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  Indexes and Databases in Arts and Humanities

Academic Search Premier Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
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Access: The Supplementary Index to Periodicals Authentication Required
Access offers indexing for approximately 85 unique popular periodicals that may not be indexed elsewhere.
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Alternative Press Index Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1991 - present, updated quarterly.
Indexes articles, editorials, reviews, interviews, obituaries, speeches, fiction, songs, recipes, regular columns from 250 publications.
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American Bibliography of Slavic & East European Studies Authentication Required
Coverage: Online: 1990 - present; Print: 1967- present
The principal current bibliography for North American research; covers books, articles, dissertations.
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Année philologique Online Authentication Required
Coverage: 1949 to 2004
The most comprehensive index to Classical Studies.
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Art Full Text Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1997 - (full text) and 1984 - (abstracts)
Art Full Text, produced by The HW Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world.
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Art Index Retrospective Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 1929 - 1984
Art Index Retrospective covers 55 years (from 1929-1984)of art journalism and research from leading English-language sources, plus others published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch.
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ArtBibliographies Modern Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1974 - present
Index and abstracts of articles from periodical articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and index entries for dissertations.
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Asian American Drama Authentication Required
Brings together more than 250 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information, so providing a comprehensive overview of this growing field.
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ATLA Religion Database Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1949 - present
A limited number of periodicals are available as full text in this database, some going back as far as 1949.
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1930s - present, updated daily
Recognized as one of the world's leading databases of the architectural literature.
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Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft Authentication Required
Coverage: 1985/-2002-
This is a core bibliographic research tool for German literature and Germanic philology.
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Bibliography of Asian Studies Authentication Required
Coverage: 1971-
The online version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS), referencing principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971.
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Bibliography of Native North Americans Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 16th Century - present.
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.
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Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1973 - date, updated quarterly.
Covers art of Europe and the Americas (4th century to modern), painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, decorative and applied arts, architecture and industrial design, popular and folk art.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index Authentication Required
A comprehensive index to more than 12 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering over 4 million contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
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Black Drama Authentication Required
Contains the full text of 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 100 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
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Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources Authentication Required RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1948 - 1986
The Kaiser Index to Black Resources is drawn from the handwritten notes of the staff of the Schomburg Center at New York Public Library.
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British Newspapers 1600-1900 Authentication Required
Coverage: 1600-1900
The most significant digital collection of British historic newspapers.
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Central & Eastern European Online Library Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 1970 - Present
C.E.E.O.L.
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Chicano Database Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1967 - present
Subjects include Mexican-American and Chicano studies topics.
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China Academic Journals Full-Text 中国学术期刊网 Authentication Required
CAJ is the most comprehensive, full-text database of Chinese journals in the world.
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China National Knowledge Infrastructure Databases (CNKI) 中国知网
Coverage: 1994-

CNKI comprises five databases including Academic Journals (CAJ), China Core Newspapers (CCND), China Dissertations (CDMD), China Conference Proceedings (CPCD) and, finally, China Academic Journals Bibliography which is freely available without a subscription fee.
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Classical Music Library Authentication Required
Coverage: Dates vary
Classical Music Library is an extensive collection of recordings with a supplementary reference database that users may search and listen to music delivered to their desktop.
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Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online Authentication Required
An index to poems in anthologies.
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Communication and Mass Media Complete Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
A comprehensive resource for articles relating to various forms of communication, Communication and Mass Media Complete provides journal articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more.
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Contemporary World Music Authentication Required
Contains 50,000 tracks from genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.
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Current Contents Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1994 - present, updated weekly
FYI: Current Contents Database to be Replaced on January 1, 2006!
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Dance Collection Online
The Dance Catalog lists works about all forms of dance, from all cultures, in print and other media.
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Database of Recorded American Music Authentication Required
The Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM) is a collaboration between New World Records and New York University.
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Design and Applied Arts Index Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1973 - present
DAAI is an international index to design and craft journals.
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Digital Dissertations Authentication Required
Coverage: 1861 - present (Doctoral dissertations); 1962 - present (Masters theses).
Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities.
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Dyabola Authentication Required
A programme for the administration of libraries, subject catalogues, inventory books, photograph archives and any other form of text and image documents.
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Economist Historical Archive Authentication Required
Coverage: 1843-2003
Presents the world's political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments and the connections between them.
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Essay and General Literature Index Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1985 to present
Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time.
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Essay Finder
LitFINDER: Essays provides the full texts of 2800 essays on many subjects, including essays on architecture, art, drama, economics, history, literature, psychology, science, sociology, and other subjects.
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Ethnic Newswatch Authentication Required
Coverage: 1990 - present.
FULL TEXT articles from over 125 American ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines and journals.
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Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Coverage: 1994-
The Medieval Feminist Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
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Film and Television Literature Index Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
This database can be used to find articles on film studies' topics.
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FMG On Demand - Film Media Group Authentication Required
Online educational films.
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FRANCIS Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1984 - present, updated monthly.
Emphasis on French research covering a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary articles, books, etc.
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HRAF Collection of Archaeology Authentication Required
Please see eHRAF Collection of Archaeology.
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Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective Authentication Required
Coverage: 1906 - 1983
Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective searches nearly 1200 of the most important journals in these subject areas.
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IBR: International Bibliography of Book Reviews Authentication Required
Coverage: 1985 - present, updated bi-annually.
International bibliography of book reviews of scholarly literature.
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IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature Authentication Required
Coverage: 1983 - present, updated monthly.
An international, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and up-to-date online periodical database.
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IIMP: International Index to Music Periodicals Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 1996 - present, updated daily.
Covers all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. Articles in over 350 international music journals, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
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IMB: International Medieval Bibliography Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 1967-present
This guide to what has been published about the Middle Ages is interdisciplinary, including conference proceedings, collected essays, and journal articles on philosophy, literature, the arts, etc.
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Index Islamicus Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 1906 - present
Index Islamicus indexes worldwide literature in European languages on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world.
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Index of Christian Art Authentication Required
Coverage: 4AD - 1400AD
Early apostolic times up to A.D.
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Index to Jewish Periodicals Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1988-Present Selective Full-Text
An index on Jewish history, activity and thought.
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Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: Varies by title
The Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals (AAI) is the only online index to art periodicals that were published in the United States during the 19th century.
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Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series Authentication Required
Coverage: 1650 - present
IPM is a database created to facilitate on-line searching for individual pieces of music published in standard scholarly editions.
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Index Translationum
Coverage: 1979 - present
Bibliographic citations of translated books and book-length translated works published since 1979, according to UNESCO records.
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Informe Design This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 1997 - present
InformeDesign (www.informedesign.umn.edu) is a research and communication tool for designers of the built environment, such as interior designers, architects, landscape architects, and graphic designers.
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IngentaConnect Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: October 1988 - present, updated daily
This index provides bibliographic citations for academic and professional research articles online - some 20 million articles from 30,000 publications.
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Inside Information Plus RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1996 - present, updated weekly.
Inside Information Plus will not be available after June 30, 2007.
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Inter-Play: An Online Index to Plays in Collections, Anthologies and Periodicals
Contains citations to plays from the late 19th century through the current year.
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International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 1984 - Present
Contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more.
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International Index of Black Periodicals Authentication Required
Coverage: dates vary
Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean--and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals.
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: varies for journal title
Iter is a bibliography of over 230,000 articles and reviews drawn from over 475 medieval and renaissance journal titles.
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Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents (LAPTOC)
Coverage: dates vary
Includes articles from more than 800 Latin Ameri- can journals included in the ARL Latin American Research Re- sources Project.
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Latino Literature Authentication Required
Brings together more than 100,000 pages of poetry, fiction, and drama written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latin authors working in the United States.
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LexisNexis Academic Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies by title.
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference.
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LexisNexis Government Periodicals Authentication Required
Coverage: 1988-present
Provides bibliographical information about articles in US government periodicals in all fields, and provides links to the web sites for most of the titles.
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LGBT Life Full-Text Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
Coverage: 1970-Present
LGBT Life Full-text contains indexing and abstracts for more than 80 GLBT-specific core periodicals; additionally, books as well as newsletters, case studies, dissertations, etc.
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Literature Online (LION) Authentication Required
Coverage: Dates vary
With hundreds of thousands of full-text works of poetry, prose and drama in English, together with the definitive online criticism and reference library, Literature Online is one of the world's largest cross-searchable databases of literature and criticism.
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LitFINDER Authentication Required
LitFINDER provides either the full text or a citation to a print source in which to read any of 125,000 poems, 5000 stories, 2800 essays, 1000 plays, and 1800 speeches, with new material added regularly.
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Locus Index to Science Fiction
Coverage: 1984 - present
Indexes almost all English-language science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural horror books and short stories published during those years, including indexing contents of anthologies and individual magazine issues; also contains links to annual updates beyond 1998 and to a more limited index to anthologies and story collections published previous to 1984.
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MagazinePlus 雑誌記事索引 Authentication Required
Coverage: 1945-present
The largest searchable database in Japan with over seven million records.
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MasterFile Premier Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. RefWorks enabled
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.
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Minnesota Historical Society's Visual Resources Database
Information about photographs, artwork, posters, and fine art photographs, as well as selected images from the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society are included in this database.
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MLA International Bibliography Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Coverage: 1926 - present
Indexes scholarship on English and American Literature, folklore, language and linguistics, and dramatic arts.
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