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Databases
Academic
OneFile -- One-stop source for
millions of peer-reviewed, scholarly full-text articles in HTML and PDF formats
from over 8,000 of the world's leading academic journals and reference sources.
Comprehensively covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social
sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Multimedia feature
includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as
full-text New York Times content to 1995.
OneFile 1980
to current -- One-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range
of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental
issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics,
science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
Millions of full-text articles many with images. Updated daily.
p4A
Antiques Reference -- The p4A Antiques Reference database can
be used to evaluate almost every kind of antique in today’s collections.
Antiques Reference database focuses on the American regional marketplace
and includes the types of material seen locally and regionally at auction
and retail outlets. These antiques are organized into 1,280 different classifications
on subjects including furniture, glass, pottery and porcelain, paintings,
prints, and many others.
SIRS
KnowledgeSource -- A combination of databases providing
full-text articles from a wide variety of sources for a diverse age range of
users. Subject areas include the social sciences, government, sciences, the
arts, and others.
eBooks
Contemporary
Fashion -- Provides students and scholars with
useful information on more than 400 fashion leaders from the 1940s to today.
Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations,
and Footwear through the Ages - A broad overview of costume
traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day.
Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from
togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were
created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how clothing,
headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural,
religious, and societal beliefs.
International
Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 4th ed., 4v, 2001
-- Thorough coverage of legendary films, actors, actresses, directors,
writers, and other production artists through detailed essays and commentary
by experts. Entries include biographies, filmographies, comprehensive credits,
production information, major awards, and bibliographies.
Websites
Art Cyclopedia -- A comprehensive
index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives,
and other online resources. Indexes over 2,300 art sites, and offer over
95,000 links to an estimated 180,000 artworks by 8,200 renowned artists.
AskART -- An online database containing
over 52,000 American artists from the early 16th-Century through the present.
Includes extensive biographical information about American artists as well
as book and periodical references, along with auction records and images.
Curioscape -- Antique, collectible,
art, and specialty online resource.
Timeline of Art History --
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art
from around the world that extends from prehistory to the present day as illustrated
especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection.
World Art Treasures -- A
collection of over 100,000 slides of by art historian Jacques-Edouard Berger
with links to lectures and itineraries, essays, audio lectures. Browse by country,
artist, or period.
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