Most Useful Databases
OmniFile
A multi-disciplinary index of
journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).
Academic
Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database of
journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports.
(Some full-text).
Literature
Criticism Online
Book reviews, drama reviews, film reviews, and literary essays from historical sources. (Full-text).
Literature
Resource Center
Biographies and essays on authors
of fiction, poetry, drama, journalism, and history. (Full-text).
MagillOnLiterature
Plus
Essays about writers, novels, short
stories, plays, literary characters, literary genres, and national
literatures. (Full-text).
MLA
International Bibliography
The most comprehensive index of
journals, books, and dissertations in literature. (Some full-text).
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
An encyclopedia of theatre, dance, opera, radio, film, television, and other performance. (Full-text).
Other Databases
Book
Review Digest
An index to reviews of English-language
books in journals and magazines. (Citations only).
Concise
Oxford Companion to the Theatre
A standard one-volume encyclopedia
of theatre. (Full-text).
ebrary
A collection of electronic books
with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download
ebrary Reader™
Google
Scholar
An Internet search engine for scholarly
journals, books, preprints, and theses with links to UHD-purchased
content.
International Encyclopedia of Dance
An encyclopedia of dance forms, dancers, choreographers, music, and performances. (Full-text).
International
Index of Music Periodicals
An index of academic journals and
popular magazines on music from 1874 to present. (Some full-text).
Iter
: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Bibliographies of publications
on history, languages, and literature. (Citations).
UHD Library subscribes only to selected
content. Some content is not available at UHD.
JSTOR
Scholarly journals from many fields.
Archives go back to 1831, but recent issues (past 3-5 years)
are not included. (Full-text).
Purchase made possible by a generous
donation from the Rockwell Fund.
netLibrary
Electronic books from academic,
professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).
New
York Times
An archive of the newspaper from
1980 to present. (Full-text).
New
York Times Historical
A cover-to-cover archive of the
newspaper from 1851 to 2003. (Full-text).
Oxford
Companion to the American Theatre
The standard one-volume encyclopedia
of American theatre. (Full-text).
Oxford
Dictionary of Dance
A short encyclopedia of dances,
choreagraphers, technical terms, major works, etc. (Full-text).
Play
Index
An index of plays in book anthologies.
Search by title, author, subject, style, genre, type of cast,
or grade level. (Citations only).
Project
Muse
Electronic journals in the humanities
and the social sciences. (Full-text).
ProQuest
Newspapers
The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles
Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
(Full-text).
Teatro
Español del Siglo de Oro
Complete plays by Spanish dramatists
of the 16th and 17th centuries. (Full-text).
WorldCat
A catalog of 58 million books,
dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries.
(Citations only).
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