Databases - FYS - Latin Culture, Music & Dance - Michael (2016)

General History Databases

America: History and Life
Coverage:
1964 - present

America: History and Life indexes and provides abstract summaries to sources on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This database indexes over 2,000 journals published worldwide.

Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Historical Abstracts indexes and provides abstract summaries to sources on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database, making this a periodical database unmatched in breadth. In addition to including the key historical journals from virtually every major country, Historical Abstracts includes a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences andhumanities that are of special interest to researchers and students ofhistory. In addition to articles, each year Historical Abstracts includes approximately 3,000 citations to useful historical books as reviewed by the most prestigious journals in the field and citations to abstractsof dissertations completed worldwide of particular interest for historical research.

Theatre, Dance, and Physical Recreation

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance is an index to journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance. IBTD is a multicultural and inter-disciplinary research tool for theater students, educators and professionals.

Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
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.
North American Theatre Online (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
North American Theatre Online includes:
* 40,000-plus pages of essential in-copyright reference texts in this area, licensed from major publishers, electronically formatted, semantically indexed, and cross-searchable for the first time.
* Related resources, including posters, playbills, photos, architectural images, floor plans, and other ephemera.
North American Women's Drama (Alexander Street Press) (See Drama Texts Collection) This link opens in a new window
North American Women's Drama contains 1,174 plays by 275 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.

20th Century North American Drama
This edition of Twentieth Century North American Drama contains 1,530 plays by 223 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. More than 150 of the plays are published here for the first time, including a number by major authors.
SPORTDIScus
Coverage
1975 - Present

"SPORT Discus is an international database provided by SIRC. The database 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.
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Coverage
1975 - Present

"SPORT Discus is an international database provided by SIRC. The database 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.

Electronic Journals

Interdisciplinary

Academic Search Complete
Coverage:
early 1970s - present

Academic Search Complete is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Covers the literature about television and film writing. It provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications, and selected coverage of 300 more. F&TLI has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes film scholars, college students, and general viewers. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Historical Newspapers
Historical Newspapers contains the full-text of the following newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2005), Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), and The Chicago Defender (1910-1975).
Humanities International Complete
Humanities International Complete provides indexing, abstracting, and full text of journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities.

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
A broad-based database and full text online search service that provides indexing and full text access to sources in news, business, legal research, and Reference.

Ethnic Newswatch
Periodicals Archive Online
Coverage
1802 - 1995

Periodicals Archive Online is a major online periodical archive that makes the backfiles of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the full text of a growing number of digitized periodicals that have been indexed in its sister database, Periodicals Index Online. Currently, Periodicals Archive Online contains over 400 journals, providing access to over 7.8 million article pages - representing over 1.2 million articles.

Music

Special Topic

Gender Studies Database
Gender Studies Database combines Women’s Studies International and Men’s Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
LGBT Life
LGBT Life provides indexing and abstract coverage of the world's literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues. LGBT Life with Full Text covers LGBT-specific core periodicals, core books and reference works, with full text of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers. LGBT Life covers traditional academic, cultural, lifestyle, and regional publications plus data mined from additional periodicals.

Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An international abstracting service designed to meet the information needs of all those working, teaching, studying or researching into any of the main areas of women's studies. (1995- )