years of international chart data for popular music recordings.
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
An index with full-text and abstracts of articles on music. Includes indexing for music articles and obituaries from the New York Times and The Washington Post. Covers nearly all aspects of music, including scholarly studies and popular trends.
Oxford/Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Reference source offering articles, biographies and audio on music worldwide.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary information resource designed specifically for the performing arts. It provides indexing, abstracts and selected full text from scholarly journals and other performing arts periodicals covering film, theatre, dance, stagecraft, and television.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses; includes literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy and religion, political science, medicine and health, gender studies. Most coverage 1990s to present, consult the journal list, as coverage varies for each title. NOTE: DePauw subscribes only to the journal coverage (Premium Collection) and not the digital book collection.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and citations to music scholarship. Sponsored by the International Musicological Society, the International Association of Music Libraries, and the International Council on Traditional Music.

Databases for Related Fields

DePauw Digital Library This link opens in a new window
This digital library contains a variety of photographs, publications and other objects spanning the history of DePauw University, Putnam County, and Indiana United Methodism.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Articles from journals, magazines, newspapers (some working papers & dissertations), published since 1970. Almost all are full text. Gender studies, men's studies, & women's studies.
New York Times (Historical) This link opens in a new window
Full text of newspaper from 1851 to four years ago (new year added every January). For the most recent four years, use the advanced search within the database National Newspapers Core.
PsycINFO (APA PsycInfo) This link opens in a new window
Articles (and article summaries) from journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations covering behavioral science and mental health. Most published since 1880's, a few as old as 1597. PsycINFO links directly to articles in PsycARTICLES.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers covering sociology and related disciplines, mostly published since 1952.

ARTH 290B: Music Video and American Visual Art: Accessing Databases and Indexes Off Campus

Accessing Online Resources Off Campus

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General Databases

Music Specific Databases

Databases for Related Fields