LibGuides: Art & Design: Databases

Metro Library Resources

The UCO Chambers Library cannot provide every resource available. Lucky for you, the Metropolitan Library System will issue you a library card! Register for an account online, or register in person at one of the many branches.

Linkedin Learning
Linkedin Learning formerly lynda.com contains thousands of self-paced online courses that you can use to learn more about business, CAD, design, education, hardware and software, technology, video, web design and much more. NOTE: To sign in to lynda.com, use your last name as your Library Card PIN.

Other useful databases

Humanities International Complete
Scholarly articles, books and other published sources in the humanities disciplines. Hosted by EBSCO.
Underground and Independent Comics
Collects thousands of comics—many extremely rare and hard to find. Volume I covers major works from north America and Europe, beginning with the first underground comix from the 1950s and continuing through to modern sequential artists. The second volume expands on the debut database by offering an additional 100,000 pages of important, rare, and hard-to-find works, scholarly writings, and more. It adds extensive coverage of the pre-Comics Code era of horror, crime, romance, and war comics that fueled the backlash leading to the advent of the Comics Code.
Project Muse
Multidisciplinary database with special emphasis on social science and the liberal arts.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
Journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on theatre and performance worldwide.
Historical Abstracts
Resource covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including military history, women's history, history of education . ONLY 6 Concurrent Users.

Newspaper Databases

News and Newspapers
A list of available historical newspapers available through ProQuest: Canadian Newsstream, International Newsstream, U.S. Newsstream, GenderWatch, Global Breaking Newswires, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, The Observer, The New York Times, The Scotsman, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
NewsBank
Find global information on topics related to business and economics, careers, criminal justice, education, environmental studies, health, international studies, performing and fine arts, political science, science, social issues, sports, STEM, technology and more from a variety of news media featuring newspapers, videos and web-only content including The Oklahoman, USA Today, international sources and more.
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles, and more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. Hosted by EBSCO.