FDU LibGuides: Music, Theater Arts, and Screenwriting: Databases

Overview

In this section, you will find recommended subscription databases for conducting online research in Music, Theater Arts, and Screenwriting, as well as biographical resources.

Since these are interdisciplinary areas, you may find it useful to explore other research guides for additional resources. You will access all of these subscription databases through the library's A-Z databases.

Library Databases

The following databases are most likely to contain information on subjects pertaining to Music, Theater Arts, and Screenwriting.

Fine Arts Collection
Academic journal articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Literature Resource Center
Literary criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, periodical articles, compare and contrast pages, full-text authors' works, and reading lists.
MLA International Bibliography
Scholarly research pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, from 1963 to the present. Including relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats.
Pop Culture Collection
Scholarly journal articles that analyze and contribute to popular culture.

Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
Reference material on architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts.
Oxford Music Online
A reference resource for all aspects of music, including biography and interpretation.

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Literary Reference Center
Plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, book reviews, literary journals, classic and contemporary poems and short stories, classic texts, and several major literary reference works.
Popular Culture Universe
Reference material related to current and historical popular culture.
Magill's Literary Annual
200 major examples of serious literature published during the previous calendar year. Backfiles available dating from 1977 to the present, and includes cumulative author and title indices.

Other Useful Databases

While not subject specific, these databases may be useful for finding additional resources.

Off Campus Access

Remote (off campus) access to the FDU databases is available only to FDU students, faculty, and staff.

To access a database from off campus, select it from the library's A-Z Databases List. You will be prompted for your FDU NET ID and password. Upon verification you will be given access to the database.