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Cornish College of the Arts

Databases

Some of these databases are licensed to the Cornish College Library and access is restricted to Cornish students, faculty and staff. If you are connecting from off campus you will need to use your Cornish ID number to login.

Contents:

1. ProQuest - periodical and newspaper articles
2. ARTstor -
digital images
3. OCLC FirstSearch databases
- periodical and newspaper articles

4. Seattle Public library databases
5. King County Library System databases


1. ProQuest

ProQuest

Covers all topics. Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles (some with images) from over 8,000 journals, periodicals and newspapers.

Coverage: 1984 to present.
Citations: Yes
Abstracts: Yes
Full-text articles: Yes
Updated monthly.
Titles Indexed

ProQuest is provided jointly by the Washington State Library and Cornish Library, and is funded in part with federal LSTA funds (Library Services and Technology Act).

2. ARTstor

ARTstor

ARTstor is a digital library of art images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship.

ARTstor contains approximately 400,000 images of Art, Design, Architecture and Archeology, Dance, Music and Theater from a wide range of cultures and time periods, with initial strengths in European, American and Asian cultures. New images are being added constantly.

Coverage: Neolithic to present.
Updated frequently.

3. OCLC FirstSearch Databases

Art Abstracts

via FirstSearch

Indexes over 500 leading art publications from around the world.

Subjects include:: visual arts, painting, sculpture, art history, archaeology, photography, folk art, textiles, graphic art, industrial design, interior design, architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, museology, computer graphics, crafts, film television, and video.

Coverage: 1984 to present (abstracts since 1994)
Citations: Yes
Abstracts: Yes, since 1994.
Full-text articles: Some
Updated daily.
Titles Indexed

Arts and Humanities Search

via FirstSearch

Indexes over 1.300 journals covering arts and humanities and related social science and science information.

Coverage: 1980 to present
Citations: Yes
Abstracts: Some
Full-text articles: Some
Updated daily.
Titles Indexed

Article First

via FirstSearch

Indexes over 12,000 journals covering business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture.

Coverage: 1990 to present
Citations: Yes
Abstracts: Some
Full-text articles: Some
Updated daily.
Titles Indexed

ERIC

via FirstSearch

ERIC is the largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.

Contains annotated references to nonjournal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).

Coverage: 1966 to present
Citations: Yes
Abstracts: Some
Full-text articles: Some
Updated monthly.

Medline

via FirstSearch

Indexes nearly 4,500 medical journals and additional life science journals. Covers clinical medicine, nutrition, pathology, education, psychiatry, experimental medicine, toxicology, health services administration, nursing, dentistry,veterinary medicine

How is this useful?
-- Occupational safety issues for visual & performing artists.
-- Health and injury information for singers, musicians, dancers, actors.
-- Art therapy
-- Dance therapy
-- Drama therapy
-- Music therapy
-- Any health related topic

Coverage: 1965 to present.
Citations: Yes
Abstracts: Some
Full-text articles: A few.
Updated daily.
Titles indexed

Wilson Select Full Text Plus

via FirstSearch

Covers over 14,000 US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. This database focuses on full-text articles indexed other FirstSearch databases. Subject coverage is mostly

Coverage: 1994 to present
Citations: Yes
Abstracts: Yes
Full-text articles: Yes
Updated weekly.
Titles indexed

WorldCat
The OCLC Union Catalog

via FirstSearch

Lists books and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Contains all the books and other materials cataloged by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries and lists the libraries that own them. Includes records representing 400 languages.

How is this useful?
-Verify publication information about a specific title.
-Find local libraries that own a particular book with one search.

Coverage: 1000 BC to present
Citations: Yes
Abstracts: No
Full-text articles: No
Updated daily.

4. Seattle Public Library (SPL) Databases

Log-in with your public library card number to use most of these databases online, however some may be restricted to in-person use at a library branch.

HOW DO I GET A CARD?
Click here for online application.
-- Seattle residents are eligible.
-- Apply online, but pick up card at library branch.

Connect to ALL
SPL Databases

Many more databases here...

DATABASES OF SPECIAL NOTE:

 

4. King County Library System (KCLS) Databases

Log-in with your public library card number to use most of these databases online, however some may be restricted to in-person use at a library branch.

HOW DO I GET A CARD?
Click here for online application.
-- Seattle and King Co. residents are eligible.
-- They can mail your card to you. You do not need to visit a branch to pick it up..

Connect to ALL
KCLS Databases

Many more databases here...

DATABASES OF SPECIAL NOTE: