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Good for: Researching art publications.
Contains: Index with selected full text.
Dates covered: 1997-present.
Good for: Finding citations on art, architecture, and related fields.
Contains: Citations to articles and books.
Dates covered: 1929-1984.
Good for: Researching design and crafts worldwide.
Contains: Images, encyclopedias, and e-books.
Dates covered: 1500 BCE-present.
Good for: Finding abstracts and citations for design and applied arts.
Contains: Abstracts and citations for articles, news items, and reviews.
Good for: Finding abstracts on art and archaeology conservation.
Contains: Abstracts of books, articles, and proceedings.
Good for: Researching architecture articles.
Contains: Index of architecture articles.
Good for: Finding terms and concepts used to describe art and architecture.
Contains: Thesaurus with over 131,000 terms.
Good for: Defining art, architecture, and other arts terms.
Contains: Specialized dictionaries.
Good for: Conducting academic research on all subjects.
Contains: Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
Good for: Exploring a wide range of scholarly topics.
Contains: Scholarly journals, ebooks, art images and primary source collections
JSTOR digitally archives more than 700 scholarly journals. Subjects include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and more. Also includes ARTSTOR collections from museums and collections of historical primary sources from libraries and cultural heritage organizations.
Good for: Researching humanities and social sciences topics.
Contains: Scholarly journals and e-books.
Dates covered: 1995-present.
Good for: Identifying how often a particular author has been cited in the work of peers or to discover the most influential scholarship on a topic.
Contains: Bibliographic information and cited references.
Dates covered: 1975-one week ago.
Good for: Finding journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.
Contains: Journal articles.
Dates covered: 1802-1995.
Good for: Conducting academic research on all subjects.
Contains: Articles, theses, books, abstracts, patents, and court opinions
Google Scholar searches for scholarly materials such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and reports from many academic and technical fields. It is freely available to anyone searching the Internet; however, many of the links that lead to full text resources are not. On your first visit, go to Google Scholar Preferences and use the Library Links box to set UNLV as your source for no-fee access to many full text articles.
Newspaper databases are a great resource for finding reviews.
Good for: Researching published news, legal, medical, patents, and business information.
Contains: News, legal, medical, and business information.
The news section delivers the full text of international, national and regional newspapers along with wire services, broadcast transcripts, magazines, and non-English language sources. The legal section contains U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews and international legal information. This includes Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789. The medical section supplies information from news and medical journals, and provides abstracts to medical news from Medline. The business section includes business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
Good for: Accounts of life, culture and historical events reported in newspapers from every U.S. state.
Contains: Historical newspapers.
Dates covered: 1690-1923.
Good for: Finding newspaper articles about news and events in Chicago and the world.
Contains: Newspaper articles.
Dates covered: 1849-2015.
Good for: Researching news and events in Chicago.
Contains: Full text of the Chicago Tribune.
Dates covered: 1985-present.
Good for: Finding newspaper articles about news and events in California, particularly the entertainment industry.
Contains: Newspaper articles.
Dates covered: 1881-2016.
Good for: Finding news articles from the Los Angeles Times.
Contains: Articles.
Dates covered: 1996-present.
Good for: Finding newspaper articles about national and international news and events.
Contains: Newspaper pages.
Dates covered: 1851-2021.
Good for: Finding regional news articles and broadcast television transcripts.
Contains: Regional newspapers and transcripts.
Newspaper Source provides full text coverage for 40 national and international newspapers including USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Times (London), and The Toronto Star. Selected full text is offered from more than 330 regional newspapers including The Buffalo News, Orange County Register, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Full text transcripts are available from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio, and more.
Good for: Finding current and recent news articles from major U.S. newspapers.
Contains: Articles from newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
Dates covered: 1980s-present.
Good for: Finding articles from The Times (London).
Contains: The Times newspaper.
Dates covered: 1785-2019.
Good for: Finding and using digital images for research and teaching.
Contains: Art digital images and related data.
Good for: Exploring contemporary fashion history and clothing designers.
Contains: Photos, essays, and videos.
Dates covered: 1980-present.
Good for: Finding images from the J. Paul Getty museum.
Contains: Images.
Good for: Finding images held by the Library of Congress.
Contains: Images.
Good for: Finding images from the National Gallery of Art.
Contains: Images.