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Web
Resources for Fine, Digital & Performing Arts :
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Quick Links for Research
Databases
Research
Databases for the Fine, Digital, & Performing Arts
The Short List
-- Best Sources to Begin Your Search
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Art , Art
History, Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Studio Arts
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Images |
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ARTstor -- over
1,000,000 images of artworks from around the world; off-campus
users must create an account on-campus |
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Art & Architecture
(OhioLINK) -- images from five digital art collections |
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Google Images -- searcher
limits to images only; includes historic images from the LIFE
photo archives. Results may be copyright-protected. |
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VADS (Visual
Arts Data Service) -- "100,000 digital images free for use
in education" |
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WorldImages
Kiosk --"75,000 images ... global in
coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery " |
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries (Online Full Text)
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Oxford Art Online --
the most
comprehensive and authoritative online resource for all research
in the history of the visual arts |
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Oxford Reference, Art & Architecture -- full text of
18 dictionaries and encyclopedias covering all aspects of art |
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The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)®
-- "34,000 concepts, including 131,000
terms, descriptions, bibliographic citations, and other
information relating to fine art, architecture, decorative arts,
archival materials, and material culture." |
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Artcyclopedia
-- "guide to great art on the Internet" |
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Artlex
-- "definitions
for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual
culture, along with thousands of supporting images..." |
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Artnet
--"buy,
sell and research fine art online" |
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The
Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)®
--"127,000 records, including 375,000 names and biographical and
bibliographic information about artists and architects" |
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The
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®
-- "1,115,000 names, place types, coordinates, and descriptive
notes, focusing on places important for the study of art and
architecture. " |
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General Information |
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About.com:
Art History -- artists, styles, works, timelines, periods,
art museums, etc. |
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About.com:
Arts/Crafts Business -- marketing arts and crafts |
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About.com:
Drawing/Sketching -- how to's, techniques, projects &
demonstrations, materials and mediums, etc. |
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About.com:
Painting -- how to's, projects & demonstrations, styles,
etc. |
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About.com:
Pottery -- ceramic techniques and projects |
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Directories (Sites that Suggest Other Resources)
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Art
History Resources on the Web
-- "list of useful research & reference resources" |
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Intute:
Visual Arts -- "the best web resources for study and
research" |
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Mother of All Art History Links Pages
-- links to art history resources |
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Research Databases for Journal Articles about Art |
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Music
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Online Music |
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Naxos Music Library -- "the world's
largest online classical music library" with nearly 600,000
tracks includes "synopses of over 700 operas, a
pronunciation guide for composer and artist names, a glossary of
musical terms" ... and a comprehensive online encyclopedia in
development. |
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries (Online Full Text)
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Oxford Reference, Performing Arts --full text of
16
dictionaries and encyclopedias of the performing arts
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General Information & Directories |
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About.com: Music Careers
-- industry basics, events, contracts & publishing, etc. |
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About.com: Music Education
-- instruments, theory, composers, history & timelines, online
lessons, etc. |
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ClassicalNet -- composers, basic repertoire, books and
scores, reviews and articles, buying guide, and music links |
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Intute:
Music -- "the best web resources for study and research" |
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Music Pages
-- "resources for the study, composition, and enjoyment of
music" |
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Research Databases
for Journal Articles about Music |
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Photography |
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AP Images --
4.6 million photographs from 1826 to the present from the
Associated Press archives |
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ARTstor -- over
1,000,000 images of artworks from around the world; off-campus
users must create an account on-campus |
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Digital Image Collections -- links to digital image
collections in the United States |
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General Information & Directories |
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About.com: Photography
-- "how to's, equipment and processing, rights and copyrights,
etc." |
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Finding Images on the Web -- a potpourri of information from
Boston University Libraries |
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Intute:
Visual Arts -- "the best web resources for study and
research" |
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PhotoGraphicLibraries -- links to many types of visual
resources including market outlets |
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Photolinks
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a directory and portal service
providing easy access to photographic resources
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Research Databases
for Journal Articles about Photography |
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Theater & Dance
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Video Databases |
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Multi-Subject Video Collection |
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries |
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Oxford Reference Online, Performing Arts --full text of
16
dictionaries and encyclopedias of the performing arts
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General Information & Directories |
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About.com:
Theater -- information about acting, actors, attending
theatrical productions, etc. |
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Brief
Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
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Clothing
from Various Eras |
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Dramatists
Play Service and
Samuel French-- publisher of scripts |
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Intute:
Theatre and Drama -- "the best web resources for study and
research"
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Playbill
On-Line -- information about the
theatre scene |
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Stagecraft
/ Technical Theatre
-- "the backstage aspects of theatre...
building sets, designing scenery, lighting a show, doing
make-up, building costumes, or affecting the mood of a scene
through music. |
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Theatre
and Drama --"pointers to resources in
more than 50 countries around the world, for professionals,
amateurs, academics and students" |
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Research Databases
for Journal Articles about Theatre and the Performing Arts |
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Visualist,
Digital Design, Interactive Media |
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Images |
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AP Images --
4.6 million photographs from 1826 to the present from the
Associated Press archives |
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ARTstor -- over
1,000,000 images of artworks from around the world; off-campus
users must create an account on-campus |
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Art & Architecture
(OhioLINK) -- images from five digital art collections |
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Digital Image Collections -- links to digital image
collections in the United States
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Google Images -- searcher
limits to images only; includes historic images from the LIFE
photo archives. Results may be copyright-protected. |
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VADS (Visual
Arts Data Service) -- "100,000 digital images free for use
in education" |
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WorldImages
Kiosk --"75,000 images ... global in
coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery " |
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Handbooks and Manuals |
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Safari Books Online -- ebooks
in digital
media, computer science, information technology, and related
fields |
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General Information & Directories |
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About.com:
Electronic & Gadgets -- classic video games, computer
action games, computer sim games, internet games, etc.
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About.com:
Web Design/HTML -- design basics, CSS, XML, careers,
marketing, etc. |
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Intute:
Design -- "the best web resources for study and research" |
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Usability.gov
-- for "web designers to learn how to make websites more usable,
useful, and accessible." |
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useit.com:
Jakob Nielsen's Website -- "usable
information technology" |
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Web
Design Group -- "offers material on a wide
range of HTML related topics" |
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W3C
-- World
Wide Web Consortium -- web standards |
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Research Databases
for Journal Articles about Digital Design and Interactive Media |
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