Arts & Humanities

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Top Picks

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost)

Multi-disciplinary database featuring journal, magazine and newspaper articles

Humanties Source (EBSCOhost)

Index of journals and other documents on literature, history, and the arts

ATLA Religion (EBSCOhost)

Biblical studies, religion and related topics

Other Relevant Databases

• America: History & Life (EBSCOhost) - Index of books and articles and other resources covering all eras of U.S. and Canadian history
• Art & Architecture Complete (EBSCOhost) - For the fields of art and architecture, a database of full-text journals and books, citations to scholarly journals and trade publications plus thousands of images
• Christian Periodicals Index (EBSCOhost) - Index of evangelical Christian journal and magazine articles
• Communication Source (EBSCOhost) - Scholarly articles, conference papers, trade periodicals, magazines relating to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields
• eBooks (EBSCOhost) - Collection of ebooks on a variety of topics, searchable by title, author, keyword, and full text
• ERIC (EBSCOhost) - Education and education-related resources
• Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) - Scholarly articles and books concerning world history from 1500; limited coverage of U.S. history
• MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) - Index of articles, books, chapters, dissertations and more in the subjects of languages, literatures, linguistics, dramatic arts, film, folklore, rhetoric and writing studies, teaching of language, and history of publishing
• Naxos Music Library - Classical, jazz and other musical recordings
• Salem Literature - Critical articles about authors and works of profound and lasting cultural influence
• WorldCat - Simultaneously searches for books and more in over 9,000 libraries' collections in the U.S. and around the world

Publicly Accessible Databases

In addition to the resources that McCartney Library licenses on behalf of Geneva College students, faculty and staff, there are many sources of information freely available from government agencies or through local, public libraries. 

• DOAB – The Directory of Open Access Books provides the online full text of books it lists, many of them from scholarly, university presses
• DOAJ – The Directory of Open Access Journals lists journals that provide all of their articles online, without charge and provides a search engine for their articles
• EBSCO Essentials – Search and filter results in this database of open access articles, as well as other sources that can be requested from your local public library through interlibrary loan
• OpenDissertations (EBSCOhost) – Provides open access to over 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world 
• European Views of the Americas (EBSCOhost) – free archive of indexed publications and primary sources related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750

In addition, Pennsylvania’s Office of Commonwealth Libraries licenses databases for state residents who obtain an e-card by registering with their name, email, and Pennsylvania zip code.  For Arts & Humanities topics, see particularly Contemporary Authors or Academic OneFile.

Ask a librarian for help selecting a database

• Email: Submit your question through the online form or send an email to ref@mblayst.com
• Phone: Call the library at 724-847-6563
• In person: Visit the library during most open hours to consult with a librarian face to face