| DATABASE |
DESCRIPTION |
ACCESS |
Alternative Press Index |
- Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left
periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
- Provides in-depth coverage in the humanities
and social sciences.
- 1991-present
- Updates quarterly
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WSU-Pullman only |
Art Index |
- Indexes articles in key international English-language arts publications
- Includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews, and more
- 1984 - present
- Updated Monthly
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WSU all |
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Art Index Retrospective |
- Indexes articles in key international English-language arts publications
- Includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews, and more
- 1929-1984
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WSU-Pullman only |
| ArtBibliographies Modern |
- Provides references to and full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews
- Subjects cover all forms of modern and contemporary art
- Entries date back as far as the late 1960s
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WSU All |
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Arts & Humanities Search |
- References to many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals
- 1980 - present.
- Updated weekly
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WSU-Pullman only |
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals |
- Indexes more than 2,000 periodicals published worldwide on archeology, city planning, interior
design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture
- Coverage from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the
present
- Updated daily
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WSU all |
| Children's Catalog and Archive
|
- Selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books and magazines for children
from preschool through sixth grade
- Includes review sources and other professional aids for children's
librarians and school media specialists.
- The archive is a searchable database made up of items formerly included in the main catalog, but no longer current
|
WSU all |
ComAbstracts |
- Contains abstracts of articles from 40+ professional journals in the communication(s) field
- Primarily broadcasting, communication, journalism, mass media, and public relations
- Search by word, phrase, or author
- Years covered vary for each journal title
- Updated continuously
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WSU-Pullman only |
| Fiction Catalog
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- Selective annotated list of fiction for adults
- Includes both established and contemporary works either written in or translated into English
- Out-of-print titles are included
|
WSU all |
Grove Dictionary of Art |
- Contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts – painting,
sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography – from prehistory to the
present day
- Represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars
from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study
- Updates continually
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WSU All |
Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians |
- The standard dictionary for the subject area
- Search the full text of over 25 million words
- Includes hundreds of carefully selected and classified links to musical sites around the world and a timetable of reviews
|
WSU All |
Humanities Index |
- Indexes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs
- Covers archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, food, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, space, world history, world literature.
- 1984 - present
- Updated Monthly
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WSU All |
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Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective |
- Indexes articles, interviews, obituaries,
biographies, and book reviews in English language periodicals
- Covers anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science,
psychology, and sociology
- 1907-1984
- Updated Monthly
|
WSU All |
| In the First Person: An index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and Personal Narratives |
- Index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories
- 300,000 individuals
- Updated quarterly
|
Unrestricted |
| International Index to Music Periodicals |
- Indexes articles from 375 international music periodicals from over 20
countries
- Indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times
and The Washington Post.
- Covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest
crazes.
- 1874-present
- Updated monthly
|
WSU all |
|
Iter (Medieval and Renaissance) |
- A bibliography of approximately 225,000 records from the complete runs of more than 400 scholarly journal titles pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
- Books (under construction) - A bibliography of monographs, material published in monographs, and collected essays pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
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WSU all |
JSTOR |
- Full text of over 100 journals on a variety of topics
- Back issues only, not current
|
WSU all |
| Literary Index |
- Master index to the major literature products
published by Gale Group, Inc.
- Combines and cross references to more than 135,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more
than 165,000 titles into one source.
|
Everyone |
| Middle and Junior High School Catalog
|
- Selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books for young people in grades five through nine
- Includes review sources and other professional aids for children's librarians and school media specialists
|
WSU all |
| MLA |
The Modern Language Association's index to
- Literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore
- Covers over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide
- 1926 - present.
- Updated ten times per year
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WSU all |
| Naxos Music Library |
- Access over 80,000 tracks (5,500 CDs)
- Select works by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre
- Includes information on composers, conductors, individual works and music genres.
|
WSU Pullman |
Oxford English Dictionary |
- THE authority on word origins
- Provides definition, pronunciation, word origins, quotes using the word, and date chart showing when the word came into use
- Provides capability to link directly to specific information in the dictionary from another web site
- Full text
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WSU all |
| Philosopher's Index |
- Provides citations and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy
and related fields
- Covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy,
epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion,
science, history, education, and language
- 1940-present
- Quarterly updates
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WSU all |
Project Muse
Project Muse (backup) |
- Over 90 full-text electronic journals focusing on the humanities
- Electronic version available earlier than print edition
- Full text
|
WSU all |
ProQuest Direct |
- Index to magazine and journal articles, often with full text
- Index to major national newspapers, with some full text
- Index and full text of some Washington newspapers
|
WSU all |
ProQuest Religion |
- Includes religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies
- Covers the most important journals in religion with full text available for most of them
- 1986-present
- Full Text
|
WSU all |
| Public Library Catalog
|
- Selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books for young people in grades five through nine
- Includes review sources and other
professional aids for children's librarians and school media specialists.
|
WSU all |
| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature |
- Covers all aspects of music and music-related topics such as acoustics, psychology, sociology, etc.
- Includes references and often summaries to articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies, and videos
- Also includes references for concert reviews, recording notes, and pedagogical manuals of scholarly interest
- 1967-present
- Monthly updates
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WSU all |
| Science Fiction in Holland Library |
List of science fiction works in Holland Library.
- Searchable by author or title.
- Provides a list of all titles
- Identifies nuclear war fiction subgenre
|
Everyone |
| Senior High School Catalog and Archive
|
- Selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books
for young adults in grades nine through twelve
- Includes review sources and other professional aids for
librarians and school media specialists
- Includes fiction titles, nonfiction titles, and short story collections
- The archive is a searchable database made up of items formerly included in the main catalog, but no longer current
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WSU all |
| Smithsonian Global Sound
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- More than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds
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Browse by musical instrument, geographic area, or cultural group, among other fields
- Full text
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WSU All |
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
|
- Dynamic reference work with articles on all aspects of philosophy
- Articles by experts in the field
- Archived quarterly
- Full text
|
Unrestricted |
| Television News Archive
|
- World's most extensive and complete archive of television news
- More than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN
- More than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989
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WSU All |
World Biographical Information System
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- Provides biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 20th century
- Includes people from all centuries as well as all countries and regions worldwide.
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WSU All |
| World Shakespeare Bibliography
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- Provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare
- 1965-2004
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WSU Pullman |