Research and Reference Resources

Arts and Entertainment

Movies & Television

Entertainment Weekly Online - http://www.ew.com/ew
Provides web only entertainment news and articles, reviews, charts and message boards on various topics.

The Internet Movie Database - http://us.imdb.com/
Maintained by an international organization whose objective is to provide movie information freely, the Internet Movie Database currently covers over 150,000 movies with over 2,000,000 filmography entries and is expanding continously. Detailed information on movies and links to other sites including fan pages are found here.

Movie Review Query Engine - http://www.mrqe.com
The MRQE has over 21,000 movie titles available for searching. Each successful search results in a list of reviews from a wide variety of sources. The site also offers specialized lists such as--Recent Releases in the United States, Upcoming Releases, Top 10 at the Box Office, Recent Film Festivals, etc.Can also see lists of the most popular titles determined by the number of searches.

Oscar.com: The Official Academy Awards Site - http://www.oscar.com
Check out this years' Oscar nominees at the Official site of the Academy Awards. A comprehensive list of past award winners is provided, as well as detailed information on the telecast and the history of the awards.

Screen It - http://www.screenit.com/
A movie guide for parents, where you can also see their video guide.

TV Guide Online - http://www.tvguide.com/
Includes articles and information not found in the print version as well as two weeks of program listings, broadcast and cable, including desciptions that can be brought up by zip code. Searchable by just about everything.

Television Without Pity - http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com
Detailed episode recaps of all current television dramas, including some of the reality based shows, like Survivor and Real World. Includes fan forums.

Music

All About Jazz - http://www.allaboutjazz.com
This site includes jazz news, reviews, interviews, articles, festivals and more.

BadgerLink Songbook Database --http://songbase.badgerlink.net/
A locally produce resource for finding song books in the collection of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Reference and Loan Library. Song books and sheet music can be borrowed through the WISCAT interlibrary loan system.

Billboard Online - http://www.billboard.com/bb/index.jsp
Daily music news, reviews, information on new releases, industry events, and, of course, charts.

Classical.Net - http://www.classical.net
Features cd reviews and links to other classical music web sites.

ClassicsToday --http://classicstoday.com
Find cd reviews and other classical music resources.

Country.com - http://www.country.com/
This site offers attractive graphics, easy navigation, a virtual tour of the Grand Ole Opry, news reports, and profiles of dozens of artists.

Lyrics

• Demented Lyrics - http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbmorris/ (funny lyrics)
• KissThisGuy.com - http://www.kissthisguy.com/ (misheard lyrics)
• Lyrics World - http://www.lyricsworld.com/ (popular and rock music)
• OLGA: On-Line Guitar Archive - http://www.olga.net/ (chords, tablatures, and lyrics for songs)
• SongFile - http://www.songfile.com (songs of all genres)

Music in the Public Domain - http://www.pdinfo.com/
This handy site helps identify music and songs in the public domain. An alphabetical list of songs (and composers) is included, along with detailed discussions of copyright and public domain.

 

Performance Arts

Playbill On-line - http://www.playbill.com/index.php
This is a useful theater resource, offering news, feature stories, theater listings, links to ticket services, seating charts for major theaters and more.

Sapphire Swan Dance Directory - http://www.SapphireSwan.com/dance/
Provides links to the best dance resources on the Web. Primarily organized by dance style, the site also has links to dance schools, books, and supplies.

Ticketmaster - http://www.ticketmaster.com/
Get tickets to a wide variety of events, including concerts, plays, sporting events, and others.

Theatricopeia - http://www.saintmarys.edu/~jhobgood/Jill/theatre.html
"An abundance of links and more for Musical Theatre fans." The author annotates and rates links in many categories, including: Shows, Composers, Performers, Lyrics, Magazines, and more.

Visual Arts

Art History Resources on the Web - http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
This site includes sources from prehistoric to 20th century art, as well as links to museums and galleries around the world.

Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet - http://artcyclopedia.com
Artcyclopedia offers a useful search engine to access sites on the World Wide Web where artists' works can be viewed online. The primary focus is on fine art painting and sculpture, and you can view a master list of links to museums and galleries indexed by the site.

ArtLex: Dictionary of Visual Art - http://www.artlex.com
ArtLex is an online dictionary that offers definitions to more than 2,600 words and terms. The index is arranged alphabetically, but more popular entries (such as specific styles and mediums) have their own links under a "Shortcuts" menu.

TimeLine of Art History -- http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a timeline of art history from 20,000 B.C. to the present. Search by an alphabletical subject index, artist index, timelines index, special topics index and a search engine.

Virtual Library Museums Pages - http://icom.museum/vlmp/
Find museum web sites all over the world.

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