Databases
A-Z Database List
A few databases have been pulled out below as promising places to start, but you can access any of our databases by checking out the A-Z Database list. You can search by subject or title of the database
Suggested Databases
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowOffers access to an unprecedented collection of resources including journals, magazines, reports, books, and videos. Many are peer-reviewed and full-text. Subjects range from astronomy to zoology.
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JSTOR (including ARTSTOR) This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to a broad range of resources about the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, including primary sources, images, articles, and books. Does not contain the most recent journal articles.
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides full text of hundreds of journals, books & other published sources from around the world. This database includes data from American Humanities Index & Humanities International Index.
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowSU no longer subscribes to this resource. Due to overlap in content, we suggest searching the following resources instead: Academic Search Ultimate, JSTOR. Read more information about the 2025 library cancellation process.
Newspaper Articles
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New York Times This link opens in a new windowIndexes, abstracts, and provides online full text for the New York Times newspaper (1980-present), the New York Times Book Review (1988-present), and the New York Times Magazine (1997-present).
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Times Digital Archive 1785-2019 This link opens in a new windowProvidees full-text access to over 200 years of The Times (est. 1785), offering 12+ million digitized articles, supporting research across disciplines and preserving its rich historical coverage of global events.
Suggested Websites
These websites might prove helpful in getting images or inspiration, particularly if you are working on the costume or set assignments for your final project. Just take note of the source requirements in your assignment from your professor.
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New York Public Library Digital Collections
"This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more." Great reference for costume and set design. -
The Met's Costume Institute Online Collection
"This collection contains ephemeral and archival collections from the Institute and its Irene Lewisohn Costume Institute Library, with subsets highlighting fashion plates, sketches, and exhibition binders." -
Thorne Miniatures Rooms from the Art Institute of Chicago
Images from the Art Institute's miniatures room. Great references for set design, although it can be challenging to search. -
We Wear Culture
"With GA&C, the Google Cultural Institute, the technology giant’s not-for-profit foundation, has delivered the internet’s newest, most glamorous time suck. The project, titled *We Wear Culture*, is a massive, magnificent digital archive that traces the world’s sartorial history. Partnering with 184 institutions (from the V&A in London and MoMA in New York to Border & Fall in Mumbai and Balenciaga in Italy), it’s got 50,000 photos (700 of which are ‘gigapixel’) and over 400 exhibitions, digitised and filed away for posterity, available for your deep-diving pleasure."
