Research Guides: Production Design: Databases

Essential Databases for Production Design

Berg Fashion Library
Encyclopedia addressing fashion, dress and textiles from a wide range of cultures and time periods.

Berg Fashion Library is a leading academic source providing reference entries, images, and ebooks for fashion, textiles, and cultural studies research. For help navigating Berg Fashion Library, visit How to Use.
Digital Theatre+
Performing arts video streaming platform containing over a thousand full-length productions and educational resources.

Digital Theater+ is the leading educational platform for the performing arts. Stream plays, musicals, and other productions accompanied by educational resources that further illustrate, explain, and critically reflect on the content. For help using Digital Theatre+, search SCAD Libraries' FAQ, or use the chat feature to contact library staff.
Humanities Source
EBSCO database containing the most noted scholarly sources in the arts and humanities, including full-text, citations, original works, and reviews.

Humanities Source includes full text for more than 1,400 journals, with citations to over 3.5 million articles, including book reviews. Humanities Source is comprised of articles, interviews, obituaries, and bibliographies, as well as original works of fiction, drama, and poetry. The database also includes reviews of books, ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio, and television. For help using EBSCO databases, search SCAD Libraries' FAQ, or use the chat feature to contact library staff.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
EBSCO database covering the entirety of television and film history and subjects with full-text articles, images, reviews, and bibliographic information.

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text includes bibliographic information and full-text articles covering the entirety of television and film. The database contains more than 160 full-text journals and books plus cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 270 journals. Subject coverage includes film and television theory, preservation, restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, and technical aspects. Variety movie reviews from 1914 to present and over 65,000 images from the MPTV Image Archive are also made available through the Film & Television Literature Index. For help using EBSCO databases, search SCAD Libraries' FAQ, or use the chat feature to contact library staff.
Luminate Film & TV
Business intelligence platform providing up-to-date information on the entertainment industry around the world.

Variety Insight is the leading entertainment data solution that provides verified, timely, and accurate metadata and insights on people, projects, and companies in the global entertainment business. Content on Varity Insight includes production details, release schedules, awards information, industry contacts, and more in the film, television, and digital media industries.