Databases/Article Indexes for Media Arts


Red Star indicates highly recommended databases for the subject area

 
Ad*Access
1911-1955

Open Access
Presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines.
 
Includes abstracts of English and foreign-language material on modern and contemporary artists, movements, and trends from the late 19th century onwards.
Recommended resource
Art Full Text
1984-current

1 concurrent user maximum
Bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from art periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published throughout the world.
 
ARTstor
Dates vary

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The ARTstor Digital Library Charter Collection is: A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data The tools to actively use those images and A restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content users.
Recommended resource
Covers current trends in design and the applied arts worldwide. Includes two additional directories: Education and Periodicals.
Recommended resource
Film Literature Index
1976-2001

Open Access
Indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television.
 
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide.
 
Film, Television, Media Reference, with Agents & Managers and Producers directories.
 
A comprehensive resource for entertainment and media law news, analysis, deals and filings including non-traditional entertainment industries, from sports to fashion to new media.
Recommended resource
IIPA Full Text provides indexing, abstracts and selected full text from sources including dance, film, drama, television, the arts and entertainment industry, stagecraft, magic, musical theatre and performace art.
 
thousands of videos (65,000 as of March 2008) were contributed by Archive users and community members. These videos are available for free download. The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Recommended resource
Variety.com
Dates vary
Offers the full text of every current article in Daily Variety and Variety, as well as research tools like a searchable credits database, a global showbiz events calendar, interactive box office charts, classifieds, video clips, extended event photo coverage and more.

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