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Arts & Humanities Databases

Art & Architecture Source (EBSCO)
Scholarly articles from international peer-reviewed journals, discussing art and architecture across eras, regions, and artists. Funded by statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.

Please consult the "Home" Tab for log-in information.For a full list of art related databases consult the Arts & Humanities Databases in the Subject bar in Databases A-Z.

Humanities Source (EBSCO)
Scholarly sources relating to the humanities, such as culture, language, art, music, theatre, literature, philosophy, and more. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
Philosophy Now
Philosophy Now is a magazine for everyone interested in ideas. Funding source: HCC
JSTOR
Back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
Grove Art Online (Oxford University Press)
Online access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (34 volumes, covering all aspects of the visual arts of every civilization from prehistory to the 1990s), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Funding source: FLVC group license.
Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press)
The gateway to Grove Music Online, with access to search The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music. Funding source: FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.
History Reference Center (EBSCO)
Magazine articles, e-books, primary source documents, biographies, photos, maps, historical film and video, and more, covering U.S. and World history. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
New York Times - Current (Gale)
Search NYTimes for contemporary art coverage. Also try NYTimes Historical back to the mid-1800s.
New York Times - Historical (ProQuest)
Articles from The New York Times dating from 1851 to 2019. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
Sage Journals
A collection of many SAGE journals in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, technology, medicine, and more. Funding source: Statewide allocation.
Search tips
From the homepage, try or more of the following methods
:
1. Use the search bar for a title, keyword, author, or subject.
2. Or, use the link, Browse Journals by Discipline, narrowing down the discipline and subject for a list of journals.
3. Or, click Explore Discipline Hubs
  to find a specific discipline and all materials that fall under it.
Discipline pages include Search Within Discipline Journals; sub-topic journals;open access journals; books, videos, and podcasts; and more.

Online Article Databases

Please consult the "Home" Tab for log-in information.

This is a list of General databases for researching periodical articles (from magazines/journals/newspapers). Depending on your topic you may want to consult the Database Finder.

Academic OneFile (Gale)
Full-text journal articles, many peer-reviewed, and reference content, discussing sciences, technology, health sciences, social sciences, arts, humanities, and more. Funded by State Library of Florida. Here is a tutorial.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
JSTOR
Back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
Health and Wellness (Gale)

Arts & Humanities Image, Video, & Media Databases

Please consult the "Home" Tab for log-in information.

This is a list of databases for researching images of art and art collections. For a full list of art related databases consult the Database Finder.

Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press)
Academic videos on wide range of subjects—sciences, arts and humanities, business, social sciences, and more. Funded by FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.
Dance Online: Dance in Video (Alexander Street Press)
Streaming videos of dance productions and documentaries, featuring ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance. Funded by HCC. Here is a tutorial.
Films on Demand (Infobase Publishing)
Music Online: Listening (Alexander Street Press)
Audio and video that spans all time periods, many musical genres, and hundreds of thousands of artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles. Funding source: FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.
Music Online: Reference (Alexander Street Press)
Search tips
1. Search for a keyword, composer, performer, etc. in the search box on the
  homepage. Or use the menus below the search bar to browse collections, genres, and
  content types.
2. Within each tab is a link to browse the full category list.
3. Once you’ve narrowed down your search, click on the item to open it.
A video detailing how to search the database is available at the bottom of the homepage.
Theatre in Video (Alexander Street Press)
Near DVD quality online access to theatrical productions. Can be useful for both theatre and drama, and English literature study. Funding source: HCC. Video Tutorials are on this page.

Literary Criticism Databases

These library databases will lead you to critical and overview articles about novels, short stories, plays, poems, and other works of literature; literary topics; author information; full text of many works; and more. Click a link below and log in.

Literature (Gale)
Detailed information about authors' lives and works, full-text critical essays and reviews, overviews of frequently studied works, and full-text articles, critical essays and reviews from scholarly journals and literary magazines.
- In Name of Work, type the title of the story, poem, etc.
- In Person By or About, type the last name of the author.
- *Optional* - You may type a keyword to further specify a theme or topic you are exploring.
Click Search.
First items will be literary criticism articles arranged by relevance.
You can click to View All.
Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
Detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.
- In the first search box type the title of the literary work inside quotation marks, followed by the author's last name. Example: "The Story of an Hour" Chopin.
- Check the "Full text" box.
- Under "Document Type" select "Literary Criticism."
- Click "Search."
Bloom's Literature (Infobase Publishing)
Salem Online (Salem Press)
LitFinder (Gale)
Full text of thousands of poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays. Funding source: State Library of Florida. Here is a tutorial.
JSTOR
Back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
Gale Literature Criticism
Provides full-text literature criticism from Drama, Short Story, Poetry, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. Funding source: HCC perpetual license

Arts & Humanities Resources (Ybor City): Arts & Humanities Databases

Arts & Humanities Databases

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Online Article Databases

Arts & Humanities Image, Video, & Media Databases

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Literary Criticism Databases