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Arts Art History Resources on the Web An excellent directory of links compiled by a college professor. Artcyclopedia Search for your favorite artist or movement. Artcyclopedia will show you some of their best work and museums where they are displayed. ArtLex: Dictionary of Visual Art A browse able collection of terms and definitions, often accompanied by images, graphics and links to museum sites. Artnet Devoted to the business side of the visual arts and cultural journalism Ask Art AskArt.com is a research service providing biographical and pricing information on American art and artists. New York Public Library Digital Gallery 
Lose yourself in this vast collection of rare prints, vintage maps, manuscripts, posters, photographs, sheet-music covers, dust jackets, menus, cigarette cards and other artifacts. There are more than 300,000 digital images of original materials available for viewing
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Museums ArtMuseum.net In collaboration with the worlds leading museums and exhibitors, this site presents a rich and interactive environment that encourages individual and group exploration and learning. MuseumSpot Search for museums (art and other) by location, artist, specialty, or name. American Museum of Natural History Located in NYC this museum has, 32 million specimens and artifacts, 25 buildings, and 42 permanent halls. Louvre Museum The Louvre Palace and Museum in Paris France. Take a virtual tour, find out about temporary exhibits, buy entrance tickets if you are planning a visit, find out about workshops, and guided tours. This is one of the great museums of the world, so save yourself the price of a plane ticket and have a look around. Museum of Modern Art Tour the worlds largest collection of modern painting and sculpture at this New York City art museum The Museum of Online Museums
This elegantly designed portal links to established museum and gallery sites such as those run by the museum of modern art, The Bauhaus Archive and the Art Institute of Chicago. It will also introduce you to countless other online collections, from Van Gogh's letters to Chinese postage stamps to manhole covers of the world.
National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. art gallery that houses one of the finest collections in the world. Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian is composed of sixteen museums and galleries and the National Zoo and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad. Nine Smoothening museums are located on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Capitol. Five other museums and the Zoo are elsewhere in Washington, D.C., and both the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center are in New York City. Located in Washington D.C. the Smithsonian American Art Museum is the home of the largest collection of American art in the world. Its holdings over 37,500 works represent the most inclusive collection of art of any general museum today, reflecting the nations ethnic, geographic, cultural, and religious diversity. The nations first federal art collection, it predates the 1846 founding of the Smithsonian Institution. The Museum is located in the historic Old Patent Office Building in Washington, D.C., where inventors such as Thomas Edison obtained title to their work. The building also served as a hospital for wounded soldiers during the Civil War, and in March 1865 it was the site of Lincoln's second inaugural ball. Web Museum, Paris A great site of art from museums all over the world with information about the art and the artist.. Part of WebMuseum network you get to view a wide collection of art and take a tour of Paris. |
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Costume Site An index of costume sites on the Web. Great for historical, science fiction and fantasy costuming. McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies An index of Internet resources on performing arts. Opus 1 Classical
A rich, expansive resource for music fans more into Handel than hip-hop, Opus 1 provides information on classical music concerts, festivals and opera in dozens of cities scross the globe. You can browse by city and calendar month, or try the venue finder. Listings include program information and links to where to buy tickets.
Playbill On-Line Find playbill information on currently running Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, news, reviews and theatre listings from around he world. Theatre History on the Web The University of Washington School of Drama created this site to aid student and historians doing online research on the history of theatre. |
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Antiquarian, Rare, and Used Book Sites Advanced Book Exchange Alibris AllBookstores.com (search & compare 30 bookstores) Bibliofind BookFinder.com Elephant Books Powell's Booksellers on the Web Amazon.com Audio books.com Barnes & Noble Borders Books and Book Collecting A resource for book collectors searching for rare, out of print books, or volumes to complete sets. This site provides links to over fifteen sources for used book buying with one search form. BookSpot An extensive directory of book-related links. Subject headings include What to Read, Genre Corner, Where to Buy, Behind the Books, Lists, and Winners. Cambridge /history of English and American Literature The largest public reference work of literary criticism and history on the Internet. Originally published 1907-1921, the 18 volumes include 303 chapters and more than 11,000 pages, edited and written by a worldwide panel of 171 leading scholars and thinkers of the early 20th century. Children's Literature on the Web This is THE place to start when you are seeking information about children's literature. Poetry CMU Poetry Index of Canonical Verse Find here links to poetry available on the Internet. Poetry Archives This archive of over 3500 poems is searchable by author or keyword. Genealogy Cemetery Junction Directories of cemeteries, advice columns for genealogical researchers, and links to genealogy sites around the world. Cemetery Records Online Burial records, tombstone inscriptions and other records from cemeteries around the world. Records have been submitted by users. About Genealogy A place for beginners, information on census resources, genealogy software, how to search by county, adoption search, and surname search. Ancestry This site has many ways to search for ancestors, help with research and building a family tree, message boards, and a genealogy store. Genealogy Toolbox A variety of tools to aid genealogists in the pursuit of their family history. Includes the Journal of Online Genealogy. Genealogy.com Helpful articles, links, and tips. See their Online University for free genealogy classes. RootsWeb The Internet's oldest and largest genealogy site. Be sure to see The RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees. Health 
An opening piece of advice and warning: Before venturing onto the Web in search of health-related information, we advise that you familiarize yourself with important ways to evaluate the quality of the information you will find. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality and authority of the sites to which we link directly, many of the places you can go from there (especially when using search engines) may not be so reputable.
Make your first stop at one or more of the following resources AARP: Evaluating Medical Information on the Internet What you should know -- with links to more information. Click on Health & Wellness. Health InSite: Taking Charge of Medical Information From the Harvard School of Public Health, this site includes 10 questions to help make sense of health headlines. Health Finder A Service of the National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Health Grades Helps you find and compare Physicians, Hospitals and Nursing Homes. Quackwatch Award-winning site that serves as a guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decisions. Comprehensive Health Sites AmericasDoctor.com Chat for free with a real-time doctor anytime day or night. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Topics A-Z and Traveler's Health are especially useful. drkoop.com Includes over 66,000 pages of information for men, women, children, and seniors. There are over 50 disease centers and more than 1,700 health and wellness topics from a variety of distinguished health care sources. Be sure to see the drug checker for information on drug interactions. MEDLINEplus A gold mine of good health information from the worlds largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date. MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, and now a MEDLINEplus en Español. MEDLINEplus en Espanol Mayo Clinic Accessible health information and a free e-mail bulletin for timely updates on health, fitness and nutrition. Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition The home edition is geared for the layperson but still containing the same "vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment." Virtual Hospital The Virtual Hospital, a digital health sciences library, was founded in 1992 as a public service of The University of Iowa. The Virtual Hospital is designed to lower barriers to accessing authoritative information. The Virtual Hospital is based on the philosophy that learning is an apprenticeship, and that apprentice learners -- health care providers and patients -- need convenient access to authoritative information. The Virtual Hospital delivers information to health care providers at the point-of-care to help them take better care of their patients and delivers information to patients at home to help them live healthier lives. WebMD Health Searchable for all sort of information, including a Find a Doctor, clinic etc. feature. This site is easy to navigate with lists of topics. World Health Organization Searchable and browsable by areas of interest or alphabetical order of topics; global focus. The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Medical News/Journals Journal of the American Medical Association Publishes original, important and well-documented, peer reviewed clinical and laboratory articles on a diverse range of medical topics. Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine A Journal of Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics. Includes online diagnosis from the National Medical Society. New England Journal of Medicine On-line Tables of contents for the most current as well as back issues of the New England Journal of Medicine. History General Best of History Web Sites Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in History. Best of History Web Sites contains links to over 800 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness. Frontline From the PBS series covering current and historical issues, read transcripts and explore further information about show topics. History Central An online resource with encyclopedic-type entries. The topics vary from World History Chronology to Americas Wars to History Maker Biographies. Includes primary source documents. History Channel From the History Channel cable network find learning exercises, program information, links to further information on program topics and an interactive historical calendar. The History Net The History Net at About.com US History American Cultural History Extensive links to information about major events, important persons, and cultural trends of each decade 1900-1979. American Memory From the Library of Congress, American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. American West The "history and development of the American West, from the Frontier and Pioneer days of the Wild West, to today's Modern West." Been Here So Long: Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives During the New Deal, the Federal Writers Project of the Works Projects Administration gathered former American slaves' own stories. Eventually, these stories were collected and published in The American Slave: A Composite Biography. This site re-publishes selected interviews. Also available are lesson plans, guides for using first-person narrative in the classroom, and a guide to related online resources. See the University of Virginia's American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology for even more first-person stories of slavery. Charters of Freedom Contains transcripts and digitized images of the founding documents of the American republic including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Magna Carta of 1215. From the National Archives and Records Administration. The Civil War Timeline, battles, places, documents, people, and more. World History WorldHistory - attitudes and events, from early humanity to 2000 CE A survey of the world from the rise of agriculture to the Middle Ages. Exploring Ancient World Cultures A comprehensive site with sections on the Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Rome, the Early Islamic World, and Medieval Europe. Frontline From the PBS series covering current and historical issues, read transcripts and explore further information about show topics. History World An ever expanding history source helping to make history make sense. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World See representations of the canonical Seven Wonders, see a map of their presumed locations, and learn about other wonders of the Ancient World. Soviet Archives Exhibit From the Library of Congress, this is the first public display of the hitherto highly secret internal record of Soviet Communist rule. Displayed in both Moscow and Washington, the exhibit contains hundred of documents released by Boris Yeltsin in the democratic spirit of open access to information. The World Civilization Virtual Library History links and information chronologically organized by historical periods, from ancient times to modern. WWII Resources Included are a large number of primary source materials related to the war.Users will find a large number of speeches, treaties, official declarations and reports and diplomatic documents. Additional resources include timelines, maps, comprehensive information on Pearl Harbor, links to complete online books, and collections of related links. Sciences Internet Public Library Science And Technology A list of sites covering the natural and physical sciences. Explorezone.com A newsmagazine of current science, focusing on earth and space sciences. How Stuff Works NOVA® Online PBS's science television program. SciCentral This extensive site is a gateway to thousands of categorized online resources for the sciences, but that is only the beginning. "Research Highlights" explores current research, while "Science in the News" collects news articles from a number of online resources. Other special features available at this site include "K-12 Science," "Women and Minorities in Science," and a media room. Endangered! From the American Museum of Natural History endangered habitats and species exhibit. eNature eNature web site is provided by the National Wildlife Federation "Featuring over 4,800 plants and animals," derived from National Audubon field guides to Amphibians, birds, butterflies, fishes, mammals, plants, reptiles, etc. Center for Plant Conservation The Center for Plant Conservation coordinates the national network of institutions participating in the collection, growth, and maintenance of more than "570 of America's rarest native plants." National Human Genome Research Institute Find out about the Institute and the Human Genome Project, explore the legal and ethical issues of genetic research, visit the Center for Inherited Disease Research, and explore their collection of links to other genetic research information on the Web. Neurosciences on the Internet A searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the Internet: Neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases. Physical Sciences Information Gateway resources for students, researchers and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in: astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, and science history and policy. Digital Atlas of Idaho Idaho's natural history online. Earth Links to reference resources related to the planet Earth and the oceans and continents. Includes links dealing with climates and meteorology, agriculture, the environment, and more. Also includes several kinds of maps. Weather Channel Get your local weather report, travel forecasts and weather reports from around the world. Nasa's Visible Earth A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the earth. Nasa's Earth Fact Sheet Physical parameters of the Earth, its orbit, magnetosphere, and atmosphere About.com Mathematics An Internet guide for mathematics, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include algebra, calculus, geometry, logic, probability & statistics, topology, number theory, applied math, math careers, and mathematicians. Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics "MathWorld is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers." The Math Forum The goal of The Math Forum is to "build an online community of teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and citizens at all levels who have an interest in math and math education." The site features an Internet Mathematics Library, which contains links to math and math education Web sites; a "Math Resources by Subject" section; original math and math education content created in collaboration with students, teachers, and researchers; interactive projects, like Ask Dr. Math and Problems of the Week; and discussion areas. Web Math This site is a part of Discoveryschool.com. Instant solutions for your math problems. Click on a problem solver, enter your math problem and click for an explanation of how it's done and the answer. Calculator.com Any kind of calculator you can imagine. MegaConverter2.com Convert everything, inches to centimeters, fractions to decimal, time conversions and more. Web Elements At this web-based periodic table key data such as atomic weight and number are just the beginning. In addition to complete descriptions (which include spellings in five languages), WebElements includes chemical, isotope, spectroscopy, electronic, biological and geological data. Chemical Elements.com Basic chemical statistics. More extensive information is in Web Elements. NASA You can access information about all aspects, including the history of space exploration. Nine Planets A multimedia tour of the solar system.The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Audubon's Birds and Science Explore tese pages to learn more about birds, the challenges they face, and the conservation efforts to protect them
Entertainment
Movies The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy, in tandem with the ABC television network, has launched a site devoted to the Academy Awards. The site is highlighted by a searchable database of past winners and nominees in 34 categories (click on "Academy Awards Database" for full search capability), a timeline of award highlights, a best pictures poster gallery, a list of all eligible films, and the latest news about the awards. Internet Movie Database This all-volunteer effort is the Internet's largest database of information about movies and the people who make them. Search the database by cast member, writer, producer, director, film title, and more. Music 8Notes Over 1500 free sheet music pieces and riffs. The music is browsable by category (classical, popular, film & television, traditional, etc.) and by instrument, and is searchable by composer, title words, and instrument. All-Music Guide This "complete, online guide to recorded music" allows you to search by composer, artist, album title, song title, or musical style. Covers all genres of music. Billboard Online Check out the weekly Billboard charts, read album reviews, and catch all the news from the world of popular music. Classical Music Navigator A database of familiar composers and classical types of music. Grove Music Online The world's premier autjority on all aspects of music Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Jazz The companion web site to PBS's series by Ken Burns. Audio clips of many jazz performers are available, as well as interesting historical and biographical information on the highlights of jazz in the United States. MTV Get programming schedules, artist interviews, schedules of online chats with celebrities, and music news. You can also visit sister station VH-1. Playbill On-Line Find playbill information on currently running Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, news, reviews, and theatre listings from around the world. TV Guide Online From the people who bring you TV Guide this online TV magazine features news, reviews, and personalized TV listings for your cable or satellite service. National Parks ParkNet: the Park Services Place on the Web Created by: National Park Service Guide to America's National Parks. Special educational sections deal with nature and culture. |
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