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Faculty of Arts Databases for On-Campus Users

Broad listings: Key Databases and CD-ROMs - A-Z List of Databases - Databases Page
General areas: General - Dictionaries & Encyclopedias - Newspapers - Standards & Patents - Theses
Related subjects: Archaeology & Egyptology - Classics & Ancient History - Cultures, Languages and Area Studies - English Language & Literature - History - Irish Studies - Latin American Studies - Music - Philosophy - Religion - Visual Arts
An off-campus version of this page is also available

See also Web Resources for Arts and Humanities
Title Description Connect Password More Info
AATA online Abstracts of international conservation literature Connect None Info
ABHLO (Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature online) Selective analysis of new books, journals and journal articles covering all historical periods. Literature since 1998, updated annually. Connect None Info
ABZU/ETANA A guide to information related to the study of all aspects of the ancient Near East (including Egypt) on the web. Includes ETANA digital library of core primary and secondary texts. Connect None Info
ACLS Humanities E-Book Online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in history Connect None Info
AHDS Archaeology Links to online collections and training for archaeologists. e.g. ArchSearch, ArchWay, CBA Reports and Occasional papers Connect None Info
AHDS History The AHDS aids the discovery, creation and preservation of digital collections in the arts and humanities Connect None Info
AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics (former Oxford Text Archive) The AHDS aids the discovery, creation and preservation of digital collections in the arts and humanities Connect None Info
AHDS Performing Arts The AHDS aids the discovery, creation and preservation of digital collections in the arts and humanities Connect None Info
AHDS Visual Arts The AHDS aids the discovery, creation and preservation of digital collections in the arts and humanities Connect None Info
America: History and Life History of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Connect None Info
American National Biography Biographies of more than 17,400 men and women from all walks of life, whose lives have shaped the US nation Connect None Info
Année Philologique Covers all aspects of the classical world and pre-classical Aegean, Etruscans, etc. Connect None Info
Anthropology Plus Covers all aspects of anthropology, alongside archaeology, ethnology, folklore, etc. Connect None Info
AnthroSource Full-text of all 15 American Anthropological Association journals, plus others in the field Connect None  
Archäologische Bibliographie: Dyabola Networked CD-ROM for archaeological sciences, prehistoric archaeology, classical archaeology, archaeology of the ancient Near East, Egyptology, ancient history. Connect None Info
ArchiveGrid Around one million collection descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums and archives. Connect None Info
Aristotle: Complete works Comprising the revised Oxford translation of The Complete Works of Aristotle, edited by Jonathan Barnes, and published by Princeton University Press in 1984. 2v. Connect None Info
ARTbibliographies Modern Covers modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century onwards. 1974 onwards. Connect None Info
Bank of English Online access to language data based on the Collins corpora of modern written and spoken text   None Info
Berkeley Works in 9 volumes (Past Masters database) Connect None Info
BHI: British Humanities Index Covers all branches of the humanities. From 1962 (CSA) Connect None Info
Bibliography of the History of Art Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Connect None Info
BOPCRIS British Official Publications for the period 1688-1995. Connect None Info
British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB) Archaeology and environmental history of UK & Ireland. Citations of articles and books. Literature from 1695, updated twice-yearly. Connect None Info
British Newspaper Index Index to newspapers including the Times Group. From 1990 to 1995 only. Connect None Info
Cambridge Companions Online - Philosophy, Religion and Culture More than 85 e-books on philosophers, religious figures, schools of thought and cultural topics Connect None  
Cambridge Journals Online Full-text of over 80 subscribed journals published by Cambridge University Press, plus abstracts of all other CUP journals Connect None Info
Census Registration Service Access to UK Census data resources Connect Athens Info
Chicano Database A Research Libraries Group database Connect None Info
Continental Rationalists Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz (Past Masters database) Connect None Info
Culverhouse Classical Music Collection (Film & Sound Online) Copyright-cleared classical music recordings and associated scores for educational use. Connect None Info
Daily Mirror Archive Full-text (scanned page images) of the Daily Mirror from 1903 to date Connect Password Info
DAVID Reviews View/analyse over 10,000 TV commercials and find out who produced them Connect Register Info
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) Covers design, crafts and applied arts. 1973 onwards. Connect None Info
Dialog News (on Westlaw) Covers a wide range of full-text newspapers and newswires from across the world Connect Athens Info
Digimap Current and historic Ordnance Survey maps and datasets Connect Athens Info
Directory of Published Proceedings Online Free source for information about published proceedings from thousands of conferences, meetings and symposia Connect None  
DNB (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past Connect None Info
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals A listing of over 2,000 Open Access (i.e. free) e-journals, over 500 of them searchable at the article level. Connect None
Dyabola: Archäologische Bibliographie Networked CD-ROM for archaeological sciences, prehistoric archaeology, classical archaeology, archaeology of the ancient Near East, Egyptology, ancient history. Info None Info
Early English Books Online (EEBO) EEBO will contain full text of over 125,000 English-language or British-published titles listed in three standard bibliographies for the period 1475-1700. Updated regularly. Connect None Info
ebrary Over 31,000 e-books in all subject areas. Requires ebrary Reader - see Info link Connect None Info
Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare Includes 11 full text editions of Shakespeare Connect None Info
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) An online library of over 135,000 eighteenth-century printed books, with more than 26 million scanned facsimile pages Connect None Info
Eighteenth Century Official Parliamentary Publications Portal, 1688-1834 Large collection of 18th Century British Parliamentary publications including parliaments proceedings, reports, acts, bills and registers. Connect None  
Eliot, George: Notebooks and Library Eliot's holograph notebooks, Eliot-Lewis Library (Past Masters database) Connect None Info
Empire Online Original documents relating to Empire studies from libraries and archives around the world Connect None Info
Encyclopaedia Britannica CD-ROM edition for 2001 Connect None Info
Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online Resource for researching, teaching and studying in philosophy and related disciplines from all periods and regions. Updated regularly. Connect None Info
English Short Title Catalogue - ESTC Descriptions and holdings information for letterpress materials printed in England or its dependencies (in any language) or in English (anywhere in the world) from 1473 to 1800. Connect None  
Etymologisches Worterbuch der Deutschen Sprache (Kluge) German etymological dictionary. Latest edition available Connect None Info
Film & Sound Online (formerly EMOL) Hundreds of hours of downloadable film, video and sound materials Connect None Info
FRANCIS: International Humanities and Social Sciences Multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities and social sciences from a Eurocentric perspective. From 1984 onwards Connect None Info
GeoRef Geosciences literature from the American Geological Institute (CSA) Connect None Info
Grove Art Online Encyclopedia of world art from prehistory to the present Connect None Info
Grove Music Online The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians, 2nd ed. Connect None Info
Handbook of Latin American Studies Evaluations of social sciences and humanities material published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Connect None Info
HAPI Online Social sciences and humanities material on Latin America, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Connect None Info
HeinOnline Law Journal archives, plus the Treaties and Agreements Library, the U.S. Supreme Court Library and the European Centre for Minority Issues Library. Connect None Info
HighWire Press Full-text all SAGE journals, plus about 400 subscribed and free journals from OUP and many learned societies, particularly in medical subjects Connect None Info
Historical Abstracts World history from 1450 to present day excluding North America. From 1954 Connect None Info
History of Science, Technology and Medicine A Research Libraries Group database Connect None Info
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) Covering the core social science disciplines, IBSS contains over 1.5 million records from 1951 onwards, updated weekly. Connect None Info
Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals A Research Libraries Group database Connect None Info
Index to House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Recent Papers Connect None Info
Index to Theses Abstracts for theses accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland. From 1716 Connect None Info
Ingenta Connect Full-text of nearly 1,400 subscribed journals from various publishers, plus abstracts from thousands of other non-subscribed journals Connect None Info
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (IESBS) The largest reference work ever published for the social & behavioural sciences, fully searchable and cross-referenced Connect None Info
International Medieval Bibliography. IMB Interdisciplinary bibliography of the European Middle Ages, including the Middle East & North Africa in the period 400-1500. Connect None Info
International Philosophical Bibliography Bibliography of philosophical literature (books, journals, conference proceedings and reviews) published in most major European languages Connect Register Info
International Who's Who Online Information on over 21,000 people from around the world Connect None Info
Intute: Arts & Humanities Internet guide to resources in all areas of the arts and humanities. Connect None
JSTOR Full-text archives of over 800 journals in the humanities and social science plus mathematics, ecology and botany from earliest volume up until a few years ago Connect None Info
Leibniz Philosophische Briefe (Past Masters database) Connect None Info
LexisNexis A leading source of legal information and full text local and national newspapers Connect Athens Info
Library of Latin Texts (CLCLT) Texts from the beginning of Latin literature through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Connect None Info
Linguistics Abstracts Online 30,000+ abstracts from nearly 400 journals with some coverage of ancient and modern languages from all regions. Literature since 1985, updated regularly. Connect None Info
LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts Covers Library science, online retrieval, archives, information technology. 1969 onwards. Connect None Info
Literature Online (LION) Literature on-line. English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key secondary sources Connect None Info
LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts Linguistics and language behavior abstracts. From 1973 (CSA) Connect None Info
Locke Philosophical works and selected correspondence (Past Masters database) Connect None Info
Locke/Berkeley/Hume Essays, treatises, dialogues, etc. (Past Masters database) Connect None Info
Medieval Sourcesonline Learning resource containing hundreds of original medieval history documents for the teaching and study of history Connect None Info
MetaPress (Springer, T&F etc.) Full-text of 1,300+ Springer journals (mostly from Vol. 1), 1,250+ Taylor & Francis journals, plus others. Connect None Info
Middle English Compendium Dictionary, bibliography and corpus Connect None Info
MLA International Bibliography Consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language (ancient & modern), linguistics, and folklore. Includes coverage from 1926 to the present, updated ten times a year. Connect None Info
Monumenta Germaniae Historica Comprehensive critical editions of the sources of medieval German history Connect None Info
Naxos Music Library The complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues of over 85,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. Continuously updated. Connect None Info
Nineteenth Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online version of the 19th Century House of Commons Sessional Papers and the Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1801-1900. Connect None Info
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue Series 1-2, 1801-1870.Series 3. 1871-1919 Connect None Info
Nineteenth Century US Newspapers Full-text of approximately 1.5 million pages of primary source US newspaper content from the 19th Century Connect None Info
Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR) Provides online access to the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937 Connect None Info
Open J-Gate Indexes articles from 3,000+ Open Access (i.e. free) academic, research and industry e-journals. Connect None
Oxford 3 in 1 Bilingual Dictionary Oxford Hachette- French; Oxford Spanish; Oxford Duden German Connect None Info
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past Connect None Info
Oxford English Dictionary 2nd edition with updates Connect None Info
Parliamentary Data (POLIS) Index to the proceedings and publications of both Houses of Parliament, including the full text of Early Day Motions. May 1997 onwards. Connect None Info
Past Masters Aristotle; Continental Rationalists, Locke /Berkely /Hume; Works of Locke, Berkeley, Josiah Royce; Letters, etc. of Wittgenstein, George Eliot: Notebooks and Library Connect None Info
Philosopher's Index Covers philosophy & related areas from all periods and regions. Author-written abstracts of articles, books and book chapters. Literature since 1940, updated ten times a year Connect None Info
Plato: Collected dialogues (A Past Masters database on extended trial) Connect None Info
Project MUSE Access to over 300 full-text humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Connect None Info
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full-Text Full-text of over 600,000 dissertations and abstracts, plus an Index to US and European theses and dissertations from 1861 onwards, with abstracts from 1980 onwards. Connect None Info
RHS Bibliography Bibliography of the Royal Historical Society and the Institute of Historical Research Connect None Info
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Abstracts of music literature (CSA) Connect None Info
RISM Music manuscripts after 1600. Series A2 Connect None Info
RLG Cultural Materials Collection of primary source materials Connect None Info
RLG Resources Includes RLG Union Catalogue, Citation Resources (formally CitaDel) and the English Short Title Catalogue Connect None Info
RLG Serials File Research Libraries Group union catalogue Connect None Info
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online Resource for researching, teaching and studying in philosophy and related disciplines from all periods and regions. Updated regularly. Connect None Info
Royce Works of Josiah Royce (Past Masters database) Connect None Info
Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies Covers the social sciences and humanities, including archaeology, economics, history, law, linguistics, literary criticism, philosophy, political science, religious studies. Connect None Info
ScienceDirect Full-text of about 1,900 Elsevier journals in almost all subject areas. Access back to Volume 1 for almost all titles, otherwise to 1995 Connect None Info
SCIPIO: Art and rare book sales catalogue A Research Libraries Group database Connect None Info
Scopus Covers 14,000 journals in science, technology, medicine and the social sciences Connect None Info
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy An authoritative reference work suitable for use by professionals and students in the field of philosophy Connect None Info
Times Digital Archive Complete digital edition of The Times from 1785-1985 Connect None Info
Times Literary Supplement Full text reviews. From 1994 Connect None Info
UKOP UK Official Publications Catalogue Connect None Info
Web of Knowledge Includes the Citation Indexes for Science, Social Science, and Arts & Humanities, ISI Proceedings and Journal Citation Reports Connect None Info
Wittgenstein Letters, lectures, conversations, memoirs (Past Masters database) Connect None Info
Wittgenstein's Nachlass Wittgenstein's papers in German Connect None Info
Women Writers Online The textbase of the Women Writers Project Connect None Info
World Biographical Index Short biographical entries for almost 3 million people worldwide Connect None Info
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Covers politics, international relations, government, public policy. 1975 onwards. Connect None Info
ZETOC Electronic tables of contents from the British Library of around 20,000 current journals and around 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. Connect Password Info

 



 
   

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