Databases for Creative Arts

Databases to try first
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Title	Tips	Notes
ABI/Inform Global	Tips	Business, management, including accounting, taxation, banking, labor relations, marketing & advertising, human resources. International. Dates vary Also available: ABI/Inform Trade and Industry or ABI/Inform Dateline Conditions of use Proquest
Academic Onefile	Tips	The physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. International 1980 - present Conditions of use Gale
Academic Research Library	Tips	General reference including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. International. Dates vary Conditions of use Proquest
Art Abstracts (Wilson Art Abstracts)	Tips	Art. International. 1984 - present Conditions of use Ovid.
AustArt - Australian art journals index	Tips	Art and related subjects Australian AustArt website
AUSTLIT	Tips	Australian literature. Australian creative writing and Australian writers. From 1880s, comprehensive from 1988 - present Conditions of use Austlit website.
Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT	Tips	Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian. Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present Conditions of use Informit
Cambridge Journals Online	Tips	Sciences, social sciences, and humanities Conditions of use Cambridge journals website
Classical Scores Library		Music scores for all areas of classical music Alexander street press
Conference Proceedings Citation Index	Tips	Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities 1991- present Conditions of use Thomson Reuters
Current Contents Connect	Tips	Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International. Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge
Duke University Press	Tips	Humanities and social sciences journals. International Dates vary, most from 2000 - present Conditions of use Duke website
Expanded Academic ASAP	Tips	General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International. 1980 - present Conditions of use Gale InfoTrac
Factiva	Tips	Newspaper and company information Factiva Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh). The site uses secure http. The certificate on the Library's EZproxy server can cause an error. If you are warned about a security error and recommended not to proceed it is OK to do so in this instance. It is possible with IE browsers to turn off the warning about certificate mismatches but it can be a valid warning, so take this option with care.
Film Indexes Online		Film reviews and film criticism. Film Index International, FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals and AFI Catalog together in one site. International Chadwyck-Healey
Humanities and Social Sciences Index - Retrospective		Indexing for key journals in social sciences and humanities. International 1907-1984 Wilson web
Informaworld	Tips	Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International. Conditions of use
International Encyclopedia of Communication		Communication Studies. Extended explorations of major topics, short definitions of key terms. Media, psychology and IT aspects of communication. International Blackwell
JSTOR	Tips	Archives of significant scholarly journals published in the arts and humanities, sciences and social sciences, music, business, mathematics and statistics. Conditions of use JSTOR
Lexis.com	Tips	Legal resources. International law. Various dates Lexis
MLA International Bibliography	Tips	Literature, language, linguistics and folklore. International. 1926 - present Conditions of use Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
Naxos Music Library		Streaming music including classical, world music and other genres Naxos
New York Review of Books	Tips	Reviews of books and the arts, including music, theatre, dance and film and issues arising from them. 1963 - present NYRB website
Oxford Art Online	Tips	Art from all periods and areas. Art forms and cultures, movements artists and materials. International Conditions of use Oxford
Oxford Music Online	Tips	All aspects of music including all regions styles and periods with a strength in classical western music International Conditions of use Oxford
Oxford Reference Online	Tips	General reference, arts, history, business, sciences languages. Fulltext of dictionaries and other reference books. International. Various dates Conditions of use Oxford.
Project Muse	Tips	Literature & criticism, cultural studies, history, language, political science, film, theatre & performing arts, philosophy & religion. International. Various dates Conditions of use Project Muse website
Proquest ANZ Newstand	Tips	Newspapers and newswires from Australia and New Zealand covering regional and international topics Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Central	Tips	Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International. Various dates Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Newspapers	Tips	International fulltext newspapers, not including Proquest ANZ Newsstand Coverage varies Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Research Library	Tips	Wide range of popular academic subjects 1971 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature	Tips	Musicology & ethnomusicology, music theory, analysis & composition, instruments, performance practice & notation. International. 1836 - present Ovid.
SAGE Journals Online	Tips	Virtually all journals published by SAGE. This publisher publishes in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. International SAGE Note: SAGE Journals Online includes the Nursing and Psychology collections which have been available on the CSA platform. These are still available on the CSA platform as well as on the SAGE platform
Sydney Morning Herald Archives		Full content of The Sydney Morning Herald 1955 - 1990 Fairfax Media Note: Click on "Access archive"
Web of Knowledge	Tips	Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web Dates vary for each database Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge
Web of Science	Tips	Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge

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Other relevant databases
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Title	Tips	Notes
AIATSIS - Indigenous Studies Bibliography	Tips	Indigenous languages, cultures, anthropology, archaeology, health, education, arts, oral histories,history, legal issues. Australian. 1990 - present Conditions of use Informit
Australian Architecture Database (ARCH)	Tips	Architects, architecture, building, interior design and landscape architecture. Australian. 1980 - present Conditions of use Informit
Australian Bureau of Statistics	Tips	Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian. publications 1988 - present, with older time series This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website ABS website
The Australian Chronicles: An Index to Sources of Australian Biography (CHRONICLES)	Tips	Biographical information. Australian. 1879 - present Conditions of use Informit
Australian Heritage Bibliography (AHB)	Tips	National parks; endangered species; coasts; forests; wetlands; rivers; geological features; wilderness areas; world heritage sites Australian. 1987 - present Conditions of use Informit
Australian Historic Records Register (AHRR)	Tips	A list of paper-based historical records held in private hands in Australia. 1788 - 1988. Conditions of use Informit
BERITA- Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN Database	Tips	General reference. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, or South-East Asia as a whole and ASEAN. 1990 - present Conditions of use Informit .
CLIB2001, CLIB96 & CLIB91	Tips	Statistics from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stand alone CD ROM ask at Research Help.
Computer Database	Tips	Computer related news and product reviews. International. Current year to date plus previous three years Conditions of use Gale InfoTrac.
Media Scan	Tips	Current events and news items. Australian focus. 1991 - present Conditions of use Informit
Philosopher's Index	Tips	Philosophy and related fields. International. 1940 - present Conditions of use Ovid.
ProQuest Social Science Journals	Tips	Periodicals covering the social sciences. Dates vary Conditions of use Proquest
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory	Tips	Periodicals and serials published throughout the world. International. Current Bowkers.

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