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Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources, covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects.
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Designed for academic institutions, this database is the leading resource for scholarly research with more full-text journals and more peer-reviewed journals than any other database available. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books, and more.
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Contains 145,000 encyclopedic articles in English or Spanish
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Contains over 9000 open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities
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Contains over 100,000 full-text authoritative ebooks on a wide range of subjects.
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Fuente Académica provides researchers with a collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain, designed to make academic research readily available in PDF format.
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Contains over 9,000 full-text magazines, newspapers and scholarly journals
Albumen Photographs: History, Science and Preservation
The Albumen Website, put together by art and photograph conservators Timothy Vitale, Paul Messier, and Walter Henry (also known as the Web master for CoOL, Conservation Online), presents the art, history, and science of albumen photographs. The gallery features digital images of albumen prints from several institutions, including the Monterey Museum of Art, Library of Congress, and George Eastman House. In the library, users can read books, including the full text of James Reilly's The Albumen & Salted Paper Book: The history and practice of photographic printing, 1840-1895, and dozens of articles, both nineteenth-century and contemporary, on technical aspects of albumen photography. In the video section, clips show Doug Munson of Chicago Albumen Works preparing albumen coating from egg whites and applying it to paper for prints. In short, the Albumen site should satisfy the entire range of interests in albumen prints, from simply wanting to look at them all the way to wanting to create them.
American Institute of Architecture Students
The AIAS is an independent, non-profit and student-run organization. This grassroots association is a cooperative between thousands of students (of all ages and academic degrees) committed to helping those in the field of Architecture. The AIAS is also a professional organization that is the official voice of architecture students. The site contains a few select sites in their Speak Up section that highlight member sites related to architectural design. Furthermore, in the student resources section they provide helpful tools for current and prospective architecture students.
Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is a national organization that works with cultural organizations, arts and business leaders, and individuals to provide leadership, education, and information that will encourage support for the arts. There is plenty of information on how you can become involved in promoting the arts in your community and schools.
Apparel, Fashion and Retail Merchandising Subject and Reference Links
Provided by the University of Wisconsin--Stout, this apparel, fashion, and retail merchandising reference guide provides Internet links to a number of excellent resources. Link categories include retail merchandising sites, companies, indexes and databases, periodicals, dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks, statistics, and advertising data. Please note, however, that a minority of the many Internet resources referenced are only available by subscription and that print materials are also referenced. This collection of links would be a great resource for fashion merchandisers and instructors of fashion merchandising courses.
Art History Resources on the Web
Regularly updated, this collection of online art history resources compiled by a college art professor is a massive undertaking that covers everything from Prehistoric Art and Contemporary Art to museums and galleries and research resources.
ARTPORT
The Whitney Museum's portal to Internet art and an online gallery space for commissions of net art and new media art. Originally launched in 2002, Artport provides access to original art works commissioned specifically for artport by the Whitney; documentation of net art and new media art exhibitions at the Whitney; and new media art in the Museum's collection.
Art Studio Chalkboard: A Technical Resource for Artists and Art Students
The Art Studio Chalkboard, provided by Ralph Larmann of Southern Arkansas University, has been designed as a resource focusing on the "fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting." Organized by Drawing, Painting, Sources and Resources, and Responses to Visitor's Questions, this site contains text and illustrative graphics on drawing grids, using chiaroscuro, optical color mixing, stretching canvas, spiral staircase perspective and pointers to other sites such as Eyes on Art. What makes this site unique is its how-to, illustrative approach written in plain English.
Association of Art Historians
Formed in 1974, the AAH represents the interests of historians in art, design, architecture, photography, film and other media, cultural studies, conservation, and museum studies. The website includes a listing of the association's publications, details of AAH's annual conferences from 1997 to the present, briefly annotated links to art history resources on the web, and the Artists' Papers Register, a location register of the papers of artists, designers, and craftsmen held in publicly accessible collections in the United Kingdom.
Building Design
The Building Design site bills itself as "the architects' website", and it is a claim that is quite accurate and apropos. Designed to complement their print publication, the site is a treasure-trove of material for just about anyone who is involved in any aspect of building, including architects, design theorists, planners, and so on. As the magazine is based in the United Kingdom, there's definitely a British Isles focus. Readers probably won't mind as the site offers excellent coverage of the field in the "News" section, where they can sign up to receive email updates, watch some slideshows of new and proposed buildings, and read long-form pieces. Not surprisingly, the site is keeping up with the proverbial Joneses' by offering a smattering of intelligent and lively blogs, coupled with podcasts that mix contemporary interviews and discussions with archived materials such as talks with Buckminster Fuller on his environmental philosophy.
CAD Tutor
This extensive site created and maintained by University instructor David Watson provides users with page after page of free useful tutorials and information about Computer Aided Design. Five topical areas (AutoCAD, Digital Design, Web Building, Image Bank and Community) are each subdivided with drop-down menus and make for easy navigation throughout the site. The Photos and AutoCAD drawings provided in the Image Bank section are freely available as are tutorials that provide instruction in a variety of web design and web building programs. The Community tab shows a number of very active forums - topics include Design Software, Autodesk Software, SketchUp and much more. A very useful list of AutoCAD resources links to a variety of other materials online related to AutoCAD.
College Art Association
Founded in 1911, the College Art Association has over 13,000 individual members and 2,000 institutional memberships. Members are artists, art historians, scholars, curators, collectors, educators, art publishers, and other visual arts professionals. CAA publishes three scholarly journals in art and art history -two in print and one online, as well as a bimonthly newsletter. The website includes a listing of the association's publications, a career development section, advocacy information, and a list of opportunities for artists, scholars, museum professionals, educators, and other members of the arts community. PhD dissertation titles in art history and visual studies are published each year in the June issue of The Art Bulletin. Listings from 2002 on are available in full text through the website.
Color Theory Tutorial
Color theory has been worked on by a number of individuals over the years, and those with an interest in the field include artists, scientists, and of course, interior designers. Janet Ford, a web designer in Minneapolis, has been interested in this field for over a decade, and her website explores many of the issues surrounding color theory in a way that is both accessible and interesting. On the site, visitors can learn about the basics of color, complementary colors, and such concepts as contrast, dominance, proportion, and intensity. The site is rounded out by a very good Resources area, which contains a bibliography of recommended works drawn from the past several decades.
Design & Publishing
This very polished and useful online magazine bills itself as "the eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics since 1990." With a ton of very practical information and links this site connects users with tutorials, web site critiques, book reviews and a variety of helpful articles and relevant news items. The site as a whole is very user driven and encourages participation by users in a variety of ways including contests, reader's galleries, and user groups. Given the plethora of information, a good place to start is the "Read Me First" link at the top of the left-hand menu bar; it will help users get an overall sense of the site and provides some helpful navigational hints.
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Museum and Galleries
The museum website at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising offers information on their current in situ exhibitions, the site also offers online exhibits for those unable to travel to the museum. Selecting 'Online Exhibits' from their museum & galleries menu will bring you to a menu of currently available online galleries. As of summer 2006, this list includes exhibits of motion picture costume design and an exhibition of the fashion used in Star Wars, to name a few. The site also has a section dedicated to "Educators", it should be noted that in order to access the educator resources registration is required, but free.
Foodesigns.com - Articles & Tips, Food Photography, Education
Foodesigns.com was created by Lisa Golden Schroeder, a veteran food stylist and writer, who recognized the need for a website where practicing food stylists and photographers could exchange techniques and advice, that would also provide information for those looking to enter this specialty within the food business. A few of the features at Foodesigns.com are reserved for members or available by subscription, such as the Tweezer Times, a bimonthly online magazine, but valuable information is available entirely free. For example, weekly tips ranging from how to make perfect chocolate curls to "green" food styling; interviews and links to portfolios of featured artists; FAQs about food styling; and listings of upcoming food styling events and educational opportunities.
National Art Education Association
Founded in 1947, the National Art Education Association has over 22,000 members including art educators from every level of instruction, publishers, manufacturers and suppliers of art materials, parents, students, retired teachers, arts councils, and schools. The website includes a listing of the association's publications, convention, and membership information.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
The website includes guidelines for grants and fellowships, profiles of grantees, a description of NEA's national initiatives, NEA press releases, a list of publications (many of which can be downloaded from the website), and a set of research reports on the arts industry.
National Gallery of Art - Education
Designed primarily for teachers, this site has many resources of interest to students as well. Over 150 teaching resources are loaned free of charge to educational institutions, community groups, and individuals. Programs are designed to meet national standards in the visual arts. Students can browse the catalog by curriculum area, topic, or artist for all periods of art. The site also includes in-depth online guides for individual painters such as Thomas Moran and Jackson Pollock, as well as periods and styles such as ancient Egypt and Impressionism.
Science, Art, and Technology (Art Institute of Chicago)
This fine exhibit and pedagogical tool was developed by the Art Institute of Chicago in order assist science teachers in their efforts to explore the relationship between science and art in a museum setting. Supported by a grant from the Polk Brothers Foundation, the various sections of the site reveal "how the scientific method is applied to the making, conserving, and exhibiting of art." The online exhibit is divided into six primary sections, including Perception, Light, and Color, Art and Astronomy, and Conservation: Light in the Making and Viewing of Art.
Theatrecrafts.com
Developed in part by the University of Exeter's School of Performance Art (with the help of Jon Primrose), the aim of Theatrecrafts.com is "to eventually be the best resource for practical information and advice about technical theatre techniques for theatre folk at any level." The site is divided into a number of thematic sections where browsers can go to find out information about props, lighting, rigging, sound, and stage management, along with eleven other topics. For those looking to find out about a particular theatre term, they should take a look at the online glossary, which contains over 1400 terms. The glossary is searchable by first letter, word, or for fun, there is a random word finder as well. The costume section is also rather useful, as it features links to online costume galleries, sites featuring research on costumes, and a link to businesses that supply and rent costumes to theatre organizations.
Vfxblog
As more and more films use visual effects throughout their running time, movie fans continue to clamor for more information about how the process of creating such effects works and what types of challenges might be encountered during such a process. In an attempt to offer a look inside this world, Ian Failes, an Australian lawyer, has created this Vfxblog, which is a weblog that offers interviews with people working in this field, along with updates on films that use such visual effects. Visitors will definitely want to check out the interviews, as they profile the work of persons such as Jeff Wolverton and Mike Elizalde on the recent film "Fantastic Four" and Paul Franklin's work on "Batman Begins". Overall, this site is a fine way to learn about both the art and science of working on such endeavors.
Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
VADS, part of the UK Arts & Humanities Data Service (AHDS), was established to create a searchable, online archive of digital resources for use by the visual arts community, especially those in higher education, and "to establish and promote good practice in the creation, management and preservation of digital resources through an advisory, training and publications programme." Recently redesigned, the VADS site now offers online access to three collections: the excellent Imperial War Museum Art Collection, Other Educated Persons: Art in East London 1972-1999, and Documentary Photography: Jacob Riis (actually a Computer Assisted Learning program that requires a Windows machine).
