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Art, Music, Theatre: Reference
Reference | Books | Articles | Collections | Web Guides | Museums & Archives
| Classical Music Library | multi-label database of Classical music recordings and reference sources for music education; over 32 labels and 50,000 tracks |
| Oxford Reference Online Premium | Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford Companions series, 100+ dictionaries and thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, 50,000 signed entries with bibliographies . |
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Current, web version |
upgraded to the ongoing web edition, with full text of the 22-volume 2nd ed. (1989), plus draft material for the upcoming 3rd ed.; provides definitions, word origins, quotations from the English speaking world, as illustrated in historic and current publications; updated quarterly |
| Contemporary Fashion, 2nd ed., 2002 | a reference eBook covering designers and fashion houses in the 20th and 21st centuries |
| American National Biography | full-text biographies of prominent Americans who
are now deceased. Continues and updates the Dictionary of
American Biography, 1928-1985. Reference Collection: E 176 .D56 |
| Biography and Genealogy Master Index | comprehensive index to biographies in the best known print reference sources, including Who's Who and many biographical dictionaries |
| Contemporary Authors | full text bio-bibliographical guide to more than 120,000 authors, including those who were active prior to 1960, but continue to influence contemporary literature |
| Granger's World of Poetry | over 200,000 poem citations and more than 23,000 full text poems, plus commentaries, author biographies and glossary |
| GroveMusic | comprehensive encyclopedia of western and world music, composers, and musicians; includes New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.) |
| American Film Scripts Online | 265 film scripts by 334 writers, plus detailed information on scenes and characters; will eventually include 1,000 scripts |
| Movie Review Query Engine | reviews of 21,000+ films |
Reference | Books | Articles | Collections | Web Guides | Museums & Archives
| Averett Library Catalog | books and media |
| Worldcat | comprehensive catalog of books, film, internet resources selected by libraries. Includes option to limit to Internet sources |
Reference | Books | Articles | Collections | Web Guides | Museums & Archives
Note: Use the Journal Locator to find journals or "sources" cited in an index.
| Academic Search Complete | over 5,500 full-text periodicals, most peer-reviewed, in a broad range of academic areas; indexing and abstracts for thousands of additional journals and nearly 10,000 monographs, reports, conference proceedings. (Replaces InfoTrac at Averett.) |
| Humanities International Complete | full text for more than 670 journals, plus books and other published sources from around the world; includes all data from Humanities International Index, plus unique full text content; covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought |
| GroveMusic | comprehensive encyclopedia of western and world music, composers, and musicians |
| Literature Online |
full text of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus film clips and new poets on screen; literary works are cross-referenced to critical works, including biographies, bibliographies, key reference resources, and 120 full text journals |
| Literature Resource Center | compendium of full text literary reference sources, including the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner's and Twayne's authors series, the MLA International Bibliography, and an encyclopedia of literature; includes extensive bibliographies of works and criticism |
| Arts & Humanities Search | index to 1,300 arts and humanities journals, 1980- |
| Newspaper Source Plus | cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), The Age, The Australian, The Toronto Star, The Irish Times and others. The database also contains selective full text for more than 410 U.S newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR) |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete | comprehensive index with abstracts and some full text for 600 journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields |
| MLA International Bibliography | comprehensive index to scholarly materials in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore, including articles, books, essays, working papers, proceedings, dissertations and bibliographies, 1963- |
| HarpWeek: The Civil War Era and Reconstruction I (1857-1871) | full text of Harpers Weekly, with illustrations (Press release) |
| Women's Studies International | covers core disciplines in Women’s Studies and feminist research from 1972 to the present in sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education; includes journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature; includes over 2,000 periodicals and the following database files: Women Studies Abstracts, Women’s Studies Bibliography Database, Women’s Studies Database, Women Studies Librarian, Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, and Women’s Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography. |
| Dissertation Abstracts | index to dissertations on all academic topics, 1861- |
| Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online | index to dissertations reported since mid-1995 |
| PapersFirst | index to papers presented at conferences worldwide, 1993- |
| ProceedingsFirst | index to worldwide conference proceedings, 1993- |
Reference | Books | Articles | Collections | Web Guides | Museums & Archives
Note: Use the Journal Locator to find journals or "sources" cited in an index.
| ARTstor |
550,000 images in the visual and performing arts, history, anthropology, archaeology, humanities, and social sciences; please create your personal ARTstor account for access to special features. |
| Classical Music Library | multi-label database of Classical music recordings and reference sources for music education; over 32 labels and 50,000 tracks |
| American Film Scripts Online | 265 film scripts by 334 writers, plus detailed information on scenes and characters; will eventually include 1,000 scripts |
| Literature Online |
full text of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus film clips and new poets on screen; literary works are cross-referenced to critical works, including biographies, bibliographies, key reference resources, and 120 full text journals |
| Asian American Drama | 186 plays by 35 playwrights, together with information on productions, theaters, production companies; will eventually include 250 plays |
| Black Drama, 1850 to Present | 1200 plays by 215 playwrights, with information on productions, theaters, production companies; selected playbills and production photographs |
| Latino Literature | "...approximately 48 plays and 13,000 pages of prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States." |
| North American Women's Drama | 235 plays by 67 playwrights, with detailed information on productions, theaters, production companies; will eventually include 1,000 plays |
| 319 plays by 53 playwrights, including Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan, Paul Green, and Thornton Wilder; 25 plays published here for the first time; includes selected playbills, photos, production details |
Reference | Books | Articles | Collections | Web Guides | Museums & Archives
| Virtual Library Museums Pages | searchable database of Internet learning sites. Includes links to lesson plans, activities and reference tools. Arranged by subject area, intended audience and activity type. |
| American Memory Collection Finder | "Performing Arts" and "Art and Architecture" collections from the Library of Congress |
For assistance, contact the Averett Library Reference Desk
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