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Introduction
Art & Music
Databases
- Artstor This link opens in a new window
Images from the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. Subjects include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, fashion and costume, literature, religion, theater, world history, and more. All images are rights-cleared for educational use.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive guide to music publications around the world. Indexes journals, conference proceedings, and Festschriften on music, dance, and the performing arts. Coverage dates back to the 18th and 19th centuries.
Books
Dictionary of Women Artists by Call Number: Reference N8354 .D5 1997 v. 1–2Two volumes of women who worked in art and design over many centuries and many continents. With alphabetical and chronological lists of artists, a comprehensive bibliography (including online artists), and introductory essays as well as an A to Z encyclopedia.
Contemporary Women Artists by Call Number: Reference N8354 .C66 1999Women who "changed the world of art forever," as the Preface puts it. Includes performance artists, textile artists, and filmmakers as well as painters and sculptors.
Web Resources
- Archive of Popular American MusicUCLA's music library covers the history of popular music in the United States from 1790 to the present. Online, you can read sheet music of popular songs that, because they were published before 1923, are in the public domain.
- Women Artists Research GuideClick here to go to the Women Artists section of Lindell Library's Art research guide.