Recreation

A history database that contains more than 50,000 tracks of music from America's past.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is a comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Each volume contains an overview of the region, a survey of its musical heritage, traditions and themes; and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include detailed photographs that show musicians, musical instrument, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study.

Music research gateway that includes Grove Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford Companion to Music. Authoritative online music dictionary/encyclopedia. Articles include biographies of composers and performers; definitions of terms, styles, and concepts; essays on world music, popular music, and jazz; descriptions of musical instruments and their makers, etc. Gives music examples and links to related web sites (some of which display images and play sounds).

American Government contains more than 12,000 primary and secondary sources, including 1,200 documents, 4,000 images, 200 maps, and 200 audio/video recordings. This database provides a multifaceted examination of the foundations of the United States government and political system, including such topics as national security, civil rights, immigration, and health care reform. American Government also provides over 2,100 biographies of important historical and current government figures.

Photos, images and audio files from the Associated Press. Features an International and a Euro/Asia Photo Archive. Photos, images and audio files from the Associated Press. Features an International and a Euro/Asia Photo Archive. The former features state, regional and national photos from North America, as well as the best of the international photo report. The latter features regional photos from Europe and Asia, some with foreign-language captions. Note: Title change from Accunet AP Multimedia Archive, February 2008.

ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

This database combines the in-depth, original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, plus a thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images, and abstracts. This database combines the in-depth, original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, plus the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases (including biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries). It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images. For more details about the source information for this database, please go to thefollowing site: http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/biobank.htm Coverage dates: Ancient times to present.

This database features theatre related resources, including posters, playbills, photos, architectural images, floor plans, and other ephemera, and links to hundreds of editorially selected theatre Web resources. North American Theatre Online contains over 40,000 pages of dramatic criticism and interpretation from such sources as O’Dell’s Annals of the New York Stage, the Oxford University Press Companion series, and Greenwood’s American Theatre Companies series. The database features in-depth detailed records for more than 10,000 plays, including many previously unpublished works by major authors. More than 20 fields allow the material to be searched by location, date, format, number of characters, theatre style, production company, and a rich choice of other search criteria. The database also features related resources, including posters, playbills, photos, architectural images, floor plans, and other ephemera, and links to hundreds of editorially selected theatre Web resources.

The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 160,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives. The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 160,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives. The Archives records all three C-SPAN networks seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. All C-SPAN programs since 1993 are digital and can be viewed online for free. Duplicate copies of programs that have aired since 1987 can be obtained and used for education, research, review or home viewing purposes. Proceeds from the sale of these programs help support the operation of the Archives. Some programs are not copyright cleared for sale.