Annual
Bibliography of English Language & Literature (ABELL) (1920-1997;
no full-text; RefWorks help; saving searches) is a
standard reference work for English studies. It indexes books, articles, critical
editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations
published anywhere in the world. Coverage is international, including articles
in languages other than English. It is produced by Chadwyck-Healey under the auspices
of the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) and the user interface is
provided by OhioLINK.
African American Song (first half of
20th Century; XLinks; artist list) documents the history of African-American music in an online music listening service.
The collection contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs,
and narratives among others. This release features 12,000 tracks of great historical
recordings featuring iconic artists such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Memphis Minnie, Blind Willie
McTell and Huddie Ledbetter. Users must register to create a playlist. Faculty can create class folders. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street
Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago. This subscription is limited to 3 simultaneous users.
American
Drama (1714-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains more than 700 plays from
over 300 dramatists. It will eventually contain more than 2,000 plays. It is produced
by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also English Prose Drama and English Verse Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.
American
Film Scripts (1903-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains 497 scripts by 605 writers together with detailed,
fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. When complete, the
collection will include more than 1,000 scripts and over 100,000 scenes of life as portrayed in the
movies. Users can search by writers, scripts, years, characters, people, and subjects. The showcase
provides sample page images from selected scripts. It is produced by and the user interface is
provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
Art
Full Text (1929-present; updated monthly; much full-text; RefWorks
help; video tutorial; XLinks; saving searches), formerly Art Abstracts, indexes and abstracts over 400 international art publications. It covers
art topics such as advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior
design, video, film, architecture, and art history. It includes periodicals, yearbooks,
and museum bulletins. It is produced by H.W. Wilson Company and the user interface
is provided by OhioLINK.
ARTFL
- American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language
(medieval-20th century; regular updates; all full-text) contains about
2,000 selected texts representative of 150 million French words. It covers classic
works of French literature, non-fiction prose, and technical writing. It includes
historical bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works.
Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, literary
criticism and treatises. It covers biology, history, economics and philosophy.
It is cooperatively produced by and the user interface is provided by the Institut
National de la Langue Française (INaLF) of the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique (CNRS) and the Divisions of the Humanities and Social Sciences at
the University of Chicago.
Arts
and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) (1980-present; updated weekly;
some full-text; RefWorks help; tutorial; citation alerts; saving searches & creating alerts; journal titles) provides
current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references (the
author's bibliography) for over 1,130 arts and humanities journals plus individually
selected, relevant items from about 7,000 science and social sciences journals.
It covers archaeology, architecture, art, asian studies, classics, dance, film,
folklore, history, language, linguistics, literary reviews, literature, music,
philosophy, poetry, radio, religion, television and theater. It is produced by
Thomson Scientific and the Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI. The the user interface is provided by the Web of Science.Click Change Limits and Settings to search only this database. Click Register or Sign In to save searches and receive search history and citation alerts. Having problems? Try accessing this database directly through OhioLINK.
Asian American Drama (1891-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains 252 plays
by 42 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production
companies, and more. About half of the plays have never been published before. It includes selected
playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. The plays themselves have
been selected using leading bibliographies. Users can search by authors, characters, productions, companies, years, plays, theaters, subjects and related resources. The showcase includes images of brochures, playbills, fliers, etc. It is
produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the
University of Chicago.
Black Drama (1850-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains approximately 1200 plays by 201
playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters,
production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production
photographs, author biographies and other ephemera related to the plays. Some 440 of the plays
are published here for the first time, including a number by major authors. Users can search by
author, characters, productions, companies, years, plays, theaters, and scenes. The plays have
been selected using leading bibliographies and with the editorial advice of James V. Hatch,
co-author with Errol G. Hill of A History of African American Theatre and a leading
expert in this area. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street
Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
Classical
Music Library (XLinks) is a streaming classical music service for libraries that
enables listening and learning. Browse alphabetical lists of composers, artists,
conductors, ensemble, instrument, genre, period and label. Genres include orchestral,
chamber, instrumental, stage & screen, vocal & choral, and opera & operetta. It includes images and biographies of artists and conductors, a glossary
and definitions of historical music periods. Users can register to create personal playlist folders. Faculty can arrange to have course folders of music selections created for students in their classes. Faculty should contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 or askus@xavier.edu to make these arrangements. It is produced by Classical International,
Inc. and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press. This subscription is limited to 8 simultaneous users. New URL.
Classical
Scores Library (Renaissance-21st century; XLinks) currently provides over 800 scores with plans to build to 8,000 scores, including both public domain and in-copyright items from Boosey and Hawkes. Major composers as well as many lesser known composers are represented, including notable 20th century composers. Score types include full, miniature, piano, vocal, and fragment. Users can search for a score by composer, work/opus number, key, genre, instrument, time period, title, score type, duration, editor, arranger, or publisher. The whole score is viewable and printable as a PDF document. If there is a corresponding track in the Classical Music Library database, just click to listen to the music while viewing the score. Scores can be saved in playlists. It is produced by Classical International,
Inc. and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online (much
full-text; XLinks) provides in-depth reference and research capabilities for the study of every type of
poetry. It includes Granger's Classic Hundred Poems, Top 500 Poems,
Index to Poetry in Anthologies, Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works, and
Index to African-American Poetry. It has over 154,000 full-text poems, a glossary, poet biographies, commentaries and full-text critical context essays
by respected scholars. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Columbia University Press.
Electronic
Journal Center (about 1995-present; updates dependent upon publisher;
all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; saving searches) is a multidisciplinary
collection of about 5,000 journals published by Academic Press, American Chemical
Society, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Psychological
Association (PsycARTICLES), Association of Computing Machinery, Berkeley Electronic
Press, BioOne, Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Emerald (MCB University
Press), Ingenta, Institute of Physics, Kluwer, Lawrence Erlbaum, Optical Society
of America, Oxford University Press, Project MUSE, Royal Society of Chemistry,
Springer-Verlag, Thieme and Wiley. Scholars can be notified
by email about new relevant articles according to subject, author or journal
title. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.
English Prose Drama (1600-1900; all full-text; XLinks) is based on plays listed in the
New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature that were written or intended for
the stage and wholly or primarily in prose. It contains over 1,800 plays by about 400
authors from the renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century. The full text of each
drama is included with any accompanying text written by the author and forming an integral
part of the work. Selected images are directly accessible from the relevant points in the
text. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by
OhioLINK. See also American Drama and English Verse Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.
English Verse Drama (1400-1900; all full-text; XLinks) contains more than 2,200 works by over
500 named authors and over 300 anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late
thirteenth century through the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods to the end of the nineteenth
century. A verse drama is generally defined as a work acted on or intended for the stage which
is either completely in verse or includes significant verse content. It is based on
bibliographic information in the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.
It contains masques, short dramatic pieces written primarily in verse, selected translations,
works written for children and adaptations. It includes any accompanying text written by the
original author. It also includes any relevant accompanying text
written by the poet. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwck-Healey and the user
interface is provided by OhioLINK. See also American Drama and English Prose Drama, or search all three databases in the Drama Group.
Film & Television Literature Index (FTLI) (more full-text; video tutorials;
RefWorks help; XLinks) is a comprehensive bibliographic database covering film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. It also includes over 24,000 celebrity and entertainment images provided by the Motion Picture & Television Archive and 32,500 full-text reviews dating back to 1914 provided by Variety Movie Reviews. It is produced by and the user
interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Humanities International Complete (1925-present; updated monthly; much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for books, articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. It indexes 1,700 scholarly journals and incorporates all content from American Humanities Index and Humanities International Index. It covers literature, language, history, philosophy, archaeology,
classical studies, folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion
and theology. It is produced by Whitson Publishing and the user interface is
provided by EBSCO Publishing.
International Bibliography of
Theatre & Dance (IBTD) (much full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is the online version of the print IBTD in 14 volumes. It indexes
journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and
performance in 126 countries. It is a multicultural and inter-disciplinary research tool for theater
students, educators and professionals. Initiated by the American Society for Theatre Research, the IBTD
is now published by the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College. The user interface is
provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Literary Reference Center (all full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a comprehensive literary reference database
that provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It
combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and
reference works, and hundreds of literary journals. Search results can be limited to literary criticism
or Masterplots. Users can browse most studied authors and works and view book highlights and the author
in focus. Features include a glossary and historical timeline. It is produced by and the user
interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Literature
Resource Center (all full-text; XLinks) provides access to biographies, bibliographies
and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers
more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with
in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. It includes online versions
of Gale's Contemporay Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism,
and Dictionary of Literary Biography, as well as selections from Gale's
other Literature Criticism and For Students Series, such as Nineteenth
Century Literary Criticism and Short Stories for Students. It permits
searches by author name, title, genre, literary movement or literary themes. It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.
MLA International Bibliography (1926-present; updated 10 times/year;
some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides a classified
listing and subject index for books, journal articles, and dissertations published on modern languages, literatures,
folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association of America and the
user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Naxos Music Library
(XLinks) contains the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of over 165,000 tracks, including classical music, Jazz World and chinese music. It includes biographical information on composers or artists included in the database. Users can select works by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre. Playlists can be casily created for educational assignments or for hours of personal enjoyment. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Naxo
Music Library. This resource is limited to 5 simultaneous users and requires Media Player 9/10.
Naxos Music Library Jazz
(XLinks) contains close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,900 albums by more than 500 jazz artists. It comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. Naxos Jazz, along with Prophone and Proprius, provides the world of international Jazz, covering Sweden and Scandinavian jazz artists. US-based Fantasy Jazz has a deep jazz catalogue and offers the best in blues and R&B. Users can select works by
artist, title and catalogue number. Playlists can be
easily created for educational assignments or for hours of personal enjoyment. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Naxo
Music Library. This resource is limited to 5 simultaneous users and requires
Media Player 9/10.
Oxford Music Online (updated quarterly and
annually; all full-text; temporary off-campus link; XLinks) is the online version of New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition in
29 volumes). It also contains Grove Music Online, New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes), New Grove Dictionary
of Jazz (second edition; 3 volumes), Oxford Dictionary of Music (2nd ed.), and the Oxford Companion to Music. It contains more than 25 million words and 29,000
articles by 6,000 contributors. It provides an integrated music resource that covers all aspects of music. It contains sophisticated search capabilities;
cross-referencing; links from articles in Oxford Music Online to RLIM, DRAM and Classical Music Library sites (click the Related Content tab). It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Oxford
University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Oxford
Reference Online, Performing Arts (all full-text; XLinks) is a cross-searchable
database of 8 encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works covering American
theater, dance, music, opera, Shakespeare, theater and who's who in opera. It
is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1969-present; updated monthly; some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for more
than 500 scholarly journals covering music and related topics. It includes journal articles,
books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations,
ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies and videos. It is produced by the
Repertoire International de Literature Musicale and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Shakespeare: Editions and Adaptations 1623-1866; all full-text; XLinks) includes
the complete text of eleven major editions of Shakespeare's works, from the First Folio in 1623
to the Cambridge edition of 1863-1866. It also includes twenty-four separate contemporary
printings of individual plays, selected apocrypha and related works and more than 100
adaptations, sequels, and burlesques from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth
centuries. It is produced by ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by
OhioLINK.
Recommended
Academic OneFile (updated daily; much full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) indexes and abstracts more than 10,000 journals in which there is considerably more peer reviewed content (8,000 titles) than in InfoTrac OneFile (3,000 titles). It covers a wide range
of academic disciplines: physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN and the CBC as well as the full-text of the New York Times back to 1995. It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.
Academic
Search Complete (1985-present; updated daily; more full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a multidisciplinary database that covers nearly all academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities,
education, computer sciences, engineering, language, linguistics, the arts, literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies. It indexes and abstracts over 9,300 journals, many of them peer-reviewed (4,400), and provides full-text for over 5,300 journals. It also includes indexing and abstracts for books, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals. It is produced by and the user
interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
AdCritic.com (images and video; much full-text) delivers the latest
news and information about the advertising and commercial production industries
and offers a growing database of the best creative work. It covers latest spots,
breaking news, opinion, AdCritic top 20, anniversary top 50, music, events (Super
Bowl, Cannes Festival), no-spot film festival, production preview, who did that
spot, images & footage, location scout, and features from the editorial staff
of Creativity Magazine published by Advertising Age Group. It is produced
by Advertising Age Group's network of sites. Please contact the reference
desk at 513 745-4808 for user name and password information. This subscription is limited to only 1 user at a time.
Adforum (images,
audio and video; all full-text) provides information on over 18,000 agencies and 50,000 ads from around the world. Users
can view TV, radio, cinema, Internet, print and outdoor ad campaigns from their desktops. Users can search for ads by
keyword, media type, product, brand name, business sector, agency, country, celebrity or award. It is produced by and the
user interface is provided by AdForum.com. Ads with and without a shopping cart can be viewed. To view an ad you must enter the Xavier user name and password. Contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 for this information. This subscription is limited to 3 simultaneous users.
First Search
(some full-text; RefWorks help) provides access to over 20 different databases
covering business and law, sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences and current
events. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer
Library Center).
FRANCIS
(1984-present; updated monthly; RefWorks help) covers
a wide range of international, multilingual, and multidisciplinary information in the humanities (70%), social sciences (30%). It indexes and abstracts over 4,300 journals with a particular emphasis on European and world literature. Subjects include archaeology, art history, ethnology, French literature, geography, history of science and technology, information science, linguistics management, philosophy, prehistory, psychology religion and sociology. It indexes a wide range of materials, including serials, journal articles,
books, book chapters, conference papers, French dissertations, exhibition catalogs, legislation, teaching materials, and
reports. It is produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique du Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique. The user interface is provide by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).
General OneFile (1980-present; much full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks), formerly InfoTrac OneFile, indexes and abstracts more than 10,000 titles covering general interest topics, business, law, health care. It includes more than 6,000 full-text titles and 3,000 refereed journals, 5 newspaper indexes and 121 newswire services. It covers topics such as the arts, business and industry, education, general interest, health, law, literature, news and commentary, science, social sciences and technology. It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.
JSTOR
(1st issue of 1st volume to 3 years from present; all full-text;
RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) provides online
access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a variety of academic
disciplines including the arts, business, demographic studies, humanities, social sciences,
and science.
Media
Review Digest cancelled.
Oxford
Reference Online, Timelines (all full-text; XLinks) contains timelines by theme
(art and architecture; literature; performing arts; politics and government; science,
technology and medicine; society; and war), subthemes and country (Australia,
Canada, United Kingdom and United States) as well as a twentieth century timeline.
It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.