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Academic Search Premier
A multidisciplinary database providing full text for nearly 4,650 scholarly publications and indexing and abstracts for 8,200 journals. Covers nearly every area of academic study, with some articles from 1975 or further back to present. Journals Indexed

Architectural Index
Indexes professional architecture magazines, focusing specifically on building types, architects and architectural firms. The online database covers from 1982 to the present.

Art Full Text/Art Retrospective
The online version of H W Wilson's Art Index provides indexing, abstracting, and full text coverage of over 1000 international journals in fine and applied arts, architecture, design, and museology. Indexing 1929 to present, with abstracts from 1994 to present, and full text articles from 150 journals from 1997 to present. To access, check off the appropriate box on the top yellow menu. More than one H W Wilson database can be searched at a time. Journals Indexed New Features: Language Interface, Read Speaker (text to speech), Translate non-English language Documents

ARTbibliographies Modern
Indexing and abstracting coverage of international journals, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art, 1974 to present. Journals Indexed

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexing and abstracting coverage of over 700 international journals in architecture and design, landscape architecture, city planning, interior design, historic preservation, and decoration from 1934 to present. Journals Indexed

BuildingGreen Suite
This is a green design resource containing articles from Environmental Building News, case studies, and green product listings. LEED(Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design)Credits and CSI(Construction Specification Institute)Classifications are used to rate a project's sustainable design.


 DAAI: Design & Applied Arts Index
Indexing and abstracting coverage of over 500 international design and craft journals, 1973 to present. covers new designers and the development of design and applied art since mid 19th century. Disciplines include ceramics, glass, jewelry, graphic design, fashion, furniture, architecture, animation and industrial design. Journals Indexed

DAR: Design Abstracts Retrospective
The retrospective of Design and Applied Arts Index, DAR provides broad, international coverage on a wide range of topics in the fields of design with a particular emphasis on European publications. Indexes over 100 journals from 1903-1986, with some sources dating back to 1894. Journals Indexed

E-Journals
Search E-Journals by title to locate electronic journals available in the databases to which RISD Library subscribes. Search E-Journals by keyword, subject or publisher to discover journals of topical interest. Follow links to the database listed or to RISD Print Holdings to determine the years and location of printed journal subscriptions.

ERIC
The Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides full text of more than 2,200 digests as well as indexing and abstracts from over 1,000 education journals. Journals Indexed

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Film & Television Literature Index is a full text database covering film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 270 publications(and selected coverage of more than 300), as well as full text for more than 70 journals and nearly 50 books. Journals Indexed

FirstSearch
Gateway to 24 databases which index newspapers, journal articles, and academic writing in a variety of subject categories including alternative press, biography, business, consumer affairs, current events, theses and dissertations, economics, education, engineering, general science, health, humanities, law, life sciences, medicine, public affairs, social sciences, and technology. Dates of coverage vary. The search option, "Suggest Best Database" is a good starting point. Also contains WorldCat (see worldcat.org) OCLC's catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. To request books or articles not owned by RISD Library, see Interlibrary Loan. Return completed ILL forms to the Reference desk or email to RISD Library. Requests can take up to two weeks. Questions? RISD Reference, 709-5902.

GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers well-researched but accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.

JSTOR
JSTOR is an archive of important scholarly journals containing high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. JSTOR is not a current issues database, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. RISD Library subscribes to the following collections: Arts & Sciences I, II, and III and the Arts & Sciences Complement. Create links to JSTOR articles in Online Syllabi and Web Pages. Alphabetical Title List | JSTOR Tutorials

LexisNexis Academic
Access over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources containing more than a billion full-text articles, citation abstracts, and documents. Emphasis is on current news and legal and business information. Coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Sources Indexed

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
LISTA Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Journals Indexed

Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals. Source List

MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STORs language and literature collection as well as links to full text. Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. Use with the MLA Directory of Periodicals. Journals Indexed

Project Muse
Provides full text to over 300 humanities, art, and social science journals. Alphabetical Title List

Rhizome
Rhizome is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology. Through open platforms for exchange and collaboration, Rhizome's website serves to encourage and expand the communities around these practices. Programs, many of which happen online, include commissions, exhibitions, events, discussion, archives and portfolios. Sign up to create a personal profile page, subscribe to Rhizome's blog and newsletters, participate in discussion, post announcements and view job opportunities, browse art in the online archive, the ArtBase, find out about recent events and exhibitions, apply for a grant and view Rhizome grantees.

Teacher Reference Center
This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free via the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.