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Dance in Video
Contains five hundred hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century.
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Digital Theatre Plus
Gives access to over 600 award-winning productions and a wealth of related study materials.
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Drama Online
Drama productions, playtexts, audio plays, and scholarly books, introducing new writers alongside the most iconic names in playwriting history.
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JSTOR
Core scholarly journals (especially back issues), ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads.
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MLA International Bibliography
Indexes journal articles, books, and other resources on folklore, languages, linguistics, and literature.
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Performing Arts Periodicals Database
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 395 international periodicals, plus full text for more than 160 of the indexed journals, covering a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry.
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Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals over a wide array of academic disciplines.
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America's Historical Newspapers
Includes more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states.
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Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest)
Journal database covering art, architecture, design, history, philosopy, music, literature, theater, and more.
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Artstor
More than two million art images for non-profit educational use from numerous art, architecture, and anthropology collections. See "more info" for a collection list.
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Berg Fashion Library
Cross-searchable access to Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion and other fashion-related e-books, reference works, images, and more.
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Dance Education Literature and Research descriptive index
Index of literature and research from 1926 to the present that informs teaching, learning, and future directions of research in the field of dance education.
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Design and Applied Arts Index
Journal articles, exhibition reviews, and news items about all aspects of design and crafts, from textiles and ceramics to vehicle design, advertising and sustainability.
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Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text
Indexing and abstracts for more than 370 publications as well as full text for more than 100 journals on all aspects of film and television theory, production, and reviews.
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Gale Literature Resource Center
Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 150,000 writers in all disciplines.
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Bibliography of more than 1.45 million citations for secondary source material about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700.
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Loeb Classical Library
A fully searchable, virtual library of Greek and Latin literature with English translations.
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Naxos Music Library
Comprehensive collection of classical music, contemporary jazz, world, folk, adult contemporary, Chinese, pop, and rock music.
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Limited to 10 simultaneous users.
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Naxos Video Library
Extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts, and documentaries.
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Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
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New Play Exchange
The world's largest digital library of scripts by living writers, spanning monologues, one-act plays, and full-length productions.
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Currently unavailable
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Project Muse
Provides full text access to over 335 journals, and indexing for 200 more, in the humanities and social sciences.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Offers full text and full image articles for 13 large American daily newspapers and two daily British newspapers (1764-2005).
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Smithsonian Global Sound (Music Online)
More than 3,000 albums and 45,000 tracks representing musical traditions from all over the globe.
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