Encyclopedias and Reference

Art & Music

• Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance
  information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. (2003)
  
  

Art

• American Folk Art: A Regional Reference Gale
  Offers a collection of essays on the life and work of 300 individual artists. (2012)
  
  
• Comic Art in the United States Through 2000, Animation and Cartoons: An International Bibliography Gale
  Provides information on U.S. and Canadian comic art, animation, caricature, and gag, political, illustrative, and magazine cartoons. (2005)
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Aesthetics Oxford
  Survey the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory. (1998)
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion Gale
  Includes origins of clothing and body adornment, the development of fabrics and technologies, and social meaning of dress, as well as representative costumes from a wide range of historical areas.(2005)
  
  
• Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
  From Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art. (2011)
  
  
• Oxford Art Online
  Grove Art Online comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Articles that have been added or updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped. (Updated regularly)
  
  

Music

• American Folk Songs: A Regionial Encyclopedia Gale
  Provides a state-by-state collection of folksongs describing the history, society, culture, and events characteristic of all fifty states.(2008)
  
  
• Encyclopedia of African American Music Gale
  Showcases all facets of African American music including folk, religious, concert and popular styles. (2011)
  
  
• Music Online Alexander Street
  Comprehensive resource includes African American Music Reference, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Classical Scores Library, and Classical Music Reference Library.
  
  
• Naxos Music Library - Classical
  Streaming Classical Music
  
  
• Naxos Music Library - Jazz
  Streaming Jazz Music
  
  
• Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove's)
  Oxford Music Online is the access point for Grove Music Online and other Oxford music reference resources.
  
  
• Story Behind the Protest Song Gale
  Features the most influential musical protests and statements recorded to date, providing pop-culture viewpoints on some of the most tumultuous times in modern history. (2008)
  
  

Research Articles

• Research Databases for Art & Music
  Find articles from academic journals and more
  
  

Websites

• Smarthistory
  Smarthistory An open source, online multimedia art history textbook authored by art historians from the Pratt Institute.
  
  
• Timeline of Art History
  Brought to you by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this timeline is elegant and informative.
  
  

Related Resources

• Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale
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• Oxford Reference Online
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