Guest Databases for Fine Arts

Alphabetical list of databases:
  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I-J-K  L  M  N  O-P-Q  R-S  T  U-V  W-X-Y-Z

Databases by subject
Specific database services

Databases marked “IN LIBRARY USE ONLY” can be searched
exclusively from the Public Access/Gov Docs computers in the Library.

 indicates a TexShare database

Database	Description	Full Text	Service
Academic Search Complete (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	A comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary database, featuring thousands of full-text journals. This resource offers coverage of information spanning a broad range of important areas of academic study including: anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women’s studies, zoology, and many other fields.		EBSCOhost
American Memory Project	Gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.  This site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections		Gov/Library of Congress
Artcyclopedia	An index to online images of paintings, sculptures and other great works of fine art from hundreds of art museum sites and image archives worldwide.		Free
CAMIO (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	OCLC’s Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a growing collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.		OCLC
Classical Music Library (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	Database can be accessed by a maximum of four users at any one time. Fully searchable, comprehensive database of distinguished musical recordings.  It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to over the Internet.   Selections range from Medieval to contemporary music, from the earliest Gregorian chants to avant-gard works by modern composers—including symphonic music, vocal and instrumental music, choral works, and other forms. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information, which includes thousands of program notes, biographies of composers, images sorted by composer, concerts on a theme, midi files, a glossary and a history of music .  Users may register to build individualized playlists and download favorites.  Downloading songs to a personal computer involves a small fee for copyright/royalty purposes.		Alexander Street Press
Directory of Open Access Journals	Service that provides access to quality controlled Open Access Journals. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system, and it is not be limited to particular languages or subject areas.		TexShare
Dissertations and Theses (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	Contains more than 2 million entries for doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Since 1997, new publications have been available electronically, and many publications can be ordered through the system for a fee. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. Angelo State University faculty, students, and staff have free access to 24 page previews and the full text in PDF format, when available, of all ASU theses published through UMI Dissertation Publishing.		ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses in Texas	Hosted institutional repository service, developed by the the Texas Digital Library, which allows Texas institutions of higher learning to preserve and provide wide online access to their scholarly and pedagogic output.		Texas Digital Library
Handbook of Latin American Studies (expert search page)	Bibliography of materials, selected and annotated by scholars, published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary and multilingual Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.		Gov/Library of Congress
Humanities International Complete (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,100 journals and 2.47 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 890 journals covering worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.		EBSCOhost
Music Index (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	This database contains cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts of articles about music, musicians, and the music industry for more than 475 periodicals, as well as book reviews, obituaries, news, and selective coverage for more than 230 periodicals.		EBSCOhost
Project MUSE (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	Offers full-text, online access to over 200 essential periodicals in the humanities, the arts, and the social sciences.		Johns Hopkins University Press
Voice of the Shuttle	Annotated guide of links to humanities and humanities-related resources on the Internet		Free