International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) Fulltext

The International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) covers dance, film, drama, opera, stagecraft, comedy, pantomime, puppetry, magic and television. Provides indexing and abstracts of the performing arts for about 230 international periodicals, plus fulltext for 73 journals.

• Includes references to book reviews and performance reviews, some in fulltext.
• Indexing of selective titles begins in 1864; selective fulltext begins in 1932; abstracts or summaries are available for all articles from 1998 onward.

Humanities Abstracts

Humanities Abstracts provides references to articles, book reviews and performance reviews in more than 400 journals, covering humanities disciplines, including classical studies, and performing arts. References begin in 1984 and abstracts are included from 1994.

MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB)

The MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) covers Canadian topics, literary criticism and dramatic arts.

• References to articles in 4,400 journals from 1926 onward.
• More than 250 fulltext journals, some dating back to 1884.
• References to books, chapters (or essays) in books, and dissertations.
• Abstracts are included for selected journals as of April 2008.
• Links to selected scholarly websites.
• Combined search with ABELL.

ABELL: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature

ABELL covers Canadian topics, literary criticism, and dramatic arts.

• From 1920 onward, ABELL includes references to articles, books, chapters (or essays) in books, dissertations (until 1999), and book reviews of secondary sources.
• More than 250 fulltext journals.
• Combined search with MLAIB.

Literature Resource Center (LRC)

Literature Resource Center covers Canadian topics, literary criticism and dramatic arts.

• Contains 260 fulltext periodicals.

Literature Criticism Online

Literature Criticism Online provides full text or selections of full text of essays and articles re-published in the following reference works:

• Shakespearean Criticism
• Poetry Criticism
• Short Story Criticism
• Drama Criticism

Coverage is from the 16th century to 2000s. This database is NOT updated.

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online provides annotated entries for books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare.

• Includes listings of stage, musical, dance, and video adaptations of Shakespeare's works.
• 1962 onward.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals provides references to journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic descriptions on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration.

Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q)

CPI.Q provides coverage of all subject areas with an emphasis on Canadian and international issues. It provides citations to more than 400 English and French language journals and magazines, including approximately 30 American titles.

• Fulltext of articles from approximately 160 of the titles.
• Also includes the fulltext of Globe and Mail articles from 1997 onwards.
• Searches can be limited to peer-reviewed publications.
• Index: 1980 onward. Fulltext generally begins in 1995 (coverage varies depending on the journal title).

ProQuest Combined Canadian

ProQuest Combined Canadian provides fulltext of Canadian major daily newspapers. Global and Mail from 1977. Montreal Gazette from 1985.

• Indexes Canadian magazines, academic journals and special interest publications with fulltext articles from more than 100 titles. Searches can be limited to peer-reviewed publications.

Eureka.cc

Eureka.cc provides fulltext access to the following newspapers (with a 24 hour embargo): La Presse: 1985 onward; Le Devoir: 1992 onward; Le Soleil: 1992 onward; and Voir (weekly newspaper): 1992 onward. Also provides access to L'Actualité (monthly magazine): 1992 onward and Le Monde diplomatique (France): 1980 onward.

Repère

Repère is a multidisciplinary index of articles published in 270 French-language periodicals: 185 Québec periodicals, 10 Canadian periodicals from outside of Québec and 70 periodicals from Europe.

• Some articles are available fulltext.
• 1980 onward.

Année philologique

Année philologique is a comprehensive index for scholarly research in classical studies. L'Année philologique contains over 375,000 bibliographic records to books, book reviews, conference proceedings and journal articles. It covers all aspects of classical studies including literature, linguistics, archaeology, textual and literary history, religion, law, theatre, philosophy and science.

• 1959 onward
• Tip: To search by keyword, click on FULL TEXT; this means you are searching the citation and abstract, not the full text of an article or book.
• Tip: to search for records about an ancient author, click on ANCIENT AUTHOR. Ex: Aeschylus.

Humanities Abstracts

Humanities Abstracts provides references to articles, book reviews and performance reviews in more than 400 journals, covering humanities disciplines, including classical studies, and performing arts. References begin in 1984 and abstracts are included from 1994.

America: History & Life

America: History & Life covers all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present.

• 1964 onward. Some coverage from 1954-1962.

Historical Abstracts

Historical Abstracts provides citations with abstracts to articles in some 2,000 journals and citations to books and dissertations on political, diplomatic, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history. Covers the history of the world since 1450 except for the U.S. and Canada.

• 1955 onward

Academic Search Complete

A large multidisplinary database, Academic Search Complete indexes more than 12,500 periodicals and includes fulltext for more than 7,500 peer-reviewed journals, including more than 300 journals in literature and allied fields.

• Also provides indexing and fulltext for magazines and some newspapers.
• Begins in 1887.

Periodicals Archive Online 1802-2000

Periodicals Archive Online 1802-2000 makes available backfiles of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from 1802 to 2000.

• Includes more than 500 titles in six separate collections.
• Click on Article Search to begin.