Art, Music, Theatre: Reference

Classical Music Library multi-label database of Classical music recordings and reference sources for music education; over 32 labels and 50,000 tracks

Oxford Reference Online Premium Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford Companions series, 100+ dictionaries and thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, 50,000 signed entries with bibliographies .

Oxford English Dictionary

Current, web version
upgraded to the ongoing web edition, with full text of the 22-volume 2nd ed. (1989), plus draft material for the upcoming 3rd ed.; provides definitions, word origins, quotations from the English speaking world, as illustrated in historic and current publications; updated quarterly

Contemporary Fashion, 2nd ed., 2002 a reference eBook covering designers and fashion houses in the 20th and 21st centuries

American National Biography full-text biographies of prominent Americans who are now deceased. Continues and updates the Dictionary of American Biography, 1928-1985.
Reference Collection: E 176 .D56

Biography and Genealogy Master Index comprehensive index to biographies in the best known print reference sources, including Who's Who and many biographical dictionaries

Contemporary Authors full text bio-bibliographical guide to more than 120,000 authors, including those who were active prior to 1960, but continue to influence contemporary literature

Granger's World of Poetry over 200,000 poem citations and more than 23,000 full text poems, plus commentaries, author biographies and glossary

GroveMusic comprehensive encyclopedia of western and world music, composers, and musicians; includes New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.)

American Film Scripts Online 265 film scripts by 334 writers, plus detailed information on scenes and characters; will eventually include 1,000 scripts

Movie Review Query Engine reviews of 21,000+ films

Art, Music, Theatre: Books

Averett Library Catalog	books and media
Worldcat	comprehensive catalog of books, film, internet resources selected by libraries. Includes option to limit to Internet sources

Art, Music, Theatre: Articles

Note: Use the Journal Locator to find journals or "sources" cited in an index.

Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)	9,000 academic journals in all subject areas, 5,500 of them full text, and 2,300 of those refereed (more than twice the number in the Expanded Academic ASAP)
GroveMusic	comprehensive encyclopedia of western and world music, composers, and musicians
Literature Online	full text of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus film clips and new poets on screen; literary works are cross-referenced to critical works, including biographies, bibliographies, key reference resources, and 120 full text journals
Literature Resource Center	compendium of full text literary reference sources, including the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner's and Twayne's authors series, the MLA International Bibliography, and an encyclopedia of literature; includes extensive bibliographies of works and criticism
Arts & Humanities Search	index to 1,300 arts and humanities journals, 1980-
MLA International Bibliography	comprehensive index to scholarly materials in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore, including articles, books, essays, working papers, proceedings, dissertations and bibliographies, 1963-
HarpWeek: The Civil War Era and Reconstruction I (1857-1871)	full text of Harpers Weekly, with illustrations (Press release)
Dissertation Abstracts	index to dissertations on all academic topics, 1861-
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online	index to dissertations reported since mid-1995
PapersFirst	index to papers presented at conferences worldwide, 1993-
ProceedingsFirst	index to worldwide conference proceedings, 1993-

Art, Music, Theatre: Collections

Note: Use the Journal Locator to find journals or "sources" cited in an index.

Classical Music Library	multi-label database of Classical music recordings and reference sources for music education; over 32 labels and 50,000 tracks
American Film Scripts Online	265 film scripts by 334 writers, plus detailed information on scenes and characters; will eventually include 1,000 scripts
Literature Online	full text of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus film clips and new poets on screen; literary works are cross-referenced to critical works, including biographies, bibliographies, key reference resources, and 120 full text journals
Asian American Drama	186 plays by 35 playwrights, together with information on productions, theaters, production companies; will eventually include 250 plays
Black Drama, 1850 to Present	1200 plays by 215 playwrights, with information on productions, theaters, production companies; selected playbills and production photographs
Latino Literature	"...approximately 48 plays and 13,000 pages of prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States."
North American Women's Drama	235 plays by 67 playwrights, with detailed information on productions, theaters, production companies; will eventually include 1,000 plays
Twentieth Century North American Drama	319 plays by 53 playwrights, including Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan, Paul Green, and Thornton Wilder; 25 plays published here for the first time; includes selected playbills, photos, production details

Art, Music, Theatre: Web Guides

Humanities: Arts

selected sources in art, architecture, film, theatre from Yale University

Art, Music, Theatre: Museums & Archives

Virtual Library Museums Pages	searchable database of Internet learning sites. Includes links to lesson plans, activities and reference tools. Arranged by subject area, intended audience and activity type.
American Memory Collection Finder	"Performing Arts" and "Art and Architecture" collections from the Library of Congress

Jim Verdini, Liaison Librarian

Reviewed October 2, 2006