Research Databases: A to Z List
Cornish Databases - A to Z
For use by Cornish Students, Faculty and Staff.
When connecting from off campus, you will need to use your Compass user name and password.
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A&AePortal This link opens in a new windowAn authoritative eBook resource that features important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design.
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Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles on art, design, architecture, film, video, costume design and more. See list of journal titles.
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Britannica Online Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia Britannica plus additional research tools.
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Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new windowNews, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. You can also receive email updates and newsletters with an account with The Chronicle.
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Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new windowPlease note that you need to be logged in to your Cornish Google Account to enable access to this resource.
Digital Theatre+ provides powerful ways to connect with dramatic texts, poetry and performance.
Access work from the Royal Shakespeare Company, the BBC, Frantic Assembly, BroadwayHD, the Lincoln Center Theater, the Old Vic, the Lyric Hammersmith, the Young Vic, the Stratford Festival, Complicité, Shakespeare's Globe, Gecko Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse, L.A. Theatre Works, the Liverpool Everyman, the Royal Opera House, the Almeida Theatre, the English Touring Theatre, the English National Ballet, and many more. -
Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new windowFull text, open access scientific and scholarly journals, covering many subjects and many languages. Browse journal titles here.
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Ebsco Ebook Collection This link opens in a new windowElectronic books collection. Over twice the size of the library's print collection and provides broader subject coverage for non-arts topics. Read books online with a user-friendly interface that requires no downloading or download books to desktop, laptop, or mobile device. Link to detailed tutorials.
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ERIC Institute of Education Sciences This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles and citations from education research publications. Information for educators and researchers. See tutorial here.
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Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new windowFull text articles on cinematography, film & television theory, preservation & restoration, production, reviews, technical aspects, screenwriting. See list of journal titles.
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Gale - Select Databases This link opens in a new windowA wide variety of resources on several topics. Full-text articles and more.
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Interaction of Color This link opens in a new windowThe Interaction of Color Complete Digital Edition website is packed with elegant and innovative features that help you to explore the book’s ideas and experiment with color the way Albers intended.
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International Bibliography of Theater and Dance This link opens in a new windowSelect "Unlocked" on left side filter to access articles. Full text articles on drama, theatre, dance, choreography, modern dance, ballet, opera, puppetry, performance production, scenic design, lighting & sound design, costume, cinema, and film.
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JSTOR (Arts & Sciences III) This link opens in a new windowArticles and images from academic journals on music, dance, theater, film studies, art and design, as well as religion. Artstor's content, key resources, and functionality are now on JSTOR. Interdisciplinary titles include folklore, feminist & women's studies, language, literature and other topics. Additional search instructions here.
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Kanopy Films This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the KBASE selection of films available via Kanopy
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NAXOS Music Library : Classical This link opens in a new windowStreaming audio. Covers early music to contemporary classical music. ALSO covers World Music and some other genres such as Folk, Gospel, and Musical Theater. See tutorial on using Naxos phone apps.
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NAXOS Music Library : Jazz/Blues This link opens in a new windowStreaming audio. Mainly contemporary jazz, jazz, blues; with some pop and rock. See tutorial on using Naxos phone apps.
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NAXOS Video Library This link opens in a new windowStreaming video. Classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries.
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New Play Exchange This link opens in a new windowA, "digital library of scripts by living writers." The site is a platform for submitting new plays, recommending plays, and connecting with other playwrights. Our Cornish subscription allows us to search and read plays on the site. It does not include the other services offered for individual subscriptions, such as play submission and recommendations. You do not have to register or login to access plays.
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NewsBank: Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new windowFind global information on topics related to business, economics, education, government, health, international studies, politics, science, social issues, sports, STEM and more from a variety of news media featuring newspapers, videos and web-only content.
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NewsBank: The Seattle Times Collection This link opens in a new windowSearch more than 30 years of Seattle area history with The Seattle Times Integrated Collection. With coverage from 1985 – current, the Collection contains full-color newspaper pages, individual full-text articles and content only published online.
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NewsBank: Washington State News This link opens in a new windowExplore and research topics across Washington State. This resource contains news sources from across the state including: the Bellingham Herald, Chinook Observer, Chronicle, Columbian, Daily Herald, Daily News, Daily Record, Daily World, Kitsap Sun, News Tribune, The Olympian, Seattle Times, Spokesman-Review, Tri-City Herald, Yakima Herald-Republic and more.
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OntheBoards.tv This link opens in a new windowStreaming video of contemporary dance, theater, music, performance art, and more.
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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes The Grove Dictionary of Art plus The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics 2nd ed., and The Oxford Companion to Western Art.
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Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes The Grove Dictionary of Music plus Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
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Pronunciator This link opens in a new windowLanguage learning software. Study up to 80 languages and choose from 50 languages in which to study them. You will need to register a personal login to track your progress.
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ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowDue to a change from the WA State Library system, Cornish no longer subscribes to Proquest; we now have Gale Cengage. There are 3 free databases in Proquest we still have access to:
1. Publicly Available Content Database: Designed to complement other databases and collections, this database brings together or links to full text for publicly available content from a number of different sources from around the world.
2. Coronavirus Research Database:A free health and medical research database for openly available content related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
3. PTSDpubs (1871 - current): Literature related to traumatic stress - journal articles -
Studies in Musical Theatre This link opens in a new windowJournal. Provides a forum to debate a wide range of texts that articulate the musical together with the theatrical. This peer-reviewed journal brings together a variety of critical approaches to contribute to the discussion surrounding live performance, the development and form of musical theatre and its value as a cultural product in theory and practice. Here, you will find a wealth of writing encompassing everything from opera to film musical to pop video.
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WorldCat This link opens in a new windowSearch library collections locally and nationwide to see what they own.
Seattle Public Library Databases
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FEATURED TITLES:
- Academic One File (articles)
- Kanopy (films)
- LinkedIn Learning (Learn a new skill at your own pace, with thousands of courses covering animation, business skills, marketing, design, photography, programming and much more)
- Microsoft Imagine Academy
- NY Times Historical (1850-2014)
- Opposing Viewpoints (articles)
- Oxford English Dictionary
How do I get a library card? Submit the form on this page to sign up for a free library card. If you have a mobile phone, you can get access within a few days. When the libraries have re-opened, you can visit any location to pick up your physical card.
Cornish students are eligible.
See full details.
Kanopy and New York Times Digital (72 hour access code) are available immediately after applying for a library card online; use your temp confirmation number as your library barcode. Access to the majority of SPL databases requires the barcode from a physical library card.
King Co. Library Databases
Use your King County Library card number and PIN to log in.
Click here to connect to all King County Library Databases
FEATURED TITLES:
- Academic One File (articles)
- Kanopy (films)
- Lynda.com (video tutorials)
- Microsoft Imagine Academy
- Newspaper Archive
- NY Times Historical (1850-2011)
- Opposing Viewpoints (articles)
- Oxford English Dictionary
How do I get a card? Apply online, and they can mail your card to you. Initially you will be able to access the online databases, but within a year, you will need to visit a branch library to show ID and verify your address with a piece of mail. Otherwise your card will eventually become inactive.
Cornish Students are eligible.
See full details.
King County residents (excluding Seattle, Yarrow Point, and Hunts Point) can apply for an eCard which gives immediate access to eBooks and magazines (along with all of their other online services). Link for eCard application.