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Subject Research Guide -- School of Arts & Science, Fine and Performing Arts Department
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This Research Guide is designed to aid students in using Iona College Library resources to complete projects and assignments for the Fine & Performing Arts and includes important reference works, articles in databases, and journals.
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Key Subject Journals
Gale eBooks
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Gale eBooksGale eBooks includes encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources across subjects in the arts.
Databases
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Academic Search EliteArticles from journals, magazines and other resources covering multidisciplinary topics.
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Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)Articles, reviews, etc. from magazines and journals to support research in drama, music, art history, and film making.
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JSTORScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year.
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Music and Performing Arts in VideoCombines audio and video resources from a variety of time periods, from hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an environment for the teaching of music and the performing arts.
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Naxos Music LibraryOnline access to 85,000+ streaming recordings of classical, jazz, folk and world music.
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The New York Times Academic PassThe Academic Pass provides access to NYTimes.com, NYTimes.com smartphone and tablet apps, and NYTimes In Education.
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ProQuest CentralArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
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Arts & Humanities DatabaseArticles from journals and selected trade titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies and reflecting interdisciplinary study in the arts and humanities.
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Drama OnlineBBC film adaptations of plays, stage productions of The Duchess of Malfi, Doctor Faustus, The School for Scandal, and Volpone and Shakespeare's Globe on Screen; and Royal Shakespeare Company Live Collection. Also contains monologues and plays.
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Academic Search EliteArticles from journals, magazines and other resources covering multidisciplinary topics.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)Ebooks, pamphlets, essays, broadsides published in the UK during the 18th century.
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Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)Articles, reviews, etc. from magazines and journals to support research in drama, music, art history, and film making.
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JSTORScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year.
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Music and Performing Arts in VideoCombines audio and video resources from a variety of time periods, from hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an environment for the teaching of music and the performing arts.
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The New York Times Academic PassThe Academic Pass provides access to NYTimes.com, NYTimes.com smartphone and tablet apps, and NYTimes In Education.
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ProQuest CentralArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
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Academic Search EliteArticles from journals, magazines and other resources covering multidisciplinary topics.
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Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)Articles, reviews, etc. from magazines and journals to support research in drama, music, art history, and film making.
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JSTORScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year.
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Music and Performing Arts in VideoCombines audio and video resources from a variety of time periods, from hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an environment for the teaching of music and the performing arts.
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The New York Times Academic PassThe Academic Pass provides access to NYTimes.com, NYTimes.com smartphone and tablet apps, and NYTimes In Education.
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ProQuest CentralArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
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Academic Search EliteArticles from journals, magazines and other resources covering multidisciplinary topics.
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Art and Architecture in VideoVideos of biographies and profiles of contemporary artists and architects, interviews, surveys of art history, aesthetics, theory, and criticism.
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Skillport (Books 24x7)Ebooks and streaming video from three collections: ITPro, covering IT, technical and software-related ebooks; BusinessPro, covering business skills, management and strategy; and EngineeringPro, covering engineering, science and technology.
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JSTORScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year.
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ProQuest CentralArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
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Academic Search EliteArticles from journals, magazines and other resources covering multidisciplinary topics.
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Art and Architecture in VideoVideos of biographies and profiles of contemporary artists and architects, interviews, surveys of art history, aesthetics, theory, and criticism.
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Arts & Humanities DatabaseArticles from journals and selected trade titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies and reflecting interdisciplinary study in the arts and humanities.
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Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)Articles, reviews, etc. from magazines and journals to support research in drama, music, art history, and film making.
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JSTORScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year.
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The New York Times Academic PassThe Academic Pass provides access to NYTimes.com, NYTimes.com smartphone and tablet apps, and NYTimes In Education.
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ProQuest CentralArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
Where Are the Library Books on the Arts?
Books on the Fine and Performing Arts are found in Dewey Decimal Number sections:
- 700-709: The Arts - Philosophy and Theory
- 710-719: Civic & Landscape Art
- 720-729: Architecture
- 730-739: Sculpture
- 740-749: Drawing & Decorative Arts
- 750-759: Painting & Paintings
- 760-769: Printmaking & Prints
- 770-779: Photography
- 780-789: Music
- 791-792: Film & Television
- 793-794: Dance
- 800-819: Drama
- 900-999: History (Divided by parts of the world)
The 700's (books on art) are found in Ryan Library, 3rd Floor, West Wing.
The 800's (literature and humanities) are found in the Ryan Library, 2nd Floor, East Wing
The 900's (books on history, including art history) are found in Ryan Library, 2nd Floor, West Wing.