Fine Arts & Music Databases

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Academic Search Premier Authentication Required Tutorial available
Provides full text for over 4,650 periodicals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, etc.

 most 1975-

Expanded Academic ASAP Authentication Required Tutorial available
Database indexes almost 2,000 magazines and scholarly journals in all subjects.

 some 1980-

JSTOR Authentication Required
Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American studies, Asian studies, and biological, health & general sciences.

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Project Muse Authentication Required
Full text of scholarly articles from over 100 online journals covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.

 all 1995-

ARTstor Authentication Required
ARTstor is a new cross-disciplinary image database. It offers collections of approximately 300,000 art images and descriptive information covering art, architecture and archeology. ARTstor's accompanying software tools will support a wide range of pedagogical and research uses including: viewing and analyzing images through features such as zooming and panning, saving groups of images online for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering presentations both online and offline.

    

CAMIO (OCLC) Authentication Required
OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.

   

The Music Index Online Authentication Required
Citations to more than 1 Million articles from over 800 International Music Periodicals.

some 1975-

Naxos Music Library Authentication Required
Classical music sound files online. More than 140,000 musical tracks available.

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Naxos Music Library Jazz Authentication Required
Jazz music sound files online. More than 20,000 musical tracks available.

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Oxford Music Online Authentication Required
Gateway to music research and access point for new and forthcoming Oxford music reference subscriptions and products. Excellent introductions to and overviews of musicians, compositions, styles and other topics in music. Currently allows cross-searching of: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
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Salem History - Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century Authentication Required
Biographical and critical essays on the men and women who made an impact on music from 1901 to 2000. Every essay contains standard ready-reference top matter offering easy access to biographical information, including the name of the musician as best known, the individual's nationality and musical identity, a brief paragraph explaining the individual's significance in the history of music, birth and death dates, and any additional names the individual might be known as. A section on "Principal Works/Principal Recordings," which lists the individual's major works or recordings by genre, follows.		 all  

LitFinder Authentication Required
Search all of the LitFinder collections by genre or format.

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Play Index Authentication Required
Index to plays.

no 1949-