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 Art Resources

ADAM
Artcyclopedia
Art in Context
Artnet
Arts Journal
ArtSource
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts
Fine Art Forum Resource Directory
Loggia: exploring the arts and humanites
Maryland Art Source
World Wide Arts Resources

 Atlases

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Library of Congress Map Collection
Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
National atlas.gov
NationalGeographic.com's Map Machine
OSSHE Historical Cultural Atlas Resource: Europe Map Archive

 Bibliographic Citation Formats

American Psychological Association (APA)
Chicago Manual of Style
Internet Public Library Citing Electronic Information
Library of Congress - citing electronically accessed images
Modern Language Association (MLA)

Biography

ArtNexus e-catalog
Biographical Dictionary
Information Please Almanac: Biography
The Union List of Artist Names

 Copyright

Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford U. Libraries)
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
Copyright Crash Course - from the University of Texas
Copyright Website
Public Domain Definitions - from University of North Carolina
Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained

 Dictionaries

Answers.com: online dictionary, encyclopedia and more
Artlex Art Dictionary
Babel Fish
Basic Guide to ASL (American Sign Language)
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Cambridge Dictionaries Online -Idioms
Common Errors in English
Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
IdiomSite
Merriam-Webster Online
OneLook Dictionaries
Philosophical Dictionary
Thesaurus.com
VoyCabulary

 E-Books

The Online Books Page
Project Gutenberg

 Encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Information Please Almanac
Internet Public Library Encyclopedias

 General Reference

InfoPlease
Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection
Librarians' Index to the Internet
NoodleTools
Refdesk.com

 Legal Issues

Maryland State Law Library
Nolo.com: Creative Arts & Music

 Primary Sources

Archives of American Art - Smithsonian Institution
First Person Narratives
In the First Person - Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Personal Narratives
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Ready, 'Net, Go Archival Internet Resources

 Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Fagan Finder, Quotations and Proverbs Search
The Quotations Archive
Respectfully Quoted: a dictionary of quotations requested from the Congressional Research Service

 Research Aides

ArtNexus e-catalog
Infopeople: Evaluating Internet Resources
Internet Public Library Encyclopedias
Library of Congress Gateway to Catalogs
Library Spot
National Geographic Society Publication Index
NoodleTools
Search Tools for Web Sites and Intranets

 Search Engines

A9
Clusty
Dogpile
Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Pandia Search Central
ZoomInfo Search People and companies

 Thesauri

Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Research at the Getty)
ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form
Thesaurus.com

 Writing Guides

Acronyma: the largest database of acronyms and abbreviations on the web
The Armchair Grammarian
Common Errors in English
Confusing Words
Elements of Style (Strunk)
How to Write a Term Paper
Internet Public Library Style and Writing Guides
Merriam-Webster's LearnersDictionary.com

 
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