Databases - FYS - The Graphic Novel as Art and Literature - Zurko (2015)

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.
Humanities International Complete
Humanities International Complete provides indexing, abstracting, and full text of journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities.

Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. LRC combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing.

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Produced by the Modern Language Association, the MLA International Bibliography
indexes sources in literature, language & linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, rhetoric, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing & publishing. Sources include journals, monographs, working papers, proceedings, and dissertations. Coverage is from the 1920s to present.

Art Full Text
Coverage:
1929-present

Art Full Text indexes over 400 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Entries in the database also cite any art reproductions used to illustrate articles and advertisements, under the artists' names and covers titles published in European languages, as well as English-language sources.

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. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources.
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- )

Newspaper databases are a good way to find performance or film reviews. For contemporary reviews, you may want to try Lexus-Nexus Academic.

America's News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
A collection of full-text newspapers articles from 2004+ sources from 53 states and territories. The database includes 40 Ohio sources, such as newspapers and web news. Content is selective and includes local and regional news, including news of cultural, political, or economic significance. Ads are excluded. Covers early 1980s - present, varying coverage by title.

Ethnic Newswatch
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).

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.
Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers 1881-1996) This link opens in a new window
Full-text of the Los Angeles Times from 1881 to 1993.
New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers 1851-2017) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to The New York Daily Times (1851-1857) and The New York Times (1857-2016).

U.S. Newsstream (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Provides current coverage from major national newspapers including: The New York Times (1980-present), The Wall Street Journal (1984-present), Washington Post (1987-present), Los Angeles Times (1985-present), The Christian Science Monitor (1988-present), The Atlanta Journal Constitution (2001-present), The Boston Globe (1980-present), Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1990-present).

Times Digital Archive
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Coverage
1785 - 1985
A full-image online archive of every page published by The Times [London] from 1785-1985. The text within the images is fully searchable at the article level. Users can easily search news articles, obituaries, advertising and classifieds - virtually everything that appeared in the newspaper.

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Subjects: Dance, Film Studies, First Year Seminar, History, Latin American Studies, Reference, Spanish, Theatre, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies