Communication

• Britannica Online (Encyclopaedia Britannica) This link opens in a new window

  The academic online version of the famous Encyclopaedia Britannica.
• Contemporary Authors (Gale Cengage Learning) This link opens in a new window

  Provides comprehensive biographical and bibliographic information on a variety of modern authors and writers.
• Gale eBooks (Gale Cengage Learning) This link opens in a new window

  A comprehensive collection of reference resources such as subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries, available in a single database.
• Facts on File Online Databases (now Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window

  Offers a menu of all of the Facts on File (now Infobase Learning) reference and news databases, with options for searching simultaneously in several databases.
• Oxford Art Online (Oxford University Press) (VALE) This link opens in a new window

  Key reference for art; offers artist biographies as well as subject entries on artworks, genres, historical periods, and so on; includes Grove Art Online. The database also provides access to some 40,000 image links and 5,000 images contained within Grove Art Online.
  NOTE: Permits only eight simultaneous users.
• Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press) (VALE) This link opens in a new window

  Authoritative resource on the English language, with information describing the meaning, tracing the history, and clarifying the pronunciation of more than 500,000 words in English.
• Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press) (VALE) This link opens in a new window

  Key reference for music; offers biographies of composers and performing artists as well as subject entries on works, genres, instruments, and so on; includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
  NOTE: Permits only five simultaneous users.
• SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window

  Provides reference resources such as subject-focused dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials published by SAGE.

• BBC Shakespeare Plays (Ambrose Video) This link opens in a new window

  Thirty seven plays from the BBC television Shakespeare series from 1978 to 1985.
• Digital Theatre+ (VALE) This link opens in a new window

  Provides access to 600+ theatre productions, 800+ video resources, and teaching and learning guides for Theatre, English Language Arts, and Performing Arts. The database features contemporary theatre productions, musicals, poetry, operas, interviews, lectures, lesson plans, and behind-the-scenes documentaries.
  
• Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window

  Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Allied Health, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Drama & Theatre, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. The platform also offers Archival Films & Newsreels.
• Theatre in Video (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window

  A collection of some of the world's best-loved plays, performances, documentaries, and even rehearsals, all provided in full streaming video. Includes many world renown actors and directors.