Performing Arts

MultiSearch (?)
Internet resources
ALICAT subject search

Article Databases:

African American Song (Alexander Street Press)	Audio Database
includes jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression, spanning more than 100 years, from the era of post-reconstruction through the civil rights movement. PLEASE NOTE: the entire content of the African American Song database has been integrated into the American Song database.
American Song (Alexander Street Press)	Audio Database
provides access to cross cultural music from America's past, including American Indians, immigrants, pioneers, and political activists.
Art Full Text	Full-text database
(Wilson) - covers a broad range of subject areas, from Computers in Art to Art History, Fashion Design to Sculpture. Includes indexing from 1984 and select full text dating back to 1997. Indexing of reproductions of works of art appearing in featured periodicals is also provided.
ARTstor	Database
Contains some 500,000 digital images of works of art, architecture and archaeology from all periods and from diverse cultures, with accompanying software for searching, viewing and creating presentations. Copy and paste the following URL to check for system requirements: http://www.artstor.org/using-artstor/u-html/requirements.shtml
Black Drama (Alexander Street Press)	Full-text database
Contains the full text of 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 150 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
Classical Music Library (Alexander Street Press)	Audio Database
offers the world's largest multi-label collection of music recordings for libraries, featuring performers from 32 independent and major classical labels, including EMI Classics. In addition, links to biographical and reference materials are provided.
Dance in Video (Alexander Street Press)	Video Database
contains 250 dance productions and documentaries from the 20th Century, online in streaming video
Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (Proquest)	Full-text database
includes over 1 million full text and 2.4 million citations for dissertations and theses from around the world, dating as far back as the 1870’s. Please note: full text documents may be up to 500 pages. Please use discretion and consider all options before printing.
Grove Art Online (via Oxford)
Now accessed via the Oxford Art Online gateway, Grove Art includes the full text of The Grove Dictionary of Art, a landmark reference work containing more than 45,000 articles. This gateway also provides image links and access to The Oxford Companion to Western Art; The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Grove Music Online (via Oxford)
Now accessed via the Oxford Music Online gateway, Grove continues to provide online access to the entire content of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. This gateway also provides access to The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Humanities Full Text	Full-text database
(Wilson)- provides citations and some full text in a broad range of subject areas including literature, art, archeology, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, history, and gender studies. Some original works of poetry, fiction, and drama are included. Indexing dates back to 1984, with select full text coverage beginning in 1994.
Humanities International Complete (HIC)	Full-text database
(Ebsco) - covers a broad range of subjects in the humanities, providing the full text of 770 journals as well as book chapters, with journals dating as far back as 1925.
International Index to Music Periodicals	Full-text database
(Proquest) - is a Full Text resource for music information. It provides instant access to abstracts and selected full-text coverage of over 300 of the most important scholarly and popular music journals.
International Index to the Performing Arts	Full-text database
(Proquest) -provides access to journal literature of the various performing arts including dance, film, theater, circus, and puppetry from 1998 onwards (with 29 titles full-text), and provides retrospective access to many selected titles.
JSTOR	Full-text database
a searchable scholarly archive providing the full text of journal articles in business, economics, history, political science, literature, sociology, as well as other key fields in the humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences. Coverage of each journal begins with its first volume (going back to the 1880s, in some cases), and usually excludes the most recent 2-5 years.
Musical America Directory	Database
(CBM) - An online version of the annual Musical America Directory. Also includes current music industry news, reviews, etc.
Naxos Music Library	Audio Database
provides online access to the complete recordings from the Naxos, Marco Polo, and Decapo catalogs in streaming audio format. Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk, and Chinese music are all represented in this collection. Brief biographies of individual composers are also included.
Opera in Video (Alexander Street Press)	Video Database
contains important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries, and delivered online through streaming video.
Oxford Art Online (includes Grove Art)	eRef Collection
a gateway to art research; includes Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Oxford Music Online (includes Grove Music)	eRef Collection
A gateway that provides individual or simultaneous access to Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Play Index	Database
(Wilson) - indexes over 30,000 plays published from 1949 to the present.
Project Muse	Full-text database
provides the full text of scholarly journals in fields including literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics. Years of coverage vary by title with selected titles beginning as early as 1993. **Note: if you receive any gateway errors when using the link above, use this alternate URL: http://0-muse.uq.edu.au.alicat.adelphi.edu/
Theater in Video (Alexander Street Press)	Video Database
contains more than 250 of the world’s major plays, including selections from the BBC Shakespeare Series, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video.