Information and recommended reading for students
Information and recommended reading for students, lecturers and researchers at the Faculty of Arts
The University subscribes to online academic journals and specialist books. In this case, a university ID is required to access these databases.
They are marked with a 
symbol before the database name.
High-quality content available free of charge. No log in is required to access these.
They are marked with 
before the database name.
How can the databases be accessed?
- From the PTE network (e.g. eduroam or wired internet): By opening the database page, without having to log in separately.
- From home: Once you have provided proof of your enrolment at the University of Pécs, you can do so in the following ways.
Ways of proving enrolment/ legal relationship
Proxy
- - Provides access to all subscribed databases
- - Identification: Neptun (EHA) ID+ password
- - The proxy works via your browser settings, guide here.
EduID / Shibboleth
- - It is available in most databases, but there are exceptions.
- - Identification: Neptun (EHA) ID + password
- - They are included in the library’s official list, guide here.
Featured databases:
Oxford Music Online: a comprehensive, English-language database offering reliable and up-to-date specialist literature on various fields of music. A key part of it is the Grove Music Online, which contains nearly 52,000 music-related studies, articles and biographical entries, making it one of the fundamental reference sources in international musicology.
We particularly recommend this within the field of musicology for:
- music history and
- for searching biographical literature.
Wiley Journals Database: is an internationally recognised online English-language database that provides wide-ranging access to peer-reviewed academic literature across various academic disciplines. There are 24 relevant journals available on art-related topics, of these, 11 are available in full text, thus providing a reliable source for literature searches on art-related topics.
Springer Nature – SpringerLink: It offers peer-reviewed academic articles in English across a wide range of disciplines.
The platform offers both abstracts and full-text publications, which reflect the latest research findings and academic trends.
We recommend the database for students of:
- - art theory and art history,
- - design and media courses,
- - music courses,
- - performing arts and theatre,
- - applied and interdisciplinary fields
Scopus: is particularly well-suited to exploring the academic literature, analysing citations and examining research trends, whilst in many cases also providing links to the full text.
- - The search is supported by an AI assistant
- - Documents on the subject Art and Music
- - We would like to bring this to the attention of art therapists
- - Full-text access available
- - Mostly for Art History students
- - Film Studies
- - Theatre Studies
- - We recommend this for all courses in the Faculty of Arts
- - Multilingual database
- - Full text, open access
- - Full articles and studies can be downloaded.
Museum exhibitions
We recommend the freely accessible collections listed in this section primarily to visual artists, designers, media artists, craft artists and art historians.
Hungarian collections
Among the featured museum exhibitions, you’ll find virtual tours and exhibitions, and you can also search the collection.
International collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other interesting websites: MET Kids, Cosmos
Further useful pages:
IMSLP: The collection includes sheet music and recorded performances)
MuseScore: sheet music, available free of charge and can be used (as a resource to support the learning process).
Academic dictionary is a peer-reviewed, academic platform; an online search interface bringing together several dictionaries