1987-
Full text articles from 50 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association.
PsycARTICLES provides the full text for articles from 50 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. The database covers general, specialized, basic, applied, and clinical psychology, and theoretical research. It contains more than 32,000 full text articles, letters to the editor and errata.
1800-
The American Psychological Association's international psychology database indexes journal articles, books and dissertations.
Update frequency: Updated monthly
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.
PubMed is a service of the US National Library of Medicine that provides free access to MEDLINE, the NLM database of indexed citations and abstracts to medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, health care, and preclinical sciences journal articles. It also includes additional selected life sciences journals not found in MEDLINE.
1900-
Journal articles in the fields of communication and mass media studies .
Update frequency: weekly
Communication & Mass Media Complete contains journal articles in the fields of communication and mass media studies. It merges CommSearch (formerly produced by the NCA, National Communication Association) and the Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides current issues and backfiles of in the fields of communication and mass media.
1950-
Full text of 16 communications journals published by Sage.
This communication collection includes the full text of journals published by Sage and participating societies. It covers such subjects as journalism, public opinion, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, cultural studies, intercultural communication, television & film studies, media studies, business communication, organizational & management communication, written communication, rhetoric, and literacy studies.
Journal and magazine articles about film and television.
Film & Television Literature Index indexes articles covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
1976-2001
Index of film and television periodicals from 30 countries.
The Film Literature Index (FLI) indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular.
11th century -
Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.
This union catalog contains records of books and other items in libraries worldwide. Items owned by UNLV Libraries are indicated; UNLV students, faculty and staff may request books via Document Delivery Services.
1880-2000
Music, film, broadcasting and theater industry trade publications published before 2000 including Variety, Billboard, New Musical Express, Broadcasting, The Stage, American Film, Picturegoer and more.
Play scripts and scholarly works from Faber and Faber and Bloomsbury's Methuen Drama and Arden Shakespeare imprints.
Over 1000 full text plays, from Aeschylus to the present day, including modern classics from Tom Stoppard, David Mamet, Alan Bennett, Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Harold Pinter, Brian Friel, John Osborne, April De Angelis, and David Hare; contemporary writers include Polly Stenham, Katori Hall, D.C. Moore, James Graham, Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Lucy Prebble.
1900-2000
Plays from the United States and Canada.
Update frequency: quarterly
In addition to providing a comprehensive full-text resource for students in the performing arts, the collection offers a unique window into the economic, historical, social, and political psyche of two countries. Plays are also included in North American Theatre Online.
Some links on this site provided full screenplays from NoFilmSchool.com--community of filmmakers, video producers, and independent creatives
Shae Cox- to investigate African American and Indigenous celebration of service from the Civil War as documented in Black and Indigenous newspapers or readers. I will attempt to understand the post war memory of African Americans and Indigenous groups...
1893-2005
African American newspapers from Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Norfolk VA., Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.
Freedom by the sword : the U.S. colored troops, 1862-1867 William A. Dobak 1943- New York : Skyhorse Pub. c2013 Available at Lied Library Book Stacks (E540.N3 D63 2013 )
1400-1950s
Primary sources for American Indian history in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books from pre-contact through the mid-20th century.
1792-1940
Treaties and correspondence between the US government and American Indian tribes; also photos, census rolls, Dawes packets and enrollment cards.
Madi Edgmon: My research will focus on music in the counterculture era and how the overall rejection of social norms impacted marketing for concerts and music festivals. I will study particular advertising techniques used throughout the “Rock n Roll Era”
1950-1975
Primary sources documenting popular culture in the US and Britain, 1950-1975, including manuscripts, video, photos, underground magazines and more.
Yahindra Maxie: I am going to research historical depictions of women, looking at ways media have changed in the way they portray ideals. I’d like to know if women’s rights and feminist groups have done more harm than good in the depictions of ideal wome
1887-2005
American women's magazines including Better Homes and Gardens, Chatelaine, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents Magazine, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan and Essence.
The film draws back a curtain to reveal a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see – how the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls makes it difficult for women to feel powerful and achieve leadership positions.
Database of digitized online images of American print advertisements, focusing on the subjects of beauty/hygiene, radio, television, transportation, and World War II. Information about date, publication source, company being advertised and target audience is provided.
Collection of print ads organized around themes. Browseable by theme but not searchable. Bibliographic information not included for ads. Includes a bibliography of scholarship on gender and advertising.
Shi-Quan Nettingham: Jesse Owens: For his performance on the track but also for combating Nazi theories of Aryan supremacy. The media also framed Owens as a communal hero, which my research in general addresses (right now, my focus is on basketball playe
1849-1992
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Chicago Tribune with searchable full text.
Stephanie Rosauri: Gender in comedy and the suffrage movement leading to firsts for women in comedy post-WW2 with Lucille Ball on “I love Lucy” on television, Phyllis Diller in stand up, and Mary Tyler Moore. All three of those women really paved the way
1900-
Journal articles in the fields of communication and mass media studies .
Update frequency: weekly
Communication & Mass Media Complete contains journal articles in the fields of communication and mass media studies. It merges CommSearch (formerly produced by the NCA, National Communication Association) and the Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides current issues and backfiles of in the fields of communication and mass media.
1950-
Full text of 16 communications journals published by Sage.
This communication collection includes the full text of journals published by Sage and participating societies. It covers such subjects as journalism, public opinion, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, cultural studies, intercultural communication, television & film studies, media studies, business communication, organizational & management communication, written communication, rhetoric, and literacy studies.
Journal and magazine articles about film and television.
Film & Television Literature Index indexes articles covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
1820-present
Primary sources highlighting the voices of colonized women, including in China, Japan, the Philippines, Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkans, and South Africa. Includes Native American women, also American women in Guatemala and China.
1600-2000
Books, images, historical documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies which document reform activities by and affecting women.
1974- Access is limited to 2 simultaneous users.
Publications on gender issues. International publications as well as reports, pamphlets, papers, and conference proceedings devoted to gender issues.
Update frequency: quarterly
Queens of comedy : Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and the new generation of funny women
You may want to try searching for Lucille Ball & limiting your search around 1952-59 to see how entertainment covered Lucille Ball's pregnancy (trying other keywords such as with child, expecting, enceinte, etc.
Elisa Woinowsky: I would like to take a look at war and propaganda photography during WWII. I would investigate restrictions on publishing certain images and also see if it was common for war departments to alter images. I have previously thought about f
The censored war : American visual experience during World War Two George H Roeder New Haven : Yale University Press c1993 Available at Lied Library Book Stacks (D810.P7 U47 1993 )
Projections of war : Hollywood, American culture, and World War II Thomas Patrick Doherty New York : Columbia University Press c1993 Available at Lied Library Book Stacks (D743.23 .D63 1993 )
V was for victory : politics and American culture during World War II John Morton Blum 1921-2011 New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich c1976 Available at Lied Library Book Stacks (E806 .B58 )
Although Wikipedia is not generally recommended--this entry has some interesting sources to check out in the Reference section & under Further Reading.
