Databases - Performing Arts

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Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile provides access to peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources. It also offers full text of the New York Times from 1995 to the present and includes transcripts and audio files from National Public Radio (NPR).
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Academic Search Complete (ASC)
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database that offers more than 6,100 full-text periodicals. In addition to full-text articles, Academic Search Complete provides indexing and abstracts for many more resources, including indexing for more than 10,100 journals, scholarly books, reports, conference proceedings, etc. It includes some searchable PDF content going back as far as 1887.
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Credo
An online reference library of hundreds of reference titles with the capability of searching through Squires Library's online catalog and databases. Credo includes general and subject-specific reference tools, as well as images, sound files, animations, and videos.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
1980 - present
Coverage in the social sciences, humanities, sciences, and technology, national news, and general interest, with a concentration on scholarly journals.

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Frescobaldi Thematic Catalogue Online
An online thematic catalogue of all compositions attributed to Girolamo Frescobaldi (Ferrara, 1583 – Rome, 1643), and a database of the early sources, modern and facsimile editions, and literature.
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General OneFile
General OneFile is a source for news and periodical articles covering a wide range of topics. It includes full-text articles, along with some images and NPR transcripts and audio files. Updated daily.
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Grove Music Online
A leading resource for music research, Grove Music Online is a compendium of music scholarship. It offers full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. (A part of Oxford Music Online).
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IMSLP Petrucci Music Library
Database of public domain music.
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JSTOR
1800 to 3 years before present date.
A digital archive collection of scholarly journals starting with the first issues (many of which date from the 1800s).
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Literature Criticism Online
2007 - present
This database is a compilation of literary criticism that has been published from June 2007 to the present in the following Gale literary sets: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, and Short Story Criticism.
For tips on locating literary criticism in Gale databases and print reference books, see the Library’s guide Gale Literary Resources.

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Oxford Companion to Music
Covering most musical topics, The Oxford Companion to Music includes articles that range from definitions of musical ideas and terms to extended surveys of musical forms and styles. This resource offers a concentrated focus on the Western classic tradition, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
(A part of Oxford Music Online).
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Oxford Dictionary of Music
This dictionary offers information on musical terms and forms, composers, performers, conductors, critics, and producers. Entries also cover individual works, instruments, venues, and many other music topics.
(A part of Oxford Music Online).
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Oxford Music Online
The access point for searching multiple music resources:
Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music.
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Project Muse
The full text from over 100 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics.
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America's Newspapers (Newsbank)
A database of the complete electronic editions of more than 750 U.S. newspapers, including major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and regional newspapers such as The Knoxville News-Sentinel and The Tennessean.
Paid advertisements are excluded.
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Career Insider (by Vault)
Career Insider offers advice for job-seekers and information about various professions and companies. Included are articles, career guides, online discussions, blogs, videos, and sample resumes and cover letters.

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Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac)
A collection of more than 650 national and international newspapers. Includes the Chattanooga Times/Free Press.
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Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
This encyclopedia surveys critical thought on art, culture, and society. It includes historical coverage and critical discussions by internationally recognized art historians, philosophers, and theorists. (A part of Oxford Art Online).
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General Reference Center Gold
1980 - present
General interest/business database with an emphasis on popular magazines, newspaper articles, plus selected periodicals and reference works.

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Hispanic American Periodicals Index
1970-present
Index to articles, book reviews and other material on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the U.S.-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Covers more than 400 social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.

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National Newspaper Index
Indexes and abstracts the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, and Washington Post.
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NewsBank
1992 - present
Full text access to selected articles on social issues, the arts, business and economics, government, health, science, and sports. Includes information from wire services, broadcasts, and 500 newspapers worldwide.
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Oxford Art Online
The access point for searching multiple art resources: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Grove Art Online, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art.
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Southern Life
Articles on topics related to Southern living, including culture, people, places, and historical events. Articles are taken from Gale's Academic OneFile and General OneFile.

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