Music & the Arts
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Music Article Databases / Encyclopedias | Online Music | Art Article Databases | Dance / Theater
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| Article Databases / Encyclopedias | Description |
| International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text | Covers a broad spectrum of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. Abstracts in all records, full-text in many; 1874-present |
| Music Index | Citations to articles in 655 international music periodicals; 1979-present |
| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature | Books and articles on international music topics, abstracts; 1969-present |
| RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1800-1950) | Information on 19th century music and musical life |
| Grove Dictionary of Music | Full-text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., the new Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed. with ongoing updates |
| Online Music | Description |
| NAXOS Music Library | A comprehensive collection of classical music recordings, providing access to the entire Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues, totaling over 85,000 tracks. (may need to open a new browser window; please log out) |
| Art | Description |
| Arts and Humanities Citation Index | Articles in arts and humanities; plus citation searching for articles that cite known authors or works, most with abstracts; 1975-present |
| ARTbibliographies Modern | Indexes journal articles, exhibition reviews, books, dissertations and essays about all forms of modern and contemporary art. Covers English and foreign-language materials, 1974-present. |
| ART Fulltext | Full text of 111 publications back to 1997, plus abstracts and indexing of 378 international peer-selected publications back to 1984 |
| Art Index Retrospective | Indexes articles in art, archaeology, architecture, and film; 1929-1984 |
| ARTstor | Over one million images in the arts, humanities, & sciences. To download images, users must register. To register one must be on campus and then select ‘register for more features’ located in top right hand corner of ARTstor screen. Once registered, you can access ARTstor from off-campus by logging in to your account for 120 days (this does not require using the VPN). To reset the 120 day clock, log in to your ARTstor account from an on-campus computer. |
| Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals | Architecture and related disciplines; 1876-present |
| Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) via The Getty | Art of Europe and the Americas, abstracts in English or French; 1975-2007 Note: Includes two databases: BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art) and RILA (Répertoire de la litterature de l'art). BHA covers the years 1990–2007 and RILA covers 1975–1989. This does NOT include RAA (Répertoire d'art et d'archéologie) which covers 1973–1989. [more info] |
| Grove Art Online | Comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the 1990s |
| Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals | Index to 42 U.S. art journals, covering 1840-1907 |
| International Bibliography of Art | Successor to the BHA; covers Western Art; 2008-present. |
| SCIPIO: art and rare book sales catalog | Describes art auction and rare book catalogs for sales from the late 16th century to scheduled auctions not yet held |
| Dance / Theater | Description |
| 20th Century Drama | Full-text of plays from the English-speaking world. When complete, this on-going project will contain 2600 plays that will cover the history of modern drama from the 1890s-present. |
| American Drama (1714-1915) | An electronic collection of full-text American dramatic literature, from the early eighteenth century through the early twentieth century. The current release, American Drama 1714-1915, includes more than 1500 plays. |
| Asian American Drama | late 19th c. - see more |
| Black Drama | 1850 - present see more |
| International Encyclopedia of Dance | In-depth articles on Western and World dance topics, biographies, and individual dance forms. E-edition of the 1998 paper encyclopedia. NO PICTURES! |
| International Index to the Performing Arts Full Text | Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry, including dance, film, theater and more. Abstracts in all records, full-text in many. |
| New York Public Library Dance Catalog | Index to NYPL Jerome Robbins Dance Division holdings, including non-book & archival materials. Non circulating. Use this link, do a search, then use the pulldown menu to limit your search to the Dance Collection. |
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