Communication & the Arts: Databases
Reference Sources • Cinema/Television • Theatre & Drama •
Other Article Databases • News & Current Events • Streaming Video Collections
Reference Sources
- Blackwell Reference Online: Communication and Media Studies - Reference e-books such as 'A Companion to Film Theory' and 'A Companion to Television.'
- Gale Virtual Reference Library - Includes 'Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television' and the 'St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture' reference sources.
- Hollywood Creative Directory (see Login Instructions) - Directory of entertainment industry professionals.
- Oxford Reference Online: Performing Arts Resources - Search these Oxford encyclopedia on theatre and Shakespeare.
Cinema/Television Databases
- American Film Scripts Online - Collection of nearly 1,000 searchable film scripts.
- Film & Television Literature Index - Articles from scholarly and popular periodicals.
- Film Indexes Online - Includes the American Film Institute Catalog and Film Index International. Search for complete film credits, awards, and citations to criticisms and reviews.
- Internet Movie Database - A helpful, free database of movie cast and production information; users should also see Film Indexes Online (above) for additional information.
- International Index to the Performing Arts - Scholarly and popular periodicals on topics in the arts and entertainment industry; some full-text.
Theatre & Drama Databases
- International Index to the Performing Arts - Scholarly and popular periodicals on topics in the arts and entertainment industry; some full-text.
- Internet Broadway Database - A free database of on-Broadway theatrical productions.
- Literature Resource Center - Access criticisms, biographies and bibliographies of more than 120,000 authors and playwrights.
- MLA International Bibliography - Indexes critical scholarship relating to literature, language, linguistics and folklore.
- Play Index - Identify plays by cast makeup, subject or genre, then locate published works.
- Twentieth Century North American Drama - View full-text scripts and production details for over 1,300 plays written by North American playwrights
- WorldCat - Locate books, plays and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Other Article Databases
- Academic OneFile - Multisubject database, some full-text articles.
- Academic Search Complete - Multisubject, full-text database.
- Arts & Humanities Search - Indexes leading arts and humanities journals.
- ATLA Religion Database - Contains articles on subjects from a religious or theological perspective.
- ComAbstracts - Primary professional communication literature.
- Communication Abstracts - Communication-related literature.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete - Full-text database on communications and mass media topics.
- Communication Studies: A Sage Full-Text Collection - Full-text access to SAGE journals in the field of communications and mass media.
- JSTOR Journal Archives (Arts & Sciences I-IV) - An archive of older, full-text journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
- OmniFile Full-Text Mega - Multisubject database, some full-text articles.
- ProjectMUSE - Scholarly e-journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences.
- Wiley InterScience: Communication & Cultural Studies
News & Current Events
- Access World News - News from hundreds of U.S. and World newspapers.
- Factiva - News publications and business information.
- Ethnic NewsWatch on the Web - Ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines, and journals.
- Facts on File - Includes Issues & Controversies and World News Digest
- Historical Newspapers Online - Full-image articles from major U.S. newspapers. dating back to the 19th century.
- LexisNexis Academic - Business and legal information; full-text of major U.S. newspapers.
- National Journal & Hotline Weekly - National Journal Group publications on politics, policy, and government.
- Newspaper Source Plus - Complete full-text of 149 U.S. and international newspapers.
Streaming Video Collections
- FMG On Demand - Educational streaming video on a variety of topics.
- PBS Videos - View hundreds of online videos from PBS documentaries in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. NOTE: RegentID and password required for on-campus and off-campus access.
- Theatre in Video - Contains more than 100 definitive performances of the world's leading plays in streaming video.
