Humanities Research: Journal Article Databases

This index of scholarly literature on United States and Canadian history and culture covers prehistoric times to the present. The database includes citations for journal articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations. Subject areas covered include history, anthropology, art, cultural studies, genealogy, literature & folklore, popular culture, sociology, women's and gender studies, geography, political science, and more. This is the electronic continuation of the print index "America: History and Life," published by ABC-CLIO.

This resource provides high-quality indexing and abstracts for peer-reviewed journals and art dissertations and indexing for hundreds of thousands of art reproductions. With full-text coverage dating back to 1977, this database also contains resources such as books by and about artists, artist materials and methods, artist interviews and profiles and a database-specific thesaurus. Beyond art studies, Art Full Text rounds out the research experience for those engaged in a multitude of related fields including women's studies, media studies, cultural studies, history and more.

This database is an index to scholarly journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion, including Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. Journals representing all the major religious faiths, major denominations, and numerous language groups are included. The Scriptures link in the tool bar provides a clickable index of Biblical books, chapters and verses indexed. Atla Religion Database is produced by Atla (formerly known as the American Theological Library Association), an organization dedicated to advancing the study of religion and theology. The database is the continuation of three print publications: "Religion Index One: Periodicals," "Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works," and "Index to Book Reviews in Religion."

As the electronic continuation of the print index "Historical Abstracts," this index of scholarly literature covers world history from the 15th century to the present. Resource types indexed include journal articles, magazines, books, and dissertations. The database includes indexing for over 2,300 journals in 40 languages with open access (OA) and full-text where available. Subject areas include African, East Asian, Jewish, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Studies; Anthropology & Archaeology; English, French, and Italian Language & Literature; Geography; History of Science, Medicine, and Technology; International Affairs; Political Science; North America, British Isles, and Global History; Sociology & Social Sciences; and more.

This comprehensive database covers more than 2,100 journals, books and other important reference sources published worldwide in the humanities, with a focus on literary, scholarly and creative thought. It provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for articles, essays, and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.

This database provides full-text access to journals covering articles on all aspects of theater and dance studies, plus full-text for top performing arts journals. The IBTD is a collaborative project between the American Society of Theatre Research and the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College. Subjects include ballet, comedy, dance, drama, mime, opera, puppetry, and theatre.

This archive is a collection of over 12 million full-text scholarly journal articles, e-books, periodicals, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Browse subject areas including Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Medicine & Allied Health, Science & Mathematics, and Social Sciences. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Artstor, Ithaka S+R, and Portico.

This bibliography directs researchers to more than 3 million citations from journal articles, books, book chapters, monographs, proceedings, series, bibliographies, dissertations, scholarly websites, editions, and translations published from the late 19th century to the present. Subjects covered include criticism, drama, film, folklore (including folk literature, music, art, rituals, and belief systems), history of printing and publishing, language, linguistics (including history and theory of linguistics, comparative linguistics, semantics, stylistics, syntax, and translation), literary theory, literature, radio, television, and college-level teaching of language, literature, rhetoric, and composition.

Produced by the Philosopher’s Information Center, this bibliographic database covers scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. It contains citations and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. and other western countries. Subject coverage includes aesthetics, axiology, epistemology, ethics, logic, meta-philosophy and metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, political philosophy, social philosophy, and the philosophy of related disciplines such as education, history, law, religion, and science. Philosopher’s Index is the electronic counterpart and continuation of the print publication The "Philosopher’s Index."

This interdisciplinary collection provides full-text access to high-quality, scholarly journals and e-books in the humanities, arts, and social sciences from various publishers. Disciplines covered include visual & performing arts, anthropology, literature & literary criticism, film, theatre, history, ethnic & cultural studies, music, philosophy, religion, political science, psychology, sociology, and women's studies. Browse books, journals, case studies, and primary sources.

Produced by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, this music bibliography features citations, abstracts, and subject indexing. It facilitates both focused research and browsing for readers of all levels from classical to popular music, from ethnomusicology to music therapy, from elementary music education to advanced music theory. This database contains citations and abstracts, which are drawn from articles, books, conference proceedings, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, festschriften, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings and videos, and reviews.