Library Services
Article Indexes for the Arts & Humanities

Note: If you have problems connecting to the following databases, our remote access information page may help.

Alternative Press Index
Indexes nearly 250 "alternative", radical, and left publications in North America. 1991-present.
Connect through the NISC gateway.

Art Index (ART)
Indexes journals in archaeology, architecture, art history, film, and photography. Oct. 1984-present.
Connect by typing ART at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=art

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (ARCH)
Indexes journals in architecture and related disciplines. 1987-present.
Connect by typing ART at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=arch

Chicano Database (CHICANO)
Contains records for all types of material on Mexican-American topics and about Chicanos, including labor, politics, sociology, and women's studies. 1967 to December 1993; even earlier for some topics.
Connect by typing CHICANO at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=chi

English Short Title Catalog (EST)
Pre-1700 and Eighteenth Century imprints.
Connect by typing USE EUREKA, then CHOOSE EST, at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
Indexes journal articles, books, and conference proceedings. Most include abstracts. Mid-1980's to early 1990's.
A comprehensive version is available on the WWW at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ Or you can connect by typing HLAS at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Contains citations to articles in journals and some magazines, on issues related to Latin America, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and Hispanics in the U.S.A. 1970-present.
Available on the WWW at http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/

MLA International Bibliography
Extensive coverage of scholarship in literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, and film studies from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide. No abstracts. 1963-present.
Connect by typing MLA at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=mlab.

PCI: Periodicals Contents Index
Searches tables of contents of U.S. and European journals, 1771-1991. It includes journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. As of January 1998 PCI included eight million articles in 2,006 journals, and will will eventually grow to encompass 3,500 journals and fifteen million individual articles.
Available through Infopath or directly from the publisher; must be on campus or connecting through campus.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, bibliographies, dissertations, festschriften, films, videos, ethnographic recordings, etc. in the areas of historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments, voice, dance, music, therapy, and other fields if they relate to music. 1969 to present.
Connect by typing RILM at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).
For a different interface (for instance if you want to email results), type USE EUREKA, then choose RILM.

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