Arts & Humanities

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Arts & Humanities

The definitive record of the English language. Not just definitions — complete word histories, etymology, earliest recorded usages, and pronunciation guides. 600,000+ words with 3.5 million quotations spanning 1,000+ years.

ARTstor (via JSTOR)

Arts & Humanities

Repository of images of art, architecture, and design sourced from museums, libraries, archives, and photographers. Includes tools to view, present, and manage images.

Artstor / JSTOR Images

Arts & Humanities

2.5 million high-resolution images of art, architecture, photography, and design from museums and collections worldwide. Create personal image groups, annotate, and present. Essential for art history, design, and visual research.

AllMusic

Arts & Humanities

The most comprehensive music database: reviews, ratings, bios, discographies, and credits for every artist and album across all genres. Discover new music through expert-curated 'similar artists' and mood/theme browsing.

Gale Literary Sources

Arts & Humanities

Literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, and full-text literary journals. Covers every major author and literary work. Includes Contemporary Authors, Literature Criticism Online, and Something About the Author.

Unsplash

Arts & Humanities

The internet's source for freely-usable images. Over 3 million high-resolution photos contributed by photographers worldwide. No attribution required.

Oxford Art Online (Grove Art)

Arts & Humanities

The world's most comprehensive art encyclopedia. 45,000+ articles covering artists, movements, techniques, and art from every culture. Includes Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, and Oxford Companion to Western Art.

Oxford Music Online (Grove)

Arts & Humanities

Premier music reference resource combining Grove Music Online, Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Oxford Companion to Music in one searchable platform.

Pexels

Arts & Humanities

Free stock photos and videos with no attribution required. High-quality, diverse photography for journalism projects, presentations, and publications.

Pixabay

Arts & Humanities

Over 2 million free stock images, videos, illustrations, and vectors. All content is released under a royalty-free license for commercial and editorial use.

MLA International Bibliography

Arts & Humanities

Essential index for scholarship in literature, linguistics, folklore, and film. Covers journals, books, dissertations, and more from the Modern Language Association.

Bloomsbury Fashion Central

Arts & Humanities

Includes Berg Fashion Library, Fairchild Books, Fashion Photography Archive, and Fashion Business Cases. Content peer-reviewed by industry and academic experts.

Chicago Manual of Style Online

Arts & Humanities

Searchable online version of the Chicago Manual of Style with information on writing and citing in the Chicago style. Essential for academic writing.

Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Arts & Humanities

Interdisciplinary hub for research and learning across design, art, architecture. Includes Design Library, Art Markets, Contemporary Art, Photography, and more.

Drama Online

Arts & Humanities

Full texts and filmed performances of plays from Aeschylus to present day. Includes National Theatre Collection, RSC, critical analyses, and production photos.

The Noun Project

Arts & Humanities

Massive library of free icons and symbols for visual storytelling. Use icons in data visualizations, infographics, and multimedia journalism projects.

Chartmetric

Arts & Humanities

Fully integrated suite of music analytics and intelligence tools. Tracks streaming, social, and live performance of 9+ million artists worldwide.

Internet Archive: Stock Footage

Arts & Humanities

Free stock footage archive with thousands of public domain video clips. Includes historical footage, nature, cityscapes, and more for multimedia journalism projects.

Nappy.co

Arts & Humanities

Free high-resolution photos of Black and Brown people. Beautiful, diverse stock photography that better represents the real world. No attribution required.

The Gender Spectrum Collection

Arts & Humanities

Free stock photos of trans and non-binary people by Vice. Real, authentic images that go beyond stereotypes for inclusive visual storytelling.

AdForum

Arts & Humanities

Stream TV advertisements from around the world. Search by keyword, agency, brand, or country. Great for advertising, marketing, and media studies coursework.

Free Stock Footage

Arts & Humanities

Curated collection of royalty-free stock video footage. HD clips organized by category for use in journalism, documentary, and multimedia projects.

Bridgeman Education Online

Arts & Humanities

Over 380,000 images from museums, galleries, private collections and contemporary artists, all copyright cleared for educational use from prehistory to present day.

Open Video Project

Arts & Humanities

Digital video library with a focus on educational and public domain video content. Browse and search for documentary, instructional, and historical video clips.