Studio & Digital Arts Research Guide: Databases

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Full-text journal articles in social sciences, humanities, multicultural studies, education, and more

For more information, here is a brief tutorial on using Academic Search Ultimate

Journal, magazine, and trade publication articles, including some full-text and peer-reviewed, as well as books and images related to art and architecture from 1914 to the present

For more information, here is a brief tutorial on using this EBSCO database

Click on "Find Topics & Books" under the search bar. You can limit results by topic. Select "Art" and you have 1070 different topic pages to choose from, each with a variety of articles, images, and books available to browse.

Scholarly journals, books, magazines, and trade journals covering design and applied arts since the mid-19th century

For more information, here is a brief tutorial on using Design & Applied Arts Index (DAAI)

Covers all aspects of communication and mass media, offering full text for over 450 local and international journals and citation coverage for additional sources. Also includes author profiles.

For more information, here is a brief tutorial on using this EBSCO database

Scholarly journals covering various aspects of communication, mass media, journalism, and marketing

For more information, here is a brief tutorial on using this EBSCO database

Full-text journal articles, books, movie reviews, and images covering the entire spectrum of television and film, including cinematography, theory, production, technical aspects, and screenwriting

For more information, here is a brief tutorial on using this EBSCO database

Encyclopedia covering the breadth of communication studies, including theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas

For more information, here is a brief tutorial on using International Encyclopedia of Communication