Arts

Welcome to the subject guide for arts! Here you will find databases, journals, links and other information that you may find useful when searching for material in a specific subject area.

Articles and databases

Interdisciplinary databases

• Academic Search Premier (LTU) External link.
  A multidisciplinary research database.
  
• Web of Science (LTU) External link, opens in new window.
  Covers several subject areas, including arts and humanities.
• Scopus (LTU) External link, opens in new window.
  Provides access to several databases and covers almost 10,000 leading journals in areas such as the arts and humanities.
• JSTOR (LTU) External link, opens in new window.
  An e-journal archive covering various academic disciplines, with limited access to the most recent years.
  
• UR Access (LTU) External link.
  Lectures and TV and radio programmes from the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company.

Databases in media

• Retriever Mediearkivet (LTU) External link.
  The archive contains 450 Swedish printed newspapers, journals, trade publications, and annual reports. It provides access to Swedish and international articles dating back up to 10 years.
  

Databases in music

• IPA Source: IPA Transcriptions and Literal Translations of Songs and Arias (LTU) External link.
  A collection of International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song lyrics.
• Oxford Grove Music Online (LTU) External link, opens in new window.
  Music encyclopedia covering music, musicians, music creation, and musicology. Linking to Grove Music Online.

Databases in audio technology

• AES E-Library (LTU) External link, opens in new window.
  Material in audio technology. Access through the university network or VPN.
• ACM Digital Library (LTU) External link.
  Contains material in digital art and music, games, multimedia and virtual environments.

Journals in arts

• DOAJ, Directory of Open Access Journals External link.
  Open-Access journals and articles within your subject area.
• Journals External link.
  Search among the University Library's journals within your subject area.

Links

Links in media

• Documents and laws External link, opens in new window.
  Find legal texts and documents, including the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act, the Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression, and the Freedom of the Press Act.
• The Institute for Media Studies External link, opens in new window.
  The Institute for Media Studies monitors and analyses the media. Available in Swedish.
  
• The Legal Handbook External link, opens in new window.
  A guide on how to use digital material online. Available in Swedish.
  
• Mediehistoriskt arkiv External link, opens in new window.
  Publishes research from across Sweden in the form of anthologies, monographs, dissertations, and source collections. Available in Swedish.
  
• NORDICOM External link, opens in new window.
  Nordicom fosters connections among Nordic researchers and between academia and society in Sweden and the Nordic countries.
  
• Publicistklubben External link, opens in new window.
  Works to safeguard freedom of the press and freedom of expression and to promote public debate. Available in Swedish.
  
• The authorities' writing rules External link, opens in new window.
  The Language Council's collection of writing guidelines. Available in Swedish.
• The Swedish Agency for the Media External link, opens in new window.
  The Swedish Agency for the Media promotes freedom of expression and diversity in the media market, ensuring that multiple voices are heard and that consumers have access to a broad and inclusive range of radio, television and news media.
• The Swedish Arts Council External link, opens in new window.
  The Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet) is a government agency tasked with promoting cultural life both in Sweden and internationally.
  
• The Swedish Media Database, SMDB External link.
  A search service for the audiovisual collections at the National Library of Sweden. Contains information about TV, radio, video, films shown in theaters, CDs and multimedia. Available in Swedish.
• The Swedish Media Publishers' Association External link, opens in new window.
  The Swedish Media Publishers’ Association (Svenska Tidningsutgivareföreningen, TU) is the trade association for Sweden’s newspapers and other media companies. Available in Swedish.

Links in music

Singing

• Choral Public Domain Library – Sheet Music External link, opens in new window.
  A collection of over 12,000 choral sheet music pieces.
• Musica International External link, opens in new window.
  A digital library for choral music.
• Song And Tune Catalogue External link, opens in new window.
  A web-based version of Visarkivet's song and tune register. This database contains nearly 200,000 entries of songs and tunes from printed publications.
• The Aria Database External link, opens in new window.
  Includes information and translations for various arias.

Guitar

• Heartwood Guitar Instructor External link, opens in new window.
  Chords, tablature and rhythms for guitar.
• Munich Digitisation Center External link, opens in new window.
  Freely available sheet music and manuscripts.

Orchestra

• The Roman Collection External link, opens in new window.
  Works by Johan Helmich Roman, available in Swedish.
  

Other

• Boulanger Initiative Database External link, opens in new window.
  Women and Gender-Marginalised Composers Repertoire Database, freely available.
• Early Music Online External link, opens in new window.
  Early Music Online is a pilot project that digitised over 300 volumes of 16th-century music from the British Library’s collection, originally captured on microfilm.
• IMSLP – Petrucci Music Library External link.
  The world’s largest freely accessible music score library online.
• National Jukebox External link, opens in new window.
  A collection of historical sound recordings from the Library of Congress.
• Nordic Network for Music Education Research External link, opens in new window.
  A network of Nordic institutions focused on music education research and postgraduate studies.
• RISM External link, opens in new window.
  Répertoire International des Sources Musicales, RISM, is an international, non-profit organisation dedicated to the comprehensive documentation of musical sources worldwide.
• Subdatabases in LIBRIS External link, opens in new window.
  Search within the sub-databases: Bibliography of Swedish Music Literature or Nordic Yoik Archive.
  
• Swedish Musical Heritage External link, opens in new window.
  A collection of Swedish music scores available for free download.
• The Royal College of Music's song register External link, opens in new window.
  A register of Swedish songs.
• Women Composers Collection External link, opens in new window.
  The University of Michigan Library’s collection featuring music composed by 700 women composers.

Links in audio engineering

• DAFX paper archive External link, opens in new window.
  Georgia Tech Library's collection of conference papers.
• NIME External link, opens in new window.
  NIME – New Interfaces for Musical Expression, is an archive of conference papers on innovative musical interfaces.

Links in theater and dance

• An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490 to 1920 External link, opens in new window.
  A Library of Congress collection featuring over 200 dance manuals.
• DramaDirekt External link, opens in new window.
  In DramaDirect's catalog, you will find both Swedish and international drama. You can search by author, play title, or keywords. Available in Swedish.
• Dramawebben External link, opens in new window.
  Dramawebben, part of the Literature Bank, offers free access to Swedish drama. Available in Swedish.
  
• Statens musikverk External link, opens in new window.
  Statens Musikverk (National Collections of Music, Theatre, and Dance) is dedicated to promoting a diverse and high-quality musical landscape across the country, fostering artistic innovation, and preserving the heritage of theatre, dance, and music.
  
• The Paget-Fredericks Dance Collection External link, opens in new window.
  Contains around 2,000 original drawings, paintings, photographs, and more from approximately 1913–1945.
• The scene database External link, opens in new window.
  Here, you can search for information about theater productions, actors, and producers, among other topics.