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Search EverythingThe library's most powerful search lets you search a majority of all available search tools at once.
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Gale Power Search This link opens in a new windowA great choice for beginning college researchers, this search tool is easy to use and searches all of the Gale tools at once.
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ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowThis user-friendly and powerful tool searches all ProQuest content at once, good scholarly sources that "Search Everything" might miss.
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IPA Source This link opens in a new windowA collection of literal translations and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions.
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary database containing full-text and scholarly journal articles.
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JSTOR Arts & Sciences I & V This link opens in a new windowFeatures academic journals, books, and primary sources in art and art history, classical studies, history, language and literature, music, philosophy, and political science.
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Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
Use this to: access a wide range of scholarly journals covering arts and humanities disciplines.
Find: scholarly journal articles, books, magazines, and professional and industry-specific magazines and journals covering art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre, and cultural studies.
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Use this to: explore scholarly articles and resources on fine, decorative, and commercial art.
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Research Library: The Arts This link opens in a new window
Use this to: explore scholarly and professional publications focused on the visual and performing arts.
Find: articles from arts journals, magazines, and professional publications, and major industry profiles covering topics in art, music, theater, film, architecture, and design.
Great for: researching artists, movements, or performances; finding inspiration for creative projects; and supporting assignments in fine arts, music, dance, theater, and graphic design.
History
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U.S. History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new windowA complete overview of our nation's past. Can be searched simultaneously with World History.
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World History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new windowAn overview of world history. Can be searched simultaneously with U.S. History.
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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
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Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowA broad, multidisciplinary, full-text database of journals and books including subjects in the arts and humanities.
Biographies
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Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new windowBiographical information about historically significant figures to present-day news makers.
Music Websites
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The National JukeboxThe Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge.
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The Library of Congress Digital Collections: Performing ArtsDigital resources related to the performing arts are available from the Library of Congress.
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International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)IMSLP is one of the largest collections of online recordings and scores.
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Early Music Instrument DatabaseCase Western Reserve University provides a database on medieval, renaissance, and baroque music instruments.
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Ozark Folksong CollectionThe Ozark Folksong Collection, originally recorded and compiled between 1949 and 1965, is the largest and most complete collection of traditional music and associated materials from Arkansas and the Ozarks in the nation.
Browse Music History Resources
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Print Books and DVDsBrowse a list of books and DVDs about music history available in the library.
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Online eBooks and ArticlesBrowse a list of eBooks and articles about music history available online.
Finding Journals by Title
The Journals A-to-Z tool tells you whether the NWACC Library currently has full-text access to a particular journal, magazine, or newspaper.
Simply search for the publication's title (Time, National Geographic, etc.) in the main search field. Search results will include links to databases that contain full-text articles.
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