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Arts & Humanities databases for NSU alumni

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Top picks

1. Arts & Humanities Citation Index - Thomson (Web of Knowledge)
Provides abstracts, cited references, times cited, and links to full text when available for articles in the arts and humanities (1975 to present). Part of Web of Science.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
2. Essay and General Literature - WilsonWeb
Citations for essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works. Also provides full citations on collective titles indexed. Emphasis on the humanities and social sciences. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
3. Humanities Full Text - WilsonWeb
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text articles from humanities publications from 1984 to present. For earlier citations, see Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
4. Literature Resources from Gale (formerly Literature Resource Center) - Gale Cengage Learning
Full-text database provides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every time period and literary discipline. Also includes overviews of major literary works, Web links, timelines, MLA International Bibliography, Twayne's Authors, and Scribner Writers. Teacher resources available. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
5. Periodicals Index Online - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey)
Comprehensive database with nearly 16 million citations for journal articles on the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Provides links to selected full-text in other databases. Coverage: 1665-1995.  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.


Also recommended

1. Academic OneFile - Gale Cengage Learning
Provides citations and abstracts for articles from over 7400 primarily peer-reviewed journals in science, technology and medicine, as well as the humanities, social sciences, and more. Full text is available for 3300 of the journals. Also includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full text for The New York Times.  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
2. American Film Scripts Online - Alexander Street Press
Provides accurate and authorized versions of 1008 copyrighted screenplays. Titles include Bringing Up Baby, Network, In the Company of Men, Drugstore Cowboy, Marty, Your Friends and Neighbors, The Thomas Crown Affair, Suspicion, The Shawshank Redemption, Fort Apache, Notorious, and The Last Detail. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
3. American Mosaic - Greenwood Publishing
EbooksRecommended for younger studentsProvides access to two multicultural resources, The African American Experience and The Latino American Experience, with ebooks, interviews, maps, images, audio, music files, and timelines. Teacher resources available. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU, Broward, and Alumni.
4. Art Full Text - WilsonWeb
Offers full text plus abstracts and indexing of periodicals on art from around the world. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
5. Art Museum Image Gallery - WilsonWeb
A rich digital resource of art images and related multimedia gathered from the collections of distinguished museums around the world, this database provides superb coverage of contemporary and modern artists. Over 155,000 high-quality images are included with a full description. Many include curatorial text, provenance data, detail or multiple views for many images, and related multimedia.

Use of this collection is exclusively for education, research, and scholarship. Publishing, redistributing, and storing images is prohibited. All commercial and business uses are prohibited, including by NSU staff. Please review our policy on use of electronic resources. More info

Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
6. Biography Resource Center - Gale Cengage Learning
Recommended for K-12 Full-text database provides biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Teacher resources available. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
7. Clase and Periódica - FirstSearch (OCLC)
Index of Latin American and Caribbean journals in the social sciences, humanities, science, and technology. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
8. Classical Music Library - Alexander Street Press
50,000-plus tracks from leading labels. Recordings include music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
9. Credo Reference - Credo Reference
e-Book database Full text for over 250 reference books covering art, biography, business, conversions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, food, geography, history, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, quotations, religion, science, social sciences, and technology. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU, Broward, and Alumni.
10. Daily Life Online - Greenwood Publishing
Recommended for K-12Combines Daily Life through History, Daily Life Premium, and World Folklore and Folklife databases to provide full text information, maps, images, website links, etc. on folklore, cultures, and customs of peoples around the world from ancient times to the present. Teacher resources available.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU, Broward, and Alumni.
11. Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective - WilsonWeb
Provides citations for articles in the humanities and social sciences published 1907-1984. For more recent coverage, see Humanities Full Text and Social Sciences Full Text.
NOTE: Limited to one simultaneous user. If you are unable to access, please try again later.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
12. International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey)
IIMP is a music journal resource with more than 720,000 indexed articles, plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1874 to the present, covering the scholarly to the popular. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
13. International Index to the Performing Arts Full Text - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey)
A performing arts journal resource with over 465,000 indexed articles, plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1864 to the present, covering film, theatre, and dance. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
14. JSTOR - JSTOR
Full-text articles from scholarly journals are available (from Volume 1 to issues published 2-5 years ago) in the arts, business, humanities, literature, social sciences, general science, mathematics and statistics. More info
NOTE: To view full-text PDF articles, you must allow popups for this site.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
15. Music & Performing Arts Online - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey)
New database created 06-Oct-09Brings the International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) and the International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) together, enabling users to search both resources simultaneously for music, theatre, dance, television, film, and other performing arts.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
16. New York Times (1851-2006) in ProQuest Historical Newspapers - ProQuest
Provides full page and article images with searchable full-text for the New York Times and its predecessor, the New York Times Daily News, from 1851 to 2006. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
17. North American Theatre Online - Alexander Street Press
Provides in-depth detail records for more than 10,000 plays, including many previously unpublished works by major authors; more than 1,000 playbills, posters, photographs, and related theatrical ephemera; and 40,000-plus pages of in-copyright reference texts.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
18. Oxford Reference Online - Oxford University Press
e-Book database Full text of numerous Oxford reference works provides information across 25 subjects. Includes full text dictionaries, Oxford Companions, quotations, bilinqual dictionaries, as well as maps, timelines, illustrations, etc. Access is limited to single user; please log out when you are done.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
19. Periodicals Archive Online - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey)
Full-text articles on the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Extensive backfile of early issues. Coverage: 1802-1995.  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
20. Pop Culture Universe - Greenwood Publishing
Recommended for K-12Covers popular culture in America from the 1920s through present days. Teaching aids and student study guides are available. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU, Broward, and Alumni.
21. Project Muse - Johns Hopkins University Press
Full-text articles from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences, including arts, history, literature, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and more. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU, Broward, and Alumni.
22. ProQuest Central - ProQuest
Our largest full-text multidisciplinary database includes over 12,000 titles, with 9,000 available in full text. Content is provided in over 160 subject areas. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
23. Reader's Guide Full Text - WilsonWeb
Citations and abstracts of popular general-interest periodicals. Includes selected full-text articles. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
24. Reader's Guide Retrospective - WilsonWeb
Provides 100 years of citations from leading U.S. magazines covering all subjects. Particularly useful for humanities and social science research, as well as for historical information on any subject. More info  - Tutorial
NOTE: Limited to one simultaneous user. If you are unable to access, please try again later.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
25. Research Library - ProQuest
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text covering business, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, education, law, psychology, women's studies, arts and humanities, multiculturism, science, social science, health, and more.  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
26. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega - WilsonWeb
Multi-disciplinary database provides all full-text articles from all subscribed WilsonWeb databases. Plus indexing and abstracts for major subscribed WilsonWeb databases. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.

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