Databases: Fine Arts

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Fine Arts Databases and Websites
Primary Databases
Multiple Fulltext Sources  PowerSearch
Cross-searches seventeen scholarly databases at once!
Or search individually: Expanded Academic, OneFile, more...
Video / Multimedia Database  Discovery Education
Download educational videos and clips from sources like PBS, Clearvue, more
(What Is The Password To This Database?)
Multiple Fulltext Sources  JSTOR
Excellent source for fulltext articles from a range of scholarly sources
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Lexis-Nexis Academic
FullText news, including art and theater reviews
Multiple Fulltext Sources  MENC Database (Music Educators)
Search journals about music education
Single Fulltext Source  Naxos Music Library
The leading catalogue of classical music
New Database  Naxos Sheetmusic
Print sheet music from 40,000 editions of classical and jazz music! (Requires a free software download)
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Newsbank - World News
Full Text Newspaper Articles from around the world! Find theater reviews and articles
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Open Access Journals Database
A database of 400+ scholarly online journals maintained by Lund University Libraries
Video / Multimedia Database  Research Channel Videos
Over 3,500 streaming videos on a wide variety of subjects
Multiple Fulltext Sources  SIRS Researcher, Renaissance and Government Reporter
FullText arts and humanities
Video / Multimedia Database  UnitedStreaming [MOVED]
Now titled Discovery Education (see above).
New Database  Vault Career Library
World's leading source of Career Information: Find careers in the arts
eBook Collections
New Database  Cambria Press eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
New Database  Credo Reference - Art
Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
New Database  Credo Reference - Music
Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
Multiple Fulltext Sources   netLibrary
Over 50,000 fulltext ebooks covering all areas
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Oxford Reference Online - Art & Architecture
Seven fulltext reference books in art and architecture
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Oxford Reference Online - Performing Arts
Eight fulltext reference books in theatre, dance, music
Secondary Databases
Video / Multimedia Database   AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
AP photos, graphics, charts and news articles
New Database  AP Images
Research database of pictures from every news event covered by the Associated Press for the last 150 years
New Database  DailyLife Online / World Cultures Today
Daily life for past and foreign cultures
Single Fulltext Source   Encyclopedia Britannica
General information on artists, artworks, theater, and trends
Single Fulltext Source   Variety Magazine Online
Search articles from Variety Magazine
Web Resources
Internet Site   Adam
Art, Design, Architecture and Media Information Gateway
Internet Site   Aisle Say
Theater Reviews and information
Internet Site   All Music Guide
Comprehensive entertainment information
Internet Site   The American Museum of Photography
Virtual museum of photography
Government Site   American Variety Stage
Scripts, playbills, and pictures of vaudeville and variety entertainment from 1870-1920
Education Site   Art History Resources
Excellent collection of links to many areas and genres of art
.Org Site   Art Museum Network
Explore museums and exhibitions worldwide
Internet Site   Artchive
Galleries, theory and criticism, and art links
Internet Site   Artcyclopedia
Encyclopedia of artists and art museums worldwide
Internet Site   ArtLex: Dictionary of Visual Art
Definitions, images, quotes, and links
Internet Site   Back Stage
Online Performing Arts Resource site
Internet Site   Broadway.com
Broadway links and previews
.Org Site   Ceolas
Celtic music on the Internet
Education Site   Classical Music Resources
Collection of classical music links
.Org Site   Costumes.org
Costume history and designs
Internet Site   History of the Discovery of Cinematography
Chronological history of the development of motion pictures
Education Site   Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement
Digitized hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement
Internet Site   Internet Broadway Database
Cast information, production data, and interviews from Broadway theater
Internet Site   Marcel Duchamp home page
Marcel Duchamp World Community webpage, including links and discussion board
.Org Site   MoMA
Museum of Modern Art Online
Education Site   Mother of All Art History Links
Links to art and art history websites
Internet Site   Movie Review Query Engine
Search for reviews for over 37,000 movie titles
.Org Site   Mozart Project
Life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
.Org Site   New Advent
In-depth information on philosophers and church history
Internet Site   Playbill OnLine
Theatre news from the U.S. and around the world
Government Site   Recorded Sound Reference Center
Motion picture audio clips from the Library of Congress
.Org Site   Siskel Film Center in Chicago
Part of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
.Org Site   Timeline of Art History
Geographical and chronological context for the history of art
.Org Site   Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Multilingual, open content encyclopedia on the Internet
Internet Site   World Wide Arts Resources
Artists, museums, art history, dance, theatre
CD-ROMs
CD-ROM   Interactive Cathedral Tours
Available in library