Green River LibGuides: Holman Library Databases: Humanities / Fine Arts

Databases for Humanities & Fine Arts

Databases for Humanities and Fine Arts

Best Places to Start a Search

Art Videos & Databases

Artstor
Search over 800,000 open access images shared by more than 300 leading museums and archives around the world in JSTOR’s cross-disciplinary collection of photographs, paintings, drawings, and prints.
LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning has thousands of streaming video tutorials taught by experts covering IT, business, and creative topics.

General Topics

Gale eBooks
Search for authoritative information in subject encyclopedias selected for courses and programs at Green River College
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Search more than 18,000 academic journals and magazines from a wide variety of disciplines including more than 7500 full text peer-reviewed journals.
Gale Literature
Search for literary work overviews and author biographies plus scholarly literary criticism and analysis of authors and their works - novels, short stories, poetry, and drama including Shakespeare plays.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Supports research in key business areas such as accounting, finance, management, and marketing with peer-reviewed journals, trade journals, company profiles, industry reports, and news.
ProQuest Combined Databases
Full-text newspapers, magazines, and academic journals

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Databases for Humanities and Fine Arts

Other Places to Search

Alt-Press Watch (ProQuest)
A full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses. "Challenge mainstream media coverage" for new perspectives on your topics.
Biography in Context (Gale)
Full-text reference entries, magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, podcasts, and images covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day news makers.
CQ Researcher
Browse by topic or keyword to find information covering a broad range of important issues in health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Weekly reports dating back to 1923.
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
For viewpoints not covered by the mainstream press, a bilingual (English and Spanish) database of ethnic, minority and native newspapers, magazines and journals.
Global Road Warrior
Country information--basic facts, population, history, economics, society & culture, basic greetings. Includes maps and photographs.
JSTOR
Find in-depth research and analysis in JSTOR's full text archive of academic journals in all subjects.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
Full-text viewpoint essays, topic overviews, journal articles, news, and statistics. A great place to find evidence to support argumentative essays.

Databases for Humanities and Fine Arts

Supplemental Databases From KCLS

King County Library System (KCLS): College Student Accounts
Click on the "all the online resources" link to see all the resource available to students through the KCLS Online Library

KCLS/GRC Log In Instructions

For Students:

Green River College students have access to the KCLS databases:

To Log in: use GRC + your student username. (The part before the @ in your GRC email address.)
Example OLD email: GRCjsmith23
Example NEW email: GRCsmith.jane.23
PIN number: your pin is the last four characters of your log in. Example: e.23

For Faculty/Staff:

Faculty & Staff may sign up for access to KCLS Online Databases. To opt-in, complete the online sign-up form linked below.

KCLS/GRC Faculty & Staff Accounts Information (on GatorNet)
Find more information on how to sign up (and log in) to your KCLS / GRC digital resources as a faculty or staff member.

Useful General Collections

Background Information

Gale eBooks
Search for authoritative information in subject encyclopedias selected for courses and programs at Green River College

Information on Current Issues

CQ Researcher
Covers a broad range of controversial and contemporary issues.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
Use this tool to find "viewpoint" articles on controversial issues.

Newspaper, Magazine, and Journal Articles

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
A multi-disciplinary database for searching articles within thousands of academic journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Gale Power Search
Search all Gale databases with a single search
ProQuest Combined Databases
Search articles from newspapers, academic journals, trade journals, and popular magazines.

Ask a librarian! - Humanities

Katie Cunnion

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(253) 931-6482

Subjects: Critical Film & Media Studies, Drama

Ask a Librarian! - Fine Arts

Amanda Chin

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Hello! I'm Amanda, a friendly GRC librarian. My division areas are the Intensive English Program, Transitional Studies, Fine Arts, Math, and Technology.

I am also an instructor for the 2-credit INFO 110 course and the library lead for open educational resources (OER).

Email, call, or make an appointment with any questions or concerns you may have about a class assignment, research, or anything else library-related!
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Phone: (253) 833-9111 x6481

Subjects: Art, High School Completion, IEP: Intensive English Programs, Math, Natural Resources, OER, Technology, Transitional Studies

Useful Research Guides in Humanities

Drama
by Jody Segal Last Updated Dec 3, 2025 201 views this year
Fine Arts
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MUSC 102 Global Pop Music & MUSC 104 Music in World Cultures (Mueller)
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MUSC 103 American Popular Music
by Amanda Chin Last Updated Dec 4, 2025 365 views this year
Photography
by Amanda Chin Last Updated Oct 25, 2025 172 views this year

Film, Television, and Popular Culture Studies
by Jody Segal Last Updated Oct 30, 2025 772 views this year
HUMAN 133 People, Language and Culture
by Katie Cunnion Last Updated Oct 25, 2025 545 views this year
HUMAN 160 Introduction to Gender Studies (Sims)
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MUSC 102 Global Pop Music & MUSC 104 Music in World Cultures (Mueller)
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MUSC 103 American Popular Music
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OER and Other Free or Low-Cost Resources: Foreign Languages
by Sue Schub Last Updated Dec 1, 2025 167 views this year
Research Guide: Literary Criticism
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Research in Communication Studies Project (Neffenger)
by Katie Cunnion Last Updated Oct 30, 2025 134 views this year