Research Guides: Template Guide: Arts Databases

Music Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Music.

Classical Music in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains streaming video of performances by leading orchestras, chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with master classes and interviews with teachers from around the world. Approximately 1,500 available performances totaling 1,000 hours available. Includes musical historical figures.
Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
Includes tracks of classical music recordings for listening, browsing and searching, benchmarked against the Music Library’s Association’s listing of essential sound recordings. Includes program notes, composer biographies, and images cross-referenced to the recordings. Recommended playlists are presented by themes and categories. Access is limited to 3 users at a time. Content spans: Medieval - Current.
Classical Scores Library This link opens in a new window
Provides a reliable and authoritative source for scores of the classical canon, as well as a resource for the discovery of lesser-known contemporary works. The collections encompass all major classical musical genres and time periods from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. With full, study, piano, and vocal scores, this comprehensive collection will enhance the study of music history, performance, composition and theory for a variety of scholars.
Index to Printed Music This link opens in a new window
The Index to Printed Music (IPM) is an online resource for finding individual pieces of music printed in standard scholarly editions. IPM records with detailed indexing include, but are not limited to composers, poets, librettists, performing forces (medium), formats, and genres. A separate collection authority link makes it possible to search for titles of music collections, as well as individual compositions. Access is limited to 1 user at a time.
Music Periodicals Database (formerly IIMP) This link opens in a new window
Provides blend of abstracts, indexing and full-text articles. Content covers a broad range of music subject areas from both scholarly and popular music periodicals. Topics include: classical music and opera, jazz and blues, rock, soul and hip-hop, folk music, music business, sound recording, Ethnomusicology, music education, music therapy and instruments. Content spans 1874 - present, mostly from 1996 onwards.
Jazz Music Library This link opens in a new window
Jazz Music Library is a large, comprehensive collection of streaming jazz available online. Includes thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres.
Music Index This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing to music periodicals. Topics include music, musicians, and the music industry. Content spans 1970 - Present.
Music Online This link opens in a new window
A collection of classical , jazz, and opera recordings, videos and scores.
Music-in-Print Series Online (e-Music Quest) This link opens in a new window
Provides citations for music in print in the areas of sacred and secular, classical vocal, organ, orchestral, string, classical guitar, woodwinds, piano, band, brass, percussion, recorder, handbells, chamber, popular, and jazz. Content spans 1975 - Present.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Provides online streaming access to hundreds of thousands of tracks. Offers the world’s largest classical music listening service, as well as jazz, folk, gospel, pop, rock, and spoken word.
On the Boards This link opens in a new window
Provides full-length, HD-quality contemporary performance films available for streaming, download or mobile viewing, presenting a snapshot of the best new works by current leaders in dance, theater and music.
Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon.
Oxford Bibliographies - Music This link opens in a new window
This resource combines the best features of a high-level encyclopedia. Articles written and reviewed by top scholars in the field.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Part of Oxford Music Online, which also contains the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music. Selected articles from New Grove Dictionary of American Music.
Arts & Humanities (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
A collection of full-text scholarly articles from across the humanities. Topics include: art and design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theater, and cultural studies. Designed to complement DAAI, MLA International Bibliography, Philosopher’s Index, and RILM Abstracts. Content spans 1973 – Present.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive international music bibliography featuring citations, abstracts, indexes and links to full-text. Includes indexes for traditional, popular, and classical music. Covers all document types including articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, electronic resources, reviews, and more. Content spans 1835 – present.
RISM Series A/II: Music Manuscripts after 1600 This link opens in a new window
Annotated index and guide to more than 620,000 music manuscripts by over 22,500 composers in over 800 libraries and archives in 32 countries. Most of RISM is found in print in the music reference section at MusicLib Ref ML113.I6, but A/II is only available online. The RISM project aims to comprehensively document the world’s musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory, and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections. Content spans 1600 – 1800. Access is limited to 1 user at a time.
Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new window
Produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Streaming collection that provides online recordings of the world’s musical and aural traditions. Supports the creation, continuity and preservation of diverse musical forms from around the world.

History Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of History.

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
An index of bibliographic citations to literature on the full history of the United States and Canada. Some citations include links to full-text. Content spans 1964 – Present.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1-5 This link opens in a new window
A collection of newspapers, bulletins, magazines and other serials published from the colonial period through Reconstruction. Historical Periodicals Collection Series 1 (1693-1820), Series 2 (1821-1837), Series 3 (1838-1852), Series 4 (1853-1865), and Series 5 (1866-1877).
American Civil War Research Database This link opens in a new window
A searchable collection of primary source material pertaining to the American Civil War. Includes rosters published by the state Adjutants Generals, the Official Records, pension index records, 1860 census records, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) records, Roll of Honor records, Medal of Honor records, and regimental histories. Information has been compiled from personal items, graveyards, and newspaper reports. Also contains photographs.
American History in Video This link opens in a new window
A searchable collection of documentaries from PBS, WGBH Boston, and The History Channel, as well as newsreel films and footage from the National Archives. Users can select videos by themes such as the American Revolution, the Great Depression, the Space Race, and others. All films include full-text transcripts.
American National Biography This link opens in a new window
An extensive directory of short biographies on significant, influential, and infamous figures from throughout American history. Maintained by the American Council of Learned Societies and published by Oxford University Press. Also includes numerous illustrations.
Archive Finder This link opens in a new window
A current directory which describes over 200,000 collections of primary source material housed in thousands of repositories across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It combines the content of Archives USA and National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the UK and Ireland. For the U.S., records come from the Library of Congress’s National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) and the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States.
Archive of Americana This link opens in a new window
Contains historical collections of books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over three centuries. Collections included: America’s Historical Imprints; America’s Historical Newspapers; American State Papers, 1789-1838; U.S Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994.
ArchiveGrid This link opens in a new window
Describes and provides information about primary source materials, such as historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more, from over 1,000 different archival institutions.
Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Provides access to digital collections of historical documents. Covers a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history.
Avalon Project This link opens in a new window
Provides digitized documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. Content spans: 4000 BCE-21st Century
British Newspapers (1600-1950) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive digital historic newspaper archive. It provides access to historic newspapers, newsbooks, ephemera and national & regional papers from British Isles. This interface searches: 17th-18th Century Charles Burney Collection of Newspapers and 19th century British Library Newspapers.
Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive primary resource for studying the development of Western society and international relations within this important group of islands. Essential for researching colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery and U.S. relations with the region as far back as the early 18th century. Largely in English. Created in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society.
Early American Imprints, Series I-II This link opens in a new window
A collection of material from the Library Company of Philadelphia and the American Antiquarian Society by Charles Evans, ROGER Bristol, Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. Content spans 1639 - 1809
Early American Newspapers, Series I, II, and III This link opens in a new window
From Readex. Page images are formatted to allow for easy viewing, magnification, printing and saving. Years of Coverage: 1690 - 1922
Early Encounters in North America This link opens in a new window
A collection of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters between native inhabitants and explorers from other countries. Topics include encounter, environment and places, flora, fauna, images, author, year, sources and personal or cultural events. Content spans 1492 - 2003
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over 180,000 titles (200,000 volumes) of works published primarily in the United Kingdom during the Eighteenth Century. Titles mainly published in English. Based on the English Short Title Catalogue, includes books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides, etc.
Empire Online This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text primary resources dating from 1492 from the academic publisher Adam Matthew. Includes fully-searchable exploration journals and logs, correspondence, diaries; official government papers; missionary papers; travel writing; slave papers; maps; marketing posters; photographs; and Illustrations, with many in color. Provides thematic essays by leading scholars in the field of Empire Studies.
English Historical Documents This link opens in a new window
Contains an annotated collection of primary source documents on British history. Covers the years 500 to 1914. Sources include treaties, statutes, declarations, government and cabinet proceedings, military dispatches, orders, acts, sermons, newspaper articles, pamphlets, personal and official letters, and diaries.
European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 This link opens in a new window
Based on European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750. Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. Covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.
Everyday Life & Women in America This link opens in a new window
Contains thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. Content spans: c1800-1920
Gale NewsVault This link opens in a new window
A collection of a range of historical newspapers and periodicals. Access currently includes 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers, 19th Century British Library Newspapers Parts 1 and 2, 19th Century U.S. Newspapers, and Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive. Content spans 1600 – 1900.
Gerritsen Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to books, pamphlets and periodicals documenting international women’s history and the feminist movement. Content spans 1543 - 1945
Handbook of Latin American Studies This link opens in a new window
An annotated bibliography on Latin America. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Years of Coverage: 1936 - present.
HarpWeek: The Civil War Era & Reconstruction This link opens in a new window
Provides access to editions of Harper’s Weekly published during the Civil War Era and Reconstruction. Content spans 1857-1877.
HeritageQuest Online This link opens in a new window
Genealogical research tool containing local history books, Federal Census data sets from 1790-1930, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File, and PERSI, the PERiodical Source Index of genealogy and local history periodicals. Content spans: 1700s - Current
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). All abstracts are written in English. Historical Abstracts also includes book reviews from journals in the field and abstracts of dissertations completed worldwide. Content spans: 1960 - Current.
History Vault: Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1975 This link opens in a new window
Covers U.S. involvement in the region from the early days of the Kennedy administration to the final resolution of the war at the Paris Peace Talks and the evacuation of U.S. troops in 1973. Traces the actions and decisions of the U.S. foreign policy apparatus, as well as events on the ground in Vietnam, from the perspective of State Department officials, Associated Press reporters, and members of the U.S. Armed forces, including the Marines and the Military Assistance Command Vietnam. Primary source materials are from the University Publications of America (UPA) Collection.
Iter Bibliography This link opens in a new window
About Iter Bibliography: An online bibliography of secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Essential use to scholars of the Middle Ages and/or the Renaissance. ECU also has access to: Baptisteria Sacra inventory list of baptismal fonts dating from the early Christian period to the 17th century. The Electronic Capito Project: access to the letters from and to Wolfgang Faber Capito (c. 1478-1541).The International Directory of Scholars, and Medici Archive Project: describes documents in the Medici Granducal Archive 1537-1743. Includes Iter Italicum and Milton: a Bibliography. Years of Coverage: 400 - 1700
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An extensive archive of American and international scholarly journals and books in the humanities, sciences, philosophy, and social sciences.  Provides downloadable PDFs. Content spans 1800 – 2 years ago.
Making of the Modern World, Parts I, II and III This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to research into the economic history of Western trade. Content spans 1450 - 1945.
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online This link opens in a new window
Provides documents covering the political, ecclesiastical, social and economic conditions in Britain, Ireland, and Scotland with some coverage of Continental Europe and the American colonies. Content spans 1100 - 1800.
Nineteenth-Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text, searchable, facsimile-images of nineteenth-century U. S. newspapers depicting events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America. Includes major newspapers as well as those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women’s rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other groups and interests. Also includes illustrated papers.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Provides full text access to the personal writings of American women from all classes and walks of life, from colonial times to 1950. Includes published letters and diaries drawn from hundreds of sources, including journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings. Contains biographical information on authors when available.
Arts & Humanities (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
A collection of full-text scholarly articles from across the humanities. Topics include: art and design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theater, and cultural studies. Designed to complement DAAI, MLA International Bibliography, Philosopher’s Index, and RILM Abstracts. Content spans 1973 – Present.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Offers full-text and full-image articles for numerous historical and popular newspapers, such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Pages and articles are available to download in PDF format. Offers researchers valuable primary and first-hand resources. Content spans 1851 – present.
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new window
Provides access to works about the Americas Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. Content spans: 1500-1926.
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database This link opens in a new window
A large collection of materials on individual slaving expeditions in the Trans-Atlantic region between 1527 and 1866. Records provide details about vessels, enslaved peoples and their cultures, slave traders and owners, and trading routes. Includes image gallery.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 This link opens in a new window
A collection of resources on the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. Contains documents, a chronology of Women’s History in the United States, and a dictionary of social movements and organizations.

Philosophy and Religion Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Philosophy and Religion.

Film Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Film.

Art and Architecture Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Art and Architecture.

Interior Design Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Interior Design.

Literary Works Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Literary Works.

Theatre and Dance Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Theatre and Dance.

Foreign Language Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Foreign Languages.

ECU/North Carolina Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of ECU and North Carolina.

Literature Criticism Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Literature Criticism.

Maritime Studies Databases

The following are direct links to all of the subscription databases for ECU Libraries on the subject of Maritime Studies.