ARTICLES
	Help Finding Articles
	Journal Locator - Help Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals.
Scholarly Articles
	Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - 1965 to present - Full Text Full-text and indexing for over 4,500 scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and more.
	Art Abstracts - 1984 to present - Full Text Covers all aspects of the visual arts, indexing articles, reviews, and images in over 300 periodicals published throughout the world. Updated monthly, abstracts are provided for records added after 1994.
	Expanded Academic Index - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text Full text access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines.
	International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance - 1982 to present - Full Text Contains all of the indexing from the printed International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 core theatre and dance journals, plus selected books.
	International Index to the Performing Arts Indexes more than 210 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, and a variety of documents such as biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and events.
	Music Index Online - 1979 to present Data from more than 655 international music periodicals covering a broad range of subjects incuding musicological or organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.
	RILM Music Abstracts - 1969 to present. Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, Festschriften, films, and videos. Contains records in over 100 languages from over 500 scholarly journals.
	Sociological Abstracts - 1952 to present Includes citations and abstracts for articles in over 1,500 journals, conference papers, book, and dissertations in the social and behavioral sciences.
	Sport Discus - 1800 to present Contains information on the following: sports medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, psychology, training techniques, coaching, physical education, physical fitness, active living, recreation, history, facilities and equipment.
	America: History & Life - 1953 to present Indexes 1,700 journals, books, and dissertations for material pertaining to American and Canadian history. Other subjects covered include popular culture, anthropology, sociology, economics, education, and politics.
	Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present Indexes 1,300 journals covering all arts and humanities disciplines. The database of almost 2.1 million records includes materials published from 1980 to the present as well as older material cited in these publications. Updated weekly.
	Historical Abstracts - 1956 to present Covers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, collections, and dissertations.
	Humanities Abstracts - 1984 to present Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs from over 465 sources in the humanities.
	Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984 Indexes nearly 1,200 English-language scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; also includes citations to book reviews.
	Humanities International Index Includes data from American Humanities Index plus international journals, books and reference works. Provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
	International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) - 1951 to present Contains information from international publications, including over 2600 journals, in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. Compiled by the British Library of Political & Economic Science.
	JSTOR - Full Text Complete full text backfiles of over 400 scholarly journals in the Arts & Sciences, General Sciences, Ecology & Botany, Language & Literature, and Music excluding the most recent 2 to 5 years.
	MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help Indexes scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings. Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, includes 1,200,000+ records.
	PubMed (Medline) - From 1950s to present - Help Provides access to over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. Check out Medline Tutorial.
Popular Articles
	LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases.
	Readers' Guide Retrospective - 1890-1983 A database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflecting the history of 20th century America.

BOOKS AND MEDIA
	Help Finding Books
	ARTstor - Help A library of 700,000+ digital images covering art, architecture, and archaeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods, with strengths in European, American and Asian cultures.
	Classical Music Library Streaming audio; includes Arabesque, Forlane, Hyperion, Newport Classic, Vox labels. PCs: MS Windows 98 and up, IE 5.5+, Macromedia Flash Player 6+, & MS Windows Media Player 7+. Macs: OS 9+, IE 5.2+, & Macromedia Flash 6+.
	DRAM Streaming audio (CD-quality, 192kbps/MP4), plus complete liner notes and essays, from New World Records, Composers Recordings, Inc., and other important labels.
	Naxos Music Library Streaming audio; Naxos, Marco Polo, Da Capo catalogs (jazz, world, and classical music). PCs: MS Windows 98 and above with MS IE 6.0 & Media Player 9.0. Macs: iMac with OS 8.6, 9.0 with MS IE 5.1, or OS 10.2 with MS IE 5.2 & Media Player 7.1.
	Moodle/E-Reserves Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more.
Library Catalogs
	Five College Library Catalog - Help Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.
	NYPL Dance Collection Catalog in CATNYP - all dates Online catalog of Dance Collection, NYPL
	WorldCat - all dates OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records.
Book Purchases and Reviews
	Books in Print - 1979 to present Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present.

NEWS
	LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases.

REFERENCE TOOLS
Encyclopedias
	Oxford Music Online - Full Text Grove Music Online - New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Dictionary of Opera & New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Also includes Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Style Manuals
	Style Manuals & Citation Guides - Help

INTERNET RESOURCES
	Internet Broadway Database IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information; provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES
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	Older Dance Class Guides Archived class guides may not be up-to-date. Please ask a Librarian for assistance if you encounter broken links.

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