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Subject databases - Arts

Use subject databases to find research on a specific topic including journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters.

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Cultures, Languages and Area Studies

Cultures, Languages and Area Studies subject databases
Database	Description	Videos
BoB	Is a shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for education institutions. BoB enables all staff and students in subscribing institutions to choose and record any broadcast programme from over 65 free to air TV and radio channels.	Watch the walkthrough
Kanopy	Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines.	Watch the walkthrough
JSTOR	Provides page images of back issues of the core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Users may browse by journal title or discipline, or may search the full-text or citations/abstracts. New issues of existing titles and new titles are added approximately on a weekly basis.	Watch the walkthrough
Linguistics Collection	Provides access to full-text sources and expert indexing in all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.	Watch the walkthrough
MLA International Bibliography	Provides access to citations on literature, modern languages, linguistics, and folklore gathered from 3,500 journals, series, books, and essay collections. MLA indexes articles, books, working papers and proceedings, and bibliographies	Watch the walkthrough
Nexis	Provides full-text information taken from local, national and international general news sources and agencies, professional journals and specialist trade, company and industry sources. Includes company information from ICC, Extel, Disclosure, and Directory of Directors.	Watch the walkthrough
Oxford Art Online	Provides access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today. Through a single gateway, users can access and cross-search Oxford’s acclaimed, regularly updated art reference works: the Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists.	Watch the walkthrough
Project Muse	Provides full-text versions of peer-reviewed journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, as well as thousands of ebooks, with emphasis on humanities and social sciences.	Watch the walkthrough
Web of Science	Covers the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.	Watch the walkthrough

English

English subject databases
Database	Description	Videos
BoB	Is a shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for education institutions. BoB enables all staff and students in subscribing institutions to choose and record any broadcast programme from over 65 free to air TV and radio channels.	Watch the walkthrough
JSTOR	Provides page images of back issues of the core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Users may browse by journal title or discipline, or may search the full-text or citations/abstracts. New issues of existing titles and new titles are added approximately on a weekly basis.	Watch the walkthrough
Linguistics Collection	Provides access to full-text sources and expert indexing in all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.	Watch the walkthrough
Literature Online	Provides access to English and American poetry, drama and prose.	Watch the walkthrough
MLA International Bibliography	Provides access to citations on literature, modern languages, linguistics, and folklore gathered from 3,500 journals, series, books, and essay collections. MLA indexes articles, books, working papers and proceedings, and bibliographies	Watch the walkthrough
Project Muse	Provides full-text versions of peer-reviewed journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, as well as thousands of ebooks, with emphasis on humanities and social sciences.	Watch the walkthrough
Web of Science	Covers the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.	Watch the walkthrough

Humanities

Humanities subject databases
Database	Description	Videos
Acta Sanctorum	Is a collection of documents examining the lives of saints, organised according to each saint's feast day, and runs from 1643 to 1940.	Watch the walkthrough
ATLA Religion Database	Contains thousands of citations from international titles and multi-author works in the field of religion.	Watch the walkthrough
BoB	Is a shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for education institutions. BoB enables all staff and students in subscribing institutions to choose and record any broadcast programme from over 65 free to air TV and radio channels.	Watch the walkthrough
Bibliography of British and Irish History	Provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to present	Watch the walkthrough
British History Online	Provides access to some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.	Watch the walkthrough
British Library Sounds	Presents 50,000 recordings and their associated documentation from the collection from all over the world. Range of recorded sound includes music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds	Watch the walkthrough
The digital library of classic Protestant texts	Contains theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents and polemical treatises written by more than 300 Protestant authors.	Watch the walkthrough
The digital library of the Catholic reformation	Contains transcriptions and facsimiles of documents, including papal and synodal decrees, catechisms and inquisitorial manuals, biblical commentaries, theological treatises and systems, liturgical writings, saints' lives, and devotional works by Catholic authors of the 16th and 17th centuries.	Watch the walkthrough
Gale Primary Sources	Combines dozens of historical archives covering hundreds of years of history. In this exhaustive resource you will find monographs, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, and photographs. Collections availability limited to licensing agreement.	Watch the walkthrough
Historical Abstracts (Online)	Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.	Watch the walkthrough
Historical Texts	Contains the full text or page images of over 365,000 books published before 1900, including digitised versions of more than 65,000 first editions from the 19th century.	Watch the walkthrough
International Medieval Bibliography	Is a multidisciplinary bibliography of Europe, North Africa and the Near East (300-1500).	Watch the walkthrough
JSTOR	Provides page images of back issues of the core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Users may browse by journal title or discipline, or may search the full-text or citations/abstracts. New issues of existing titles and new titles are added approximately on a weekly basis.	Watch the walkthrough
Loeb Classical Library	Is a virtual collection of Greek and Latin literature from the Loeb classical library at Harvard University. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek and English texts are available.	Watch the walkthrough
Oxford Music Online	Includes the Oxford Dictionary of Music; Grove Music Online; and the Oxford Companion to Music.	Watch the walkthrough
PhilPapers: Philosophy Online	Is a comprehensive directory of philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers.	Watch the walkthrough
Project Muse	Provides full-text versions of peer-reviewed journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, as well as thousands of ebooks, with emphasis on humanities and social sciences.	Watch the walkthrough
RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature	Provides broad international coverage of Western and Eastern classical music, pop, folk, and jazz, as well as interdisciplinary studies on music.	Watch the walkthrough
Scopus	Covers biology, physics, chemistry, geosciences, agriculture, medicine, business, social work, and the social sciences.	Watch the walkthrough
Web of Science	Covers the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.	Watch the walkthrough