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American Film Index CatalogComing soon online... The AFI Catalog draws its content from six printed volumes that document every American film from 1893 to 1970. Each film record has been meticulously compiled by the experienced editors and filmographers at the American Film Institute (AFI). Search records by keywords; film titles; cast, crew, and character names; subject; genre; release year and more. Most records include extensive plot summaries. The AFI Catalog provides comprehensive filmographic information on over 45,000 films, including more than 17,500 made in the early years of film from 1893 to 1910. The database includes approximately one million personal name entries - including more than 500,000 actor entries and 27,000 director entries. Film Index InternationalProduced in collaboration with the British Film Institute, this first release of Film Index International contains the BFI's most up to date film and person index, with records from 1900-2003. The Film Index International database provides in-depth indexing of over 100,000 films - from the first silent movies to the latest blockbusters - and biographical information for over 40,000 personalities. Film Index International includes records on films from over 170 countries and has extensive coverage of international film awards. Its rich content also includes searchable plot summaries, full cast and crew lists as well as references to periodical articles on film and film-makers. Film records contain detailed film information including the director, full cast and crew lists, year of release and production information. Credits, awards and a synopsis are also included. Person records include complete biographical information, a list of Awards received, plus a complete list of the films the subject featured in. Each record is hyperlinked to other related records, enabling you to navigate from the listed films to the corresponding film record. References to film journals are also cited in many film and person records, allowing you to extend your research. Overall dates of coverage: 1900-current Gale Group DatabasesBiography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who(r) Corbis Education History Resource Center: Modern World History Resource Center: US Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL)
Testing & Education Resource Center Researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Gale Virtual Reference LibraryUsername: pubacd10 Password: results Expires
June, 15, 2004 When connected, click "Gale Virtual Reference Library". On the following screen, click on "Gale Virtual Reference Library". Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. This trial offers selected reference books from the complete collection. International Index to Music Periodicals Full TextInternational Index to Music Periodicals Full Text contains all of IIMP plus the complete text of more than 41,000 current articles from over 61 of the most important music journals, selected by the IIMP Advisory Board. Because the database lets users search the complete text of the articles, they can locate words or phrases not present in the title, the abstract, or the index. Users also are able to restrict searches to records containing abstracts and/or full text. Overall dates of coverage: 1874-present Naxos Music LibraryNaxos Music Library is a collection of classical music online. It includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues of over 85,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. Whilst listening, users can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database. Through an online search engine users can access and play the entire catalogue of Naxos recordings, selecting works, for example, by composer, artist, period, year of composition, solo instrument or genre. Playlists can easily be created for educational use and hours of continuous enjoyment. Whilst listening, users can read the full CD insert text with insightful information about the works, artists and composers. Naxos's new releases (currently around 200 CDs per year) are continually added to ensure that the music library is always complete and up-to-date. Naxos Music Library is an excellent tool in musical education at any level.
It gives teachers the opportunity to plan course work and assignments around
a much wider collection of material than is usually available in the library.
Closed reserve playlists can be created in the knowledge that students will
have access to these recordings, through their computers, on or off campus.
Multiple users can listen to the same tracks at the same time. In the classroom,
teachers can now choose from a greater selection of music to play without
having to find or purchase extra CDs. RefWorks Bibliography ManagerNOTE: As RefWorks allows individual users to
create their own personal bibliographic database, each user will need
to set up their own profile by creating a unique username and password. RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. RefWorks allows you to… Organize and create a personal database online – no more index
cards to write out and organize. Everything is done automatically as
you import the reference into RefWorks. Searching your RefWorks database is fast and easy – RefWorks automatically creates author, descriptor and periodical indexes when importing so you just click on the word to perform the retrieval. Use Quick Search to search all fields for the most comprehensive results or Advanced Search to narrow your search to specific terms and fields. SourceOECDWhen connected, click 'Show Login Box' at the bottom of the right-side menu. ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT's (OECD's) online library of statistical databases, books, reports, working papers, and periodicals. xreferplus"xreferplus is an online ready-reference library that provides you with access to current, full-text content from a selection of over 150 reference books and 35 publishers. xreferplus includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from health to technology and science to law, not to mention the Bridgeman Art Library with over 16,000 art images!" A complete list of titles that are 'live' on xreferplus is available: http://www.xrefer.com/libraries/index.jsp?m=5 Alphabetical List of Databases | Databases with Some Full-text | Multidisciplinary Databases Databases by Subject Arts & Humanities | Biography | Business
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