Whether researching an aspect of today's popular culture in the U.S. or kinship in the Balkans, start your search in the database ProQuest Research Library. It covers publications ranging from popular titles like:
to academic/scholarly titles like:
Publication Dates Covered: 1971 - present Paid for by K-State Libraries
This is a good starting point for finding journal articles on almost any topic. Over 150 academic subject areas are covered, and most articles are full-text. Searches can be limited to scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.
Gain insight by understanding the culture and identities encountered in a cultural object.
Need more information? Search in Search It for terms that identify a culture or identity and the term encyclopedia or dictionary.
For example:
Too many hits? Click on the K-State Libraries only tab and the majority of your results will be books or films owned by K-State, including print and ebooks.
These databases explore cultures and identities. All include academic materials, but you may find popular or community publications, too.
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Provides a combined search for Ethnic NewsWatch and Ethnic NewsWatch History which feature newspapers, magazines, and journals from ethnic and minority presses; GenderWatch which features historical and current perspectives of gender roles; and Alt-PressWatch which showcases some of the nation’s most respected and cited grassroots publications. Searches can be narrowed to peer-reviewed publications.
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Includes more than 300 full-text journals, pertaining to topics such as world religions, biblical studies, language, and philosophy.
These databases provide primarily academic resources discussing how cultures express themselves.
Publication Dates Covered: Indexing 1982 - present; abstracts 1994 - present; select full text 1997 - present Paid for by the State Library of Kansas
Addresses “art” in the broadest sense including topics relevant to archaeology, architecture, art history, ceramics, fashion design, graphic arts, interior design, landscape architecture, metalsmithing, photography, sculpture, textiles and more. Includes content from international arts journals, periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.
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Formerly Grove Art Online, this is the definitive encyclopedia for the arts and design. This portal to Oxford art reference products includes cross-referenced articles and links to art images in galleries and museums. Articles are scholarly and include bibliographic references. This database contains Grove Art Online (the entire text of The Dictionary of Art), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and is continually updated.
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A comprehensive guide to the journal literature on performing arts–drama, theater, dance, film, television, and more–from both scholarly and popular publications. Multidisciplinary fields include film, drama, dance, stagecraft, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, and more.
Publication Dates Covered: 1967 - present Paid for by K-State Libraries
A comprehensive bibliography of writings about music featuring citations, abstracts and indexes. It covers nearly one and a half million publications from the early 19th century to the present on traditional music, popular music, jazz, classical music, and related subjects, enhanced with the full text of over 260 periodicals. New titles are being added annually.
Search these sources for articles, books, and chapters that provide context on historical events and people.
America: History and Life covers U.S. and Canadian history. It features an Advanced Search feature that will let you limit your search to a time frame in history.
Project Muse, JSTOR, and ACLS Humanities Ebooks also include extensive historical academic sources.
Publication Dates Covered: 1964 - present Simultaneous users: 6 Paid for by K-State Libraries
Indexes and abstracts for approximately 1,800 journals in the field of United States and Canadian history. Full-text coverage for more than 280 journals and more than 80 books. Contains citations and links to book and media reviews. Can search by time period.
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A full-text collection of journals ranging from history to business to literature to science and mathematics. Coverage begins with the first issue of a title, but the most recent three to five years of each title are usually not available. The full article text is searchable. Images are available for searching as well.
Many archives and museums digitize items in their collections to make them more widely available online. Their websites will may include digital archives or digital collections.
Primary source materials are often collected and made accessible by cultural institutions. Consider the country, social group, and activity that is the focus of your research. Look for related museums, libraries, and clubs/associations that may have digitized materials from their collections.
K-State Libraries subscribe to a number of primary source databases. These include:
Publication Dates Covered: 1851-2021 Paid for by K-State Libraries
Digitized version of The New York Times since its first issue in 1851. Search the full text of articles to find articles on a wide variety of topics. Full name of the database is ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index.
Publication Dates Covered: 1473-1700 Paid for by K-State Libraries
Contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere between 1473 and 1700. Exhaustive resource on the first books in English from the ages of Spenser, Shakespeare, and the English Civil War.
Publication Dates Covered: 1701-1800 Paid for by K-State Libraries
Includes eighteenth century collections on history and geography, social sciences, religion and philosophy, fine arts, literature and language, law, medicine, science, and technology. Users can view digital page images; full-text searchable.
Publication Dates Covered: 1800-1900, with some exceptions Paid for by K-State Libraries
Collection of primary materials from the 19th century on all kinds of topics. Fully searchable documents, books, images, maps, and other types of materials. Societies from around the world are profiled, as well as issues such as women’s rights, science, technology, politics, and business.
Publication Dates Covered: 1890-1982 Paid for by K-State Libraries
Indexes popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 through 1982. Includes citations for more than 3 million articles from 375 magazines.
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Expansive online library containing all music in the Naxos recording label's library in streaming format. It is continually updated with new music as it is released on the Naxos label.
Simultaneous users: 5 Paid for by K-State Libraries
Naxos Music Library World features contains streaming audio of thousands of recordings of music from around the world. The entire Smithsonian Folkways catalog is included.
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Online edition of one of the most authoritative sources for the English language. More manageable than the print edition and updated quarterly.
Whether researching an author or a historical figure who appears in a work, these academic and scholarly biographies include references to additional sources of information.
Simultaneous users: 6. Paid for by K-State Libraries
Over 60,000 biographies of men and women who have impacted British history and culture worldwide from the Romans to the 21st Century. Includes over 11,000 portraits.