Arts & Entertainment

 

Premium Resources • Art (General) â€¢ Collectibles • Dance • Fashion • Film • Music • Photography • Television & Radio • Theater

Premium Resources

		SIRS Renaissance (Provided By Pioneer)
		Current perspectives on the Arts & Humanities with full-text articles from more than 1,200 U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and journals.

Art (General)

		Art History Resources on the Web
		An index linking to extensive resources for the study of art history.

		Artcyclopedia
		Search for artists whose works are included in museum sites, image archives, and other online resources.

		The Getty Research Library
		Provides access to the Art & Architecture Thesaurus, the Getty Provenance Index, and the Photo Study Collection.

Collectibles

		American Society of Appraisers
		Find a local appraisal expert for antiques, jewelry and decorative arts.

		International Society of Appraisers
		Search for local, national, and international appraisers.

		Kovels Online Collectors' Price Guide
		Articles, maker's marks and values for mass-produced items.

Dance

		CyberDance
		CyberDance is an extensive internet dance database containing thousands of links to classical ballet and modern dance resources on the Internet.

		BallroomDancers.com
		Provides step-by-step instructions to a variety of ballroom dances and includes short video tutorials.

Fashion

		The Costume Page
		Links to sites featuring the study and history of costume.

		Infomat Who's Who in Fashion
		Find biographies and profiles on designers and professionals in the apparel, textiles, and accessories industries.

Film

		Finding Family Friendly Films
		Provo City Library's guide to resources assisting families find appropriate entertainment.

		Hollywood.com
		Movie information, photos, reviews, showtime listings, and entertainment news.

		Internet Movie Database
		Features plot summaries, reviews, cast lists, and theater schedules.

		Internet Movie Script Database
		A collection of full movie scripts available free of charge.

		Rotten Tomatoes
		Movie reviews and previews collected from a wide array of media sources.

Music

		allmusic
		A large informative site covering multiple styles of music (rap, rock, classical, country, etc.).

		Musipedia: The Open Music Encyclopedia
		Encyclopedia of tunes, musical themes, and melodies.

		Sheet Music Consortium
		Collection of digitized sheet music from four academic libraries.

		Smithsonian Folkways
		Offers downloads and streaming video, tools for teaching, in-depth features, and institutional subscriptions  to Music Online/Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.

Photography

		American Memory
		Images from the collection of the Library of Congress.

		Google Images Search
		One of the most comprehensive image searches.

		Historical Photographs (Provo)
		Links to collections of local historical photographs from the Provo City Library, Utah State Historical Society, BYU, and the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.

		Mountain West Digital Library
		A continually growing collection of historical images from Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.

Television & Radio

		Hulu
		Watch free videos and full episodes of current prime time TV shows online, as well as sports videos, video clips from movies, and full-length films as well.

		Radio-Locator
		The most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet with links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2,500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.

		TV.com
		Searchable directory of episode guides, reviews, TV show listings, and actors.

Theater

		Internet Broadway Database
		Search and read news pages from 1900 - 1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690 and the present.  From the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

		Utah Theaters
		Listing of all theaters in the state of Utah.  Searches can be limited by city or county.