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Media Studies


Major Databases
Humanities Abstracts   SEARCH OmniFile
  • Provides access to citations for articles from core journals in archaelogy, art, classics, film, folklore, linguistics, music, performing arts, literary and political criticism, world history and world literature
  • 1984-present; (1974/75-present in print)
  • Available only to users at the Claremont Colleges or connecting to a Claremont Colleges proxy server or modem pool.
  • Includes citations to feature articles; bibliographies, book reviews, interviews, and reviews of motion pictures, ballet and opera.

International Index to the Performing Arts
  • Provides access to citations for articles in more than 200 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals. Also includes biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews, and events. Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry including dance, film, drama, television, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, and more.
  • 1998-present
  • Updated annually

MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Provides access to citations for critical scholarship on all modern literatures and languages, linguistics and folklore. Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs dissertations, bibliographies, and proceedings.
  • 1963-present.
  • Updated annually.
  • The single most important source for identifying critical analysis of literature written since 1500 A.D.

Other Databases

Arts and Humanities Citation Index SEE Arts and Humanities Search


Arts and Humanities Search

  • Provides access to information on who has cited who in the major art and humanities journals.
  • 1980-Present
  • Updated Weekly
  • Great for finding out if a particular work has been cited by other authors, or what sources a particular author has cited in their work.

Art Full Text
  • Provides access to citations from more than 250 of the leading arts journals.
  • 1984 - present, full-text of selected journals begins in 1997.
  • Topics covered include advertising art; antiques; archaeology; architecture and architectural history; art history; computers in art; crafts; decorative arts; fashion; folk art; graphic arts; industrial design; interior design; landscape architecture; motion pictures; museology; painting; photography; pottery; sculpture; television; textiles; and video.

   
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