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Academic Search Premier INDEX/SOME FULL TEXT (Dates of coverage vary by title)
Indexes over 7,800 journals. Full text for more than 4,450 publications, includinng 3,500+ peer-reviewed publications. It covers a broad range of disciplines including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. This is an upgrade of the library's subscription to Academic Search Elite.

American & French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) FULL TEXT
About 2,000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. We have also recently added a Provençal database that includes 38 texts in their original spellings. Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy. In most cases standard scholarly editions were used in converting the text into machine-readable form, and the data contain page references to these editions

American Dresses 1780-1900: FULL TEXT ELECTRONIC BOOK
Encyclopedic work, arranged chronologically, that aids in identifying and dating period dress. Written by Elsie Frost McMurry with photographs by Mary Vivian White and illustrations by Cathie Simpson. Requires PDF reader (Link to free download of Adobe Acrobat is included on the linking page)

American Humanities Index (Now called Humanities International Index) INDEX (1975- )
A collection of bibliographic references to over 1,000 literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada.

American Periodicals Series Online FULL TEXT (1740-1900)
Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals.

Art Abstracts. (1984- ) INDEX.
provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts for 378 leading international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. This database covers a broad range of art topics such as advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film, architecture and art history.

Art Index Retrospective. (1929-1984 ) INDEX.
Provides a searchable index covering more than 55 years of art journalism from over 420 notable publications. Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins and also includes publications in French, Italian, German, and Dutch.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index.(1990- ) INDEX; (2000- ) ABSTRACTS
Fully indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Also indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Links provided to the articles that cite the article in the record. Available through Web of Science

Arts & Humanities Search. INDEX (1980 - present)
A FirstSearch database, it indexes more than 1,100 journals. Includes references to poems, short stories, plays, music scores, excerpts from books, bibliographies and filmographies, as well as reviews of books , films, music and theatrical performances that are published in the indexed journals. Includes links to how to find sources for materials not owned by UNL. Updated monthly.

ARTstor. (1979- ) IMAGES
A collection of digital art collections from several sources, including the Illustrated Bartsch, The Carnegie Arts of the United States Collection, the Huntigton Arcive of Asian Art, The Mellon International Dunhuang Archive, the Smithsonian Native American Art and Culture Collection, the Museum of Modern Art Architecture and Design Collection, and the University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection. Images are available for architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts and design, as well as archeological and anthropological objects.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. (1979- ) INDEX/CITATIONS
Created by the Getty Research Institute, this is the only comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture and design. This database surveys more than 2,500 US and foreign journals and also provides nearly 13,000 citation records for architects' obituaries.

Bibliography of Asian studies. (4th century - ) FULL TEXT.
This on-line version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains over 640,000 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. Through the 1991 printed version, the BAS included citations to Western-language periodical articles, monographs, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften, etc. Monographs published since 1992 have not been added to the database, and users seeking such monographs are urged to consult other general resources and databases

Bibliography of the History of Art. (4th century - ) FULL TEXT.
indexes and abstracts articles, art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs. This extensive and comprehensive index covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. The Bibliography of the History of Art includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989.

Current Index to Statistics.
A bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. The CIS Extended Database (CIS-ED) includes bibliography for the following types of items beginning in most cases in 1974, or with the first issue of the journal if later: the entire contents of over 100 "core journals" (including pre-1974 coverage for a number of the most important journals), selected articles since 1974 from about 900 additional journals in fields related to statistics, and about 8000 books in statistics published since 1974. Updated yearly.

Essay Finder. INDEX/FULL TEXT
Database of full-text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century which have been analyzed in standard library indexes. The essays focus on the humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticism. Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art and architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama. The controlled vocabulary subject access provides for precise searching. Full bibliographic information and Library of Congress subject classifications are provided for source books.
Access via LitFinder. Only available in Love Library.

GLBT Life with full text INDEX/SOME FULL TEXT (Coverage varies by title)
A resource for literature regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues. It provides indexing and abstracts for more than 400 magazines, journals books and news sources, and also provides coverage for gray literature such as case studies and important speeches. Additionally, it includes full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant GLBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as dozens of full text monographs. Disciplines covered include civil liberties, culture, employment, family, history, psychology, religion, sociology and more.

Godey's Lady's Book FULL TEXT (1830-1885)
Text and illustrations of the influential 19th century woman's magazine. early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health & hygiene, recipes & remedies, sheet music, etc. Gradually the periodical matured into an important literary magazine and contained extensive book reviews and works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and many other celebrated authors and poets and championed equality and education for women. It is considered among the most important resources of 19th century American life and culture.

HAPI Online. See Hispanic American Periodicals Index below.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index. (1970- )INDEX
Searchable Web version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index with authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. List of journals indexed.

International Medieval Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY
A bibliography of over 300,000 articles, review articles, scholarly notes and similar literature on all aspects of medieval studies. The discipline areas covered include Classics, English Language and Literature, History and Archaeology, Theology and Philosophy, Medieval European Languages and Literatures, Arabic and Islamic Studies, History of Education, Art History, Music, Theatre and Performance Arts, Rhetoric and Communication Studies for works work published throughout Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region. The time coverage is c. 400-1500.

Iter, Bibliography of Medieval and Renaissance Europe from 400-1700. BIBLIOGRAPHY
A bibliography of approximately 135,000 records from scholarly journals pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and Middle Ages (400-1500).

Modern Language Association International Bibliography. (1926 - ) INDEX
Indexes critical materials on literature, criticism, drama, languages, linguistics, and folklore. Provides access to citations from over 3,500 journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Coverage is international. Updated 10 times a year.

Music Index. (1979- ) INDEX/CITATIONS
Indexes articles from over 600 international music journals. Contains records describing articles in over 400 international periodicals in the field of music and related disciplines. Includes book reviews, recording and performance reviews, and obituaries.

19th Century Masterfile (NCM). (1802-1903) INDEX
Provides bibliographic indexing for American and English periodicals published between 1802 to 1903. Corresponds in part to the print Poole's Index to periodical Literature, 1802-1906, a pioneer index for periodical literature of the 19th century, with additional indexes for pre-1925 materials. Contains more that 4 million citations. Updated regularly.

Philosopher's Index. INDEX (1940- )
Updated quarterly. Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology,and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education,and language.

Poem Finder. INDEX/FULL TEXT
Indexes 600,000+ poems in anthologies, single-author works and periodicals. It is international in scope and covers poetry from antiquity to the present. Also includes a 50,000+ poem anthology of world poetry with representationfor significant periods such as Early English, Middle English, Elizabethan, Romantic,Victorian, 20th Century War Poetry and Modernism. Updated continually.
Access via LitFinder Only available at Love Library.

Poole's Plus. See 19th Century Masterfile (NCM) above.

Project Muse. FULL TEXT
Project MUSE® offers nearly 300 quality journal titles from 60 scholarly publishers. Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. List of titles and issues held

RILM (music). (1985- ) INDEX/FULL TEXT
Provides access to books, bibliographies, catalogs, dissertations, films and videos, reviews, dissertations, conference proceedings, festschrifts, iconographies, catalogs and articles in over 3500 journals, both music and non-music. Updated quarterly.

The Royal Historical Society's Bibliography (1990- ) INDEX; (55 BC - present ) ABSTRACTS
Provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles and with the British empire and commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available. It is a guide to the work of historians - it does not contain original sources, unless they have been edited and republished by historians (except for a selection of pre-1901 printed sources derived from the printed bibliographies published for the Royal Historical Society and the American Historical Association by Oxford University Press).

ScienceDirect INDEX & FULL-TEXT
ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. Apart from online reference works, handbooks and book series ScienceDirect offers a rich journal collection of over 2,000 titles The Libraries’ access to full text is limited to the individual titles to which it subscribes.

Story Finder. INDEX/FULL TEXT
Provides thousands of full-text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures, a genre navigator and more.
Access via LitFinder. Only available in Love Library.

Textile Technology Index. (1978- ) INDEX
Locate articles in over 400 journals and books in the field of textile technology. Includes laundering and cleaning, apparel design and production, dyeing and finishing, industrial fabrics, man-made and natural fibers, mills, and related business issues. Published by the Institute of Textile Technology.

Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals. (1824-1900) INDEX
An electronic version of the Wellesley index, it provides access to printed sources of Victorian thought and opinion. Although of prime interest to those studying literature, history and Victorian life, the Index also covers articles on politics, religion, economics, art, science, archaeology and philosophy. It is also a major source for researching women's writing, including details of about 1,500 Victorian women writers. The electronic version includes all the corrections made to the print version since its publication and as a result of recent research, plus the numerous additions from the Victorian Periodicals Review. The Index covers 45 monthly and quarterly periodicals, and lists the articles of each contributor.

World Textiles. (1970- ) INDEX/ABSTRACTS
This database contains information on all aspects of the textiles industry, textile technology, and the applications of textiles materials. The database contains fully searchable bibliographic information and English-language abstracts. World Textiles provides current and archive coverage of some 500 periodicals and several hundred non-serial publications (books, proceedings, directories). The material covered includes refereed scientific papers; technical or trade journal and magazine articles; UK, US, and European patents and standards, directories, and any other relevant material. World Textiles also features extensive coverage of non-English language publications and less accessible sources. Updated monthly

OTHER ARTS & HUMANITIES RESEARCH TOOLS

Classical Music Library

Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources.

Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopedia of American Religions

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion

Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Postmodernism

English Short Title Catalogue.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

Grove Music Online

Historic Documents.

LitFinder. (Love Library computers only)

Modern Language Association Directory of Periodicals.

New Catholic Encyclopedia

19th Century Short Title Catalogue

Oxford English Dictionary

Quotation Index to Children’s Literature

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period.

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae

Vetus Latina Database.


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This page was last updated June 27, 2006. Please send your questions, comments or suggestions for additions to this page to Judellen Thornton-Jaringe at jthornto@unlnotes.unl.edu .

May 2006