Research Guides: Art and Art History: Full Text Databases

General Full Text Databases

These databases cover a wide range of topics and are often a good place to start your research.

Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline.
Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Center's resources are divided into topics which contain numerous full text pieces further categorized by the nature of their material: viewpoints (essays), reference, statistics, magazines and newspapers, images, primary documents, and web sites.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
"The scholarly journal archive". One of WSU's most popular full text databases for research in the humanities and social sciences. Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Access to full text scholarly journals. (Availability varies by journal, but generally from 1996 onward). A searchable database that provides access to the full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses.
African American Experience This link opens in a new window
An online collection on African American life, The African American Experience is an electronic research tool for African American history and culture. The two primary goals: to provide rock-solid information from authorities in the field, and to allow African Americans to speak for themselves through a wealth of primary sources. Designed under the guidance of leading librarians, this database gives voice to the black experience from its African origins to the present day.

Artstor This link opens in a new window
Artstor provides faculty and students with a complete image resource in a wide array of subjects with the breadth and depth to add context beyond the confines of your discipline.
WGSN This link opens in a new window
WGSN is an online news, information and fashion images database for the fashion and style industries including fashion forecasting, design, company profiles and news items on e-commerce, finance, advertising and marketing.

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