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| 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 for 4,500+ scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, arts, and sciences. | | | Expanded Academic Index [GALE] - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text 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 [EBSCO] - 1982 to present - Full Text
Comprehensive index to the performing arts worldwide, with 500 full text journals and books. | | | International Index to the Performing Arts
Indexes 210+ scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and more. | | | MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help
Extensive index to literature, language, linguistics and folklore in journal articles, books, dissertations, proceedings, and more. From the Modern Language Association of America. | | | Project Muse - Current issues - Full Text
Full text of 400+ scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. | | | America: History & Life [EBSCO] - 1953 to present
Extensive index to 1,700 journals, books, and dissertations on American and Canadian history, popular culture, anthropology, sociology, economics, education, and politics. | | | Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present
Extensive Index to 1,300 journals in all arts and humanities disciplines. | | | Design and Applied Arts Index - 1973 to present
Extensive index to articles, reviews, & illustrations in 500 design and craft periodicals. Covers graphic, industrial, interior, fashion, textile, theater, and multimedia design, architecture, and design management worldwide. | | | Historical Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1956 to present
Covers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, collections, and dissertations. | | | Humanities Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, fiction, drama, poetry, and reviews of plays, television, and radio from 465+ sources. | | | Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes 1,200 scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; with citations to book reviews. | | | Humanities International Index [EBSCO]
Citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works (poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations) from books and journals. | | | JSTOR - Full Text
Complete full text backfiles for hundreds of scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years. | | | Music Index Online - 1973 to present
Indexes 850+ international music periodicals on musicological or organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries. | | | Periodical Abstracts - 1987 to present
Abstracts from 2,000+ general and academic journals on business, current affairs, economics, literature, psychology, religion, women's studies, and more. | | | Popular Articles | | | Readers' Guide Retrospective - 1890-1983
Comprehensive index to popular general-interest periodicals, reflecting the history of 20th century America. | | | Periodical Abstracts - 1987 to present
Abstracts from 2,000+ general and academic journals on business, current affairs, economics, literature, psychology, religion, women's studies, and more. | |
| BOOKS AND MEDIA | | |  Performing Arts Streaming Media | | | Help Finding Books | | | Help Finding Music Scores & Recordings | | | ARTstor - Help
One million digital images on art, architecture, and archaeology from many cultures and time periods, with strengths in European, American and Asian cultures. | | | LUNA - Help
330,000+ digital images covering visual arts & culture, including selections from the Smith art department and museum, Archivision, and AMICA. Search & access images in several media types, view side-by-side, or create collections.
| | | Music Online
Cross-searchable database of Alexander Street Press products (American Song, Contemporary World Music, Classical Scores Library, Opera in Video, Dance in Video, etc.) | | | 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. | | | WorldCat - all dates
Extensive catalog (OCLC) of books, serials, media, web resources, and more worldwide. | | | Book Purchases and Reviews | | | Books in Print - 1979 to present
Information on all books (scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint, etc.) on all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. With out-of-print titles from 1979 to the present. | |
| NEWS | | | LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
Covers a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases. | | | US Newspapers | | | Los Angeles Times Historical - 1881-1986 - Full Text - Help
Full text, including images of the Los Angeles Daily Times (1881-1886) and the Los Angeles Times (1886-1986). | | | New York Times Historical - 1851 - 2006 - Full Text
Full text, including images, of the New York Times up to 2006. | | | Washington Post Historical - 1877 - 1993 - Full Text
Full text including images. | |
| REFERENCE TOOLS | | | Encyclopedias | | | African American Music Reference - Full Text
Biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner note & discographies. Covers blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm & blues, gospel, etc. | | | Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online - Full Text | | | Oxford Companion to American Theatre [Oxford] - Full Text | | | Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance [Oxford] - Full Text | | | Style Manuals | | | Citation Guides & Style Manuals | |
| INTERNET RESOURCES | | | Inter-Play
Index to plays in collections, anthologies, and periodicals and in a variety of languages. Contains approximately 16,130 citations. After finding desired title, search in Five College Library Catalog. | | | Internet Movie Database | | | Movie Review Query Engine | | | Play Index - 1949 to present
Lists plays written from Antiquity to the present; includes plays published separately and in collections, with full publication details. | | | Asian American Drama - Full Text
252 plays, with biographical, production, and theatrical information, from the late 19th century to pressent. | | | Internet Broadway Database
Official source for Broadway theatre information, with records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. | |
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