LibGuides: WSU 102 Honors Creative Discovery: Resources

Discovering Creativity

Here are some books to kick-start your thinking about CREATIVITY, DISCOVERY, INNOVATION and other wonderful ways of being human!

Imagination: a Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei
Call Number: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9780198830023
Publication Date: 2024-01-26
Encyclopedia of Creativity by Steven R. Pritzker (Editor-In-Chief); Mark A. Runco (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780123750396
Publication Date: 2011-07-08
Arts Integration by Merryl Ruth Goldberg
Call Number: NX280 .G65 2021
ISBN: 9780367409098
Publication Date: 2021-03-01
Wired to Create by Scott Barry Kaufman; Carolyn Gregoire
ISBN: 9780399175664
Publication Date: 2016-12-27
The Runaway Species by David Eagelman; Anthony Brandt
ISBN: 9781936787524
Publication Date: 2017-10-10
Neuroscience of Creativity by Oshin Vartanian (Editor); Adam S. Bristol (Editor); James C. Kaufman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780262019583
Publication Date: 2013-08-30
The Eureka Factor by John Kounios; Mark Beeman
ISBN: 9781400068548
Publication Date: 2015-04-14
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
ISBN: 0743235266
Publication Date: 2003-10-07
Imagine by Jonah Lehrer
ISBN: 9780547386072
Publication Date: 2012-03-19
Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
ISBN: 0060171332
Publication Date: 1996-06-01
Failure by Stuart Firestein
ISBN: 9780199390106
Publication Date: 2015-10-01
Messy by Tim Harford
ISBN: 9781594634796
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
Incognito by David Eagleman
ISBN: 9780307377333
Publication Date: 2011-05-31
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
ISBN: 1585421464
Publication Date: 2002-03-04
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
ISBN: 9780374275631
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
ISBN: 9781585429219
Publication Date: 2012-04-26

The following are great electronic databases to begin searching for articles and scholarly studies of creativity and discovery from specific angles and points-of-view:

ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
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Citations and abstracts of articles in thousands of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers in over 150 academic disciplines. Includes full-text access to over half of the journals. Coverage: 1971-present.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Online access to core scholarly journals in business, education, health, arts & humanities, life sciences, literature, physical sciences, and social sciences. Coverage begins with the first issue of each journal.
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Includes: Arts & Sciences 1-15, Business 2-4, & Life Sciences
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Citations, abstracts, and some full-text articles from art periodicals published worldwide. Includes reproductions of works of art and books reviews. Coverage of indexing: 1984-present; full-text: 1997-present. (Combine with Art Index Retrospective to extend coverage back to 1929.)
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Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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For Optimal Performance, use Firefox or Edge. Full-text access to current content from high quality, peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences, including literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics. Coverage varies.
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And some reference sources too!

Gale E-Books This link opens in a new window
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Collection of ebook reference works in all disciplines including multivolume encyclopedias, biographical directories, business plan handbooks, consumer health references, dictionaries, etc.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Over 400 reference titles from over 70 publishers covering every major subject. Seamless searching of Credo Reference sources, the WSU Libraries Catalog, and other Libraries subscribed databases.
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Video tour of Credo Reference
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
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Online version of the comprehensive art reference work -- Oxford Dictionary of Art (formerly Grove Dictionary of Art). Covers all visual arts from prehistory to the present.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
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Online version of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.). Formerly Grove Music Online.
Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
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A full-text database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing.
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Check these sources for images, video, performances, documentaries, music, film and more!

A few examples of videos on creativity available through WSU Libraries:

Find more in these databases:

Films On Demand This link opens in a new window
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A source of high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content. Includes the Master Academic Collection and the FMG Archival Films and Newsreels Collection.
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Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
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This is a comprehensive video collection that delivers more than 48,000 video titles spanning essential subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, history, music, film, and more. It includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs & newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. It has award-winning films, including Academy, Emmy, and Peabody winners.
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60 Minutes: 1997-2014, American History in Video, Art and Architecture in Video, Asian Film Online (Volumes * & II), Black Studies in Video, Business Education in Video, Classical Music in Video, Counseling and Therapy in Video (Volumes I-III), Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video, Current Affairs in Video, Dance in Video (Volumes I & II), Education in Video (Volumes I & II), Environmental Studies in Video, Ethnographic Video Online (Volumes I-III), Fashion STudies Online, Filmakers Library Online (Volumes I-III), Health and Society in Video, Latin American in Video, LGBT Studies in Video, The March of Time, Meet the Press, new World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present, Opera in Video, BBC Video Collection, PBS Video Collect (2nd Ed), Silent Film Online, Theatre in Video (Volumes I & II), Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy, World History in Video, and World Newsreels Online.
Dance Online: Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
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Vol I and II. Contains 500 hours of productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of 20th century dance styles.
Note: Access to this resource was provided by the Ablah Families Library Fund: 2012
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ASP Video Tutorials
Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window
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Theatre in Video: Volume I & 2 contains hundreds of videos, including documentaries and definitive performances of the world’s most important plays. From celebrated productions of Shakespeare to rare, in-depth footage of the work of Samuel Beckett, the collection covers a wide range of 20th century theatre history. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances deliver an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of productions. Terms of Use
Classical Music in Video This link opens in a new window
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Music Online: Classical Music in Video will contain 1,000 hours of classical music performances and masterclasses captured on video—approximately 1,500 performances in all. The collection will contain performances of all forms of classical music, including major orchestral performances by leading orchestras, plus chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with masterclasses and interviews with master teachers from around the world. Terms of Use
Classical Performance in Video This link opens in a new window
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Streaming videos of remarkable classical music performances. Terms of Use
Sony Pictures Classics This link opens in a new window
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Streaming collection of over 300 Sony films from 1992 to 2015, including world cinema. The collection features a strong emphasis on documentary. Films in the catalog have received more than 133 Academy Award® nominations, with 33 wins, including thirteen awards for Best Foreign Language Film and four awards for Best Documentary Feature. Terms of Use

Start here to search for inspiring recordings and creative images:

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
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Online version of the comprehensive art reference work -- Oxford Dictionary of Art (formerly Grove Dictionary of Art). Covers all visual arts from prehistory to the present.

The Getty Open Content
Over 100,000 images from the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute available through the Open Content Program.
art.sy
Free repository of art images. Enjoy!
Metropolitan Museum of Art Online Collection
Here are over 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection. Images are freely available for non-commercial use, including scholarly publication.

Music Online: Listening (United States) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to streaming audio, video, reference, and scores on the web. It cross searches American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.
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ASP Video Tutorials
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Largest online classical music library with streaming access to over 45,000 CDs. Includes composer and artist biographies and comprehensive liner notes.
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Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Listen to over 75,924 albums and1,217,439 tracks of classical music, spanning from the Medieval period to the 21st Century. Terms of Use
Masterworks This link opens in a new window
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The Masterworks Collection is a rich collection of art history videos. Each short documentary showcases an artist and a key piece, illuminating the context and history of the work. Comprehensively illustrated and compellingly presented (detailed narration accompanies each film), these films provide a deeper insight into master works of painting.
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