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DiscusAcademic 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.


DiscusOneFile 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.


DiscusSIRS 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.


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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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