Arts and Literature
Electronic Databases Sorted by Subject

Art Online
Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, (34 vols.), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; contains over 5,000 searchable and embedded art images, maps, and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.

CAMIO - 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.

Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture - Most current and comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period.

Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts - Contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures.

Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art - Offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on all aspects of this fundamental area of the visual arts including painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.

Humanities International Complete - Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 journals and contains more than 1.5 million records; an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities including fine arts, literature, history and philosophy.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences I - Includes the complete full text back runs of 117 titles including many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences.

Lexis-Nexis
Full-text to book, movie and play reviews.

LitFinder- Provides access to five databases - Poem Finder, Story Finder, Essay Finder, Speech Finder, and Play Finder. Poem Finder contains 85,000 full text poetry citations and abstracts. Story Finder provides access to thousands of full text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures and more. Essay, Speech, and Play Finder are databases of full text essays and discussion writings. Essay Finder provides full-text essays and writing based on books published in the 20th century. The essays focus on humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticisms. Speech Finder provides full-text speeches from antiquity to modern times. A collection of the best and the best-known speeches of the past 2,500 years. Over 1,000 complete plays.

Literature Resource Center
Premier full-text Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more. 

MLA Bibliography
Index of scholarly research in nearly 4,000 journals on all aspects of literature including language, linguistics, and folklore. Dates covered: 1963- to present. Full-text links provided to about 20 per cent of articles.

Oxford Classical Dictionary - Provides both scholars and non-specialists with a comprehensive source of reference which aims to answer all their questions about the classical world.

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature - Surveys the vibrant terrain of American literature in 350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day.

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature - Covers the entire history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin).

Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance - Provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe.

Proquest Arts Module - Search full-text periodicals on subjects such as arts, dance, theater, cinema, and more in this module of ProQuest Research Library.

Proquest Literature Module - Search full-text periodicals on subjects such as literature and more in this module of Proquest Research Library.

Research in Dance Education - Identifies patterns, trends, and gaps in research; determines research priorities for dance education and initiates new research; builds national/state networks to effect change in policy and practice.