Databases and Guides

Critical Index of Uruguayan Theater

The Critical Index of Uruguayan Theater collects the archive produced between 1976 and 1980 by Graciela Míguez (1949-2000) and Abril Trigo. It consists of three interconnected parts: an inventory of authors and playwrights, an index of the theatrical plays attributed to them, and a set of critical-analytical reviews of an extensive and representative selection of plays.

Project Manager: Amy McCrory, Preservation Office
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36394

 

 

Cartoon Library and Museum Database

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum is currently the largest and most comprehensive academic research facility documenting printed cartoon art in the United States. Administratively it is one of the special collections libraries that are part of Ohio State University Libraries. This database is a finding aid for some of the Library's collections and may be searched by creator, publication, title, date, topic, persons or objects shown, genre or format.

Project manager: Lucy Caswell, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
Link: http://library.osu.edu/sites/cgaweb/db/

Literary Map of Africa

The Literary Map of Africa is a bio-bibliographical database that brings together writers from both North and sub-Saharan Africa and reflects the continent's multiple histories, cultures and languages. As a research and information guide to African literature, it is meant to serve as a starting point for a deeper exploration of the literature.

The database offers users a range of information about writers and their works: brief biographical data, a list of primary works, selected secondary literature, book and performance reviews, and interviews, which may be in print, electronic, or multimedia format, and research-related websites.

Project manager: Miriam Conteh-Morgan, African Studies Subject Specialist
Funding source: American Library Association and support from OSU Libraries
Status: in development
Link: http://library.osu.edu/sites/aflitmap/

Photograph Collection Database

Many collections of photographs are available in the Cartoon Library and Museum. Of special importance is the Floyd and Marion Rinhart Collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century images. Other collections include Farm Security Administration photographs, dye transfer prints by Harry Callahan, and work by Bernice Abbott, Harold Edgerton, Anne Noggle, Aaron Siskind, and Weegee (Arthur Fellig). The Ohio News Photographers Collection represents the best of photojournalism achieved by Ohioans each year. The database may be searched by creator, process, title, date, topic, or persons or objects shown. Photographs pertaining to The Ohio State University and its history are available through University Photo Archives.

Project contact: Lisa Iacobellis, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Link: http://library.osu.edu/sites/cgaweb/pg/