The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Databases at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

All of the databases listed here are available on-site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Click on a letter to view the databases that begin with that letter.

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Mango Languages
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Learn a new language with this interactive database that provides step by step lesson plans for nine different languages. This database features ESL lessons for Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Spanish speakers. A text translator is also provided.

Marquis Who's Who on the Web
Basic biographical information on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals worldwide from all fields of endeavor.

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
Contains full-text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.

MEDLINE
Compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and published on the Web by Community of Science, MEDLINE® is the world's most comprehensive source of life sciences and biomedical bibliographic information. It contains records from over 4,900 publications from 1950 to present.

Middle Search Plus
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Provides fulltext access to magazines covering general topics for middle and junior high school students.

MLA Directory of Periodicals
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.

MLA International Bibliography
Indexes scholarship in world literature, including poetry, fiction, drama, film, linguistics, and folklore.

Modern World History Online
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Covers the important civilizations and cultures of world history from prehistoric times through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timelines provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history.

Music Index Online: a subject-author guide to music periodical literature
Indexes over 655 international music periodicals.

Music Opera Dance and Drama in Asia, the Pacific and North America
A directory or arts organizations in North America, Asia and the Pacific.

Musical America
The electronic version of Musical America. Includes a directory.