Popular Databases
Available to current students, faculty and staff.
FAQs for accessing Collin databases
Oxford Art Online (Includes Grove Art Online)
Full-text
Current information
Reference book articles, Images, Web site links
Use for: Art, Humanities
ARTstor
Images of artwork, historical artifacts and
photographs with short descriptions
Use especially for Art, Humanities, Photography.
Useful for all subjects
Art Full-Text
Includes Full-text
Mid 1990s – Present
Academic and peer reviewed journals,
magazines
Use for: Art, Humanities, Music, Film, Theater,
Photography
JSTOR
Includes Full-text
Dates covered: 1600s up to 3-5 years ago.
All issues of included journals.
Scholarly and peer reviewed journals
Use for: All topics, especially scholarly and
historical information about any topic
Academic Search Complete 
Includes Full-text
Links to cited references
1865-present, many full-text.
Academic and peer reviewed journals,
magazines
Use for: General information on a wide variety
of subjects
Project Muse
Includes Full-text
Mid 1990s-present
Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals
Use for: In-depth information. Arts, English,
Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics
Oxford Music Online
(Includes Grove Music Online)
Includes Full-text
Updated regularly
Reference book articles, Images, Music clips
Use for: Music, Humanities
Classical Music Library
Musical works
Streaming music with background information
and images
Use for: Music, Humanities, History
Smithsonian Global Sound
Musical works from around the world
Streaming music with liner notes and cover art
Use for: Music, Humanities, History
Biography Reference Bank
Includes Full-text
Coverage: Current and historical information
Reference book articles, magazine articles,
images
Use for: Biographical information on notable
people past and present
History Study Center Online
Includes Full-text
Coverage - over six thousand years of
world history, from the rise of early
Mesopotamian civilizations to the fall of
Saddam Hussein.
Book articles, magazine articles, maps,
pictures, primary documents, video clips,
web sites
Use for: History, Government, Humanities,
Sociology
Additional Humanities-related databases
Find a Specific Journal Title
See if a particular journal, magazine
or newspaper is available
Finding Books and Video
Find Humanities books and videos in the library catalog.
Electronic books can be found in the
library catalog or on the library's eBooks page.
Try the eBook Arts and Humanities Through the Eras for Humanities topics!
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