LibGuides: Arts and Culture: General resources

Catalogues

sEURch
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Academic search engine & catalogue of Erasmus University Library in one. Also shows material that is available at other libraries in the world.

PiCarta
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Integrated catalogues of more than 400 (university) libraries in the Netherlands. If a print book or journal article is not available in the collection of the EUR University Library, you can order this from another Dutch library via PiCarta. To be able to do so, you need to have an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) account. More information on how to set-up such an ILL account can be found on this page.

PiCarta is a database containing bibliographic records, table of contents data and hyperlinks to full text. PiCarta also shows the availability of the item (book and articles) in Dutch libraries, under 'Available at'.
NARCIS
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Database of academic output of Dutch researchers – publications, dissertations, data sets.

The database also contains DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services) datasets as well as descriptions of research projects, researchers and research institutes.
NARCIS has been part of DANS since 2011.

DANS is the national organisation responsible for storing and providing permanent access to research data from the humanities and social sciences. To this end DANS collaborates with researchers and encourages them to work in partnership with one another.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Directory of Open Access Journals

The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short, the DOAJ aims to be the one-stop shop for users of open access journals.

EUR Thesis Repository (digital)
Theses of FHKW/ESHCC students, from 2003 onwards. You can filter on specific Bachelors and Masters.
RePub Erasmus University Repository
All output of academic staff at Erasmus University Rotterdam, including dissertations.

Multidisciplinary databases

MIT Press Direct
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Ebooks published by MIT Press. Key subject areas covered include art and architecture, biomedical sciences, business and finance, computer science, cognitive science, design, education, environment, game studies, humanities, information science, linguistics, neuroscience, new media, philosophy and social sciences.

Perpetual access to the books published in 2020; term access to the books published prior to 2020.
Sage Business Cases
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Sage Business Cases, provides access to 3000 case studies, including case studies from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM). You can browse content by e.g. subject and content partner.

Case studies are available for the following subjects:
- General Business & Management
- Accounting
- Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Information & Knowledge Management
- International Business & Management
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Operations Management
- Organization Studies
- Research Methods for Business & Management
- Strategic Management
- Other Management Specialties
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
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Contains bibliographical data and abstracts from master theses and doctoral dissertations all over the world.

If published after 1997, there can be a link to the full text of the dissertation in PDF. There are also open full text dissertations available. Search these on the alternative URL from Proquest: PQDT Open

Date range:1743-current
Web of Science
Large multidisciplinary citation database. Please exclude two sets before you start searching: Go to 'MORE SETTINGS' and exclude at least the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) --1975-present and the Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science (CPCI-S) -1990-present to assure a relevant search result.
The EUR license to Web of Science Core Collection consists of:
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) --1975-present
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) --1975-present
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) --1975-present
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (CPCI-S) --1990-present
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) --1990-present
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) --2015-present
Date range: 1975 - present
Related databases: Scopus, Dimensions
JSTOR
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Multidisciplinary full-text database, mainly aimed at arts & humanities

Date range: In general journals have been indexed from the first issue. Please note that in most cases the last three to five volumes are not available via JSTOR.

The EUR subscribes to the collections
- Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, VI, VII and IX
- Business I
- Health & General Sciences
Project Muse
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Full-text access to high quality, peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals from over 200 scholarly publishers.

Date range: 1993 - present
Related database: JSTOR

News and newspapers

Gale OneFile: News
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Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. Of almost 50% of the titles the newest editions are available full-text (without photos), including The Economist, Newsweek, The Washington Post (as of 2014), New Delhi Times (as of 2016), Global Times (China, as of 2018) and The Huffington Post (as of July 2020). To find a specific title, use the Advanced search option.

A list of all titles currently available can be downloaded from this page (search for 'Gale OnFile: News').
Gale General OneFile
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Provides access to content from periodicals and news media from 1980 up to today, both text based as well as audiovisual. More than 40% of the content is unique to the database.

A key feature of the Advanced Search option is that you can filter on very specific document (=content) types: from Advertisement and Aerial photography to Speech and Television programs. A list of all titles currently available in this database can be downloaded from this page (search for 'Gale General OneFile').
The New York Times
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EUR provides access (without login or in the app) to The New York Times digital resources: a newspaper with worldwide readership and influence. Find breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on politics, business, sports, movies, travel, books, education, and more.

To get free access in the app connect to our Eduroam network on campus. Go to nytimes.com/grouppass and create a free NYTimes.com account using your EUR email address.
Factiva
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Contains business information and news from local and global newspapers – limited access.
Nexis Uni
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This source enables simultaneous searching in the archives of Dutch and international newspapers from 1990/95 onwards.
For tips on how to search effectively in LexisNexis Academic, see this online guide by Utrecht University Library or this one by LexisNexis (Dutch only).

Nexis Uni News contains major world publications (for example Financial Times), newspapers (including Dutch newspapers,such as De Volkskrant and NRC Handelsblad) and news wires like PR Newswire.
Also included is company information, law reviews and cases
Please note: Legal news, Law reviews and legal cases are mostly American.
Date range: The date range and update schedule differs per source. However, as the collection only contains born-digital material, the oldest items are from around 1990.
Related databases: Factiva; Delpher
Financial Times
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As of 2018 EUR provides unlimited mobile access to all Financial Times FT.com digital content. The FT is an important daily news source of financial and economic information. FT also provides access to case studies, special reports, essays and commentaries.

On campus, users have access to FT without having to register for an FT account.

Off campus usage, usage of the FT app and usage of personalized FT settings, require an account at FT. You can set up an account with a full EUR or EUR-MBA email address (e.g. 123456ab@student.eur.nl) at this address: https://www.ft.com/join/licence/8939b6b1-f8cd-4835-88b8-a0829b960dfa/details.

Once users have created an account with a unique user ID and password they will be able to access FT.com and the FT mobile app from anywhere.
ProQuest historical newspapers
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Full-text coverage of The New York Times (1851-2017), the Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), The Wall Street Journal (1889-2003), and The Times of India (1838-2010).

Apart from the Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), the archives of the other newspapers are annually expanded with 12 months of content.

Related database: Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper archives
The Times Digital Archive
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Digitized and digital-born content from 1785-2019.

Related database: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Times of India Digital Archive

Non-Dutch newspaper archives at the National Library of the Netherlands (KB)
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Overview page of digital resources created by the KB and other organisations. To find newspaper archives, you should filter on:
- Types of resource > Full text and images
- Types of publication > Newspapers in other languages.

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Please note that the majority of the listed resources require you to be a member of the KB before you can access them (see the filter option Accessibility). Information on how to become a member can be found on this page.

Also keep in mind that some of the newspaper databases that the KB offers are actually available to EUR students without costs because the University Library has purchased a licence. Therefore, first have a close look at the other databases on this page, or do a check via our alphabetical list of databases.