Academic Article Databases
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCore index for literature, folklore, language, linguistics, with good coverage of additional topics like film, music, and theater. Over 2 million citations to journal articles, books, proceedings, book chapters, and dissertations. dating 1926 to present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowOne of the most trusted sources for scholarly books and historical journal backfiles. Beginning in 2023, JSTOR also includes ArtStor images of art and primary source artifacts.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, including religion, literature, philosophy, cultural studies, women's studies, film and the arts.
- Art, Design, and Architecture Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts of scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association news and information from current publications in the fields of visual, and applied arts. Links to full text.
- Humanities International Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowFull text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources, plus millions of article and book records from the Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records).
- ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowSupported by the U.S. Dept. of Education, one of the largest education databases with citations to journals, books, dissertations, reports, conference proceedings, and more. Particularly useful for research on teaching the arts, and arts programs in education.
- PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowAmerican Psychological Associations flagship PsycINFO database includes citations and abstracts of peer reviewed articles, books, and dissertations. Coverage from 1888 to the present. Full text links where available.
Theatrical News & Reviews
Current Newspapers
Also see our full list of newspaper databases
- Washington Post Archive (1877-2005) (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowText-only online, easily-searchable news and commentary focused on Washington DC, federal government news, and international news.
- Washington Post Current (2016-) (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowWashington D.C.'s newspaper, with coverage of the city and region, national eventss, and a coverage of federal government ("inside-the-beltway") news.
This Proquest version provides today's newspaper as well as backfiles to 2016, and is text only. - Access World News Research Collection (Newsbank) This link opens in a new windowOur largest general news source, with current and complete newspapers, magazines, wire services from around the world. Backfiles sometimes go back to the 1980s. Text only.
- Times of London Digital Archive (Gale Cengage) 1785-2019 This link opens in a new windowAlso known as the London Times. Access not including the Sunday edition from 1785. An invaluable source for primary historical research on Great Britain and its interests.
Historical Newspapers
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersNew York Times (1851-2006), Boston Globe (1872-1996), American Periodical Series, Chicago Defender (1910-1975), NY Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
- Times Digital ArchiveTimes (London) not including the Sunday edition, 1785 to 1985.