The databases listed here are just a selection of what is available through Wellesley. See our full Databases list and browse by Subject or Content type to find other databases relevant to your research.
Scholarly journal articles and magazine articles in the fields of communications, mass media, journalism, television, film, radio, newspaper publishing, speech, broadcasting, and advertising.
Scholarly and popular articles and book chapters on film and television history, theory, writing, production, cinematography, reviews, and more. Includes Variety movie reviews from 1914 to the present.
Articles on film and television from scholarly and popular film journals as well as a selection of encyclopedia articles and other reference sources.
Scholarly articles on literature, languages, linguistics, film, folklore, and rhetoric, from all cultures.
Scholarly peer-reviewed articles and books on music and musicians. Covers all genres of music from all over the world.
Scholarly journal and magazine articles on all aspects of music.
Dates: 1973 CE-present
Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. Covers all art forms, from painting, sculpture and photography to video, body art and graffiti.
Articles from an international array of publications covering topics in art and architectural history, archaeology, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, urban design, photography, costume design, film, non-western art and more.
Peer reviewed articles and book reviews of American and Canadian history, prehistory to present and searchable by historical time period.
Peer reviewed articles and book reviews of world history (excluding the US and Canada), 1450 CE to present and searchable by historical time period.
Full-text collection of articles and conference proceedings in all areas of computer science.
Scholarly articles on topics in archaeology, art, architecture, Asian studies, classics, dance, folklore, history, language, linguistics, literary reviews, literature, music, philosophy, poetry, radio, television, & film, religion and theatre, published from 1975 to present.
Full-text peer-reviewed articles on gender, sex, and sexuality in history, sociology, psychology, education, art, and more.
Most of these individual journals are indexed (sometimes with full text included) in one or more of the databases included on this page, but browsing or searching an individual journal that is highly relevant to your area of interest can be a useful strategy for exploring a topic and finding sources.