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| Arts and Humanities Return to Internet Links Directory Please Note: These pages contain links to non-library sponsored remote services and information. The Palatine Public Library District is not responsible for the content, reliability or availability of these services. |
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The season, the tour, the dancers, the ballets! Artists and artisans can search by date, city, state, and region for events where they can display their work Art History Resources on the Web Learn everything about art and the market of art. Features galleries, InternetArt Magazine and archives with information about artists and their works, actual sale prices, trends and more. A comprehensive index to online exhibits of thousands of artists. Search by artist's name or browse the A to Z listing. Entries include links to museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. This site contains links to art and architecture sites including electronic exhibitions, image collections, online art journals, art schools and university art/architecture programs, libraries, museums, and organizations. Chicagoland resource for the creative community. Guide to Art & Craft Workshops This directory is helpful to art fair sponsors, artists and the general public. The official database for Broadway theatre. Provides links to places to search for museums by country, state, city, museum name, and artist. Images of more than 3000 works and information on all of the more than 100,000 objects in the gallery's collection. Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography Photographs from the National Archives and Records Administration. Browse the collection by time period or by photographers. Playbill Online Theatre Central Great site for anyone curious about theater news, personalities, or planning to attend a production. This easy-to-use site even offers discounts. |
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From the Writers' Workshop at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: styles include the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Modern Language Association (MLA.) Citing Sources, Guide to Library Research William Strunk's Elements of Style. This directory lists many memorable commencement addresses delivered over the years. Includes definitions of sentence parts, rules for comma usage and other punctuation marks, plurals, possessives, capitalization and lots more. You can even "Ask Grammar!" Learn how to say conversational words and phrases in hundreds of different languages. Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides Look here for citing web resources. In some cases complete style manuals for citing all kinds of sources including MLA, APA, Chicago & Turabian. A supplement to the printed edition of the Writer's Digest, this site contains the most current information on publishing both fiction and non-fiction. |
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Book awards and reading lists by theme, by genre, by grade level, and if you liked... subjects. You will find author information, hot picks, and recommended reads. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Searchable, hypertext version of the printed work. Children's Picture Book Database Provides free access to most CliffsNotes literature guides. A database of authors, illustrators and photographers who are published, live in Illinois, have lived in Illinois, were born in Illinois, have written extensively about Illinois or have works set in Illinois. Resource for locating plays in anthologies. Search the master index to Gale's large collection of literary criticisms which is located on the 2nd floor of the Main Library. A link to sites dealing with English and American literature. This guide from the Library of Congress helps readers identify a literary work when they know only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase. Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet A comprehensive guide to Shakespeare sources including criticism. Sponsored by the Internet Public Library's Literary Criticism Collection. Find biographical and criticism information for over 100 authors and their works. Reader's advisory site. Use the Poetry Tool to search for poems by theme, poet, first line, reading level, and more. From Poetry magazine. This site contains the complete works of William Shakespeare on-line, Bartlett's familiar Shakespearean Quotations, plus links to other Shakespeare sources. Free online study guides including literature, poetry, and the No Fear Shakespeare series. Voice of the Shuttle. An excellent source for literary criticism. Search adult fiction series. |
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An excellent resource of articles, reviews of CDs, interviews and biographies. Baby Boomer HeadQuarters: Lyrics Search this database by artist, song title, album title, record label or soundtrack. Classical music site that is organized by eras and composers. Includes a glossary and musical examples in RealAudio. This project allows you to search about 100 fake books to find a jazz or popular song by song title. You can cross-reference the results with our catalog to see if the library owns the fake book. Folk Music, An Index to Recorded Resources Historical American Sheet Music The Historic American Sheet Music project, from Duke University, provides access to digital images of sheet music published in the U.S. between 1850 and 1920. Kids song lyrics. Concentrates on 80 popular Broadway shows. Gives in-depth information on each show including song lyrics. A complete guide to piano care, purchasing, collecting and restoration. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Browse or search for a good quote or a lyric. This site provides access to collections of sheet music of popular songs, including full scans of work published before 1923. Music from TV Commercials. Bands and artists can be searched by name, keyword, genre, or resource. Lists and links are also available for radio stations, record labels and stores, music charts, e-zines, and concert information. |
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Palatine Public Library subscribes to a number of Web-based services (databases) which are available to users of the Library. Some are available from home and some are for use in the Library only. Resources available from home will require Palatine Public Library cardholders to type in their Library bar code number. |
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Bloom's Literary Reference Online Find literary criticisms, author biographies, essays on topics and themes, synopses, videos, and more in this online collection from Harold Bloom.
Literary Index Use this to locate critical or biographical material about authors, books, stories, or poems. Not full text, leads to critical sources.
LitFinder Search 85,000 full-text poems, short stories, and essays. Can search by subject, author, and first/last lines.
This database includes all the critical analyses and brief plot summaries that are included in MagillOnLiterature, as well as biographies and author essays included in MagillOnAuthors.
Online reader's advisory database for fiction and non-fiction.
Search K-8 fiction and non-fiction by author, title, series name, and subject.
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Available from home for Palatine
Library Cardholders.
Available
to use inside the library. This page was last updated June 23, 2009.