Databases & E-Reference Materials

Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.

Provides access to information disseminated by the U.S. Government Printing Office, including official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.

Index of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).

A database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Full text is available.

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art deals with all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art. Includes articles on all subject areas in American fine art, including biographies of major artists, architects and patrons, architecture, painting, new media, photography, sculpture, installation art, performance art, new media art, art education, and more.

A comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period. This encyclopedia provides art historical and cultural information about art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites, and stylistic developments. Encompassing over four thousand years of artistry and innovation, the text spans every art form, medium, and civilization from Cycladic, Minoan, Helladic, and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures. Also included are hundreds of entries on the qualities and historical uses of materials, concise definitions on art forms and styles, and in-depth articles discussing the history of armor, jewelry, furniture, textiles, and ceramics.

This reference work offers over 1,600 entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites, and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork, and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world.

Provides comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship. This resource includes links to musical web sites around the world. Full text is available.

Archives the historical Guardian and Observer British newspapers, including full page digital reproductions of every page from all available issues. Full text is available.