Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Directories
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Getting Magazine and Journal Articles
Current Periodical Subscriptions (.pdf)
ProQuest
Full text and/or citations for articles in general, professional, research, and business periodicals.
Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective
Art Full Text provides full text and/or citations to visual arts, art history, some performing arts, and film periodicals from 1984 to the present.
Art Index Retrospective has citations only for periodicals published from 1929-1984.
Provided by Wilson Web.
Citations for articles in 18 professional journals covering architecture, building, landscape architecture, and interior design.
Design and Applied Arts Index and Design Abstracts Retrospective
Design and Applied Arts Index provides abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards.
Design Abstracts Retrospective is DAAI from 1903 to 1986 with some sources back to 1894.
Design Profiles provides information about more than 8,000 influential designers and design-related organizations.
Click on Specific Databases to select.
Search current events, articles, images, etc. Must have a card for any Florida Public Library.
Opposing Viewpoints
Magazine and newspaper articles, essays, statistics, and court cases on contemporary social issues.
Photography Criticism Archive
Specialized collection of essays on the history, criticism, and theory of photography.
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Images
Photos, prints, and more illustrating American history, culture, people, and places.
Images of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design.
AP Images
Images by photojournalists of people, places, events, and newsmakers, national and international.
Art Image Collections at Grove Online
Image collections from museums and galleries.
Art Museum Image Gallery
Digital resource of art images and related multimedia from museums around the world.
Provided by Wilson Web.
Corbis Imaging Resource
Corbis Imaging Resource is currently unavailable
Images in the Corbis Design Collection include ad and graphic design images and stock photography.
Images in the Corbis Historical Collection include historical archival photos in black and white and color, many from the Bettmann archive, with some from nature, science, and space.
Luerzer's Archive Online Service
Advertising archive.
Slide Library in Kimbrough Library
Faculty and Staff may log in to this resource to look up slides in the Library’s 129,000 35mm slide collection.
WorldArt
Images for education and research in the California State University shared art and archaeology images database.
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Sound
Sound Ideas Sound Effects and Music Mix
Sound effects and music clips to download to iTunes.
OmniMusic
High quality music tracks to download. Jazz, Rock, Classical, New Age, Oldies, .........
LibriVox
Recorded books in the public domain.
Project Gutenberg Audio Books
Human-read and computer-generated audio books in the public domain.
Public Domain Music
Lists of public domain music.
Musopen
Recorded public domain music.
Sony Pictures Sound Effects complete track list (PDF)
Index to sound tracks in the CD collection at the Library’s Circulation Desk.
Loops for Acid CD title list (PDF)
Index to music tracks in the CD collection at the Library’s Circulation Desk.
Fresh Music Library track index
Acoustic Atmosphere to Cyber Sports (PDF)
Desert Schooner to House & Garden (PDF)
Innovations & Technology to Production Elements (PDF)
RapCeeDee to World Wide (PDF)
and the Emotion Index (PDF)
Index to music tracks in the CD collection at the Library’s Circulation Desk.
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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Directories
Authors and Artists for Young Adults
Biographical reference source.
Bartleby.com
Reference works and classics of literature and nonfiction free of charge for home and classroom use.
Credo Reference
Previously called Xrefer Online Reference Library.
Hundreds of online reference books in a single word search database.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Online encyclopedia
Florida Electronic Library
Search current events, articles, images, etc. Must have a card for any Florida Public Library.
Grove Dictionary of Art
Now called Oxford Art Online
Reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Each featured species of animal is accompanied by map and illustration.
OneLook Dictionary
5 million+ words in 900+ online dictionaries.
Oxford English Dictionary
Definitions and evolution of the English language.
Formerly Called the Grove Dictionary of Art
Reference for all aspects of the visual arts.
Toonopedia
A hypertext encyclopedia of animated movies, animated television series, comic strips, and comic books.
This database includes two types of business information for job-seekers wishing to work internationally.
You may search the Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States or the Directory American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries.
Who's Who
Biographies of 1.2 million leaders and achievers.
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eBooks
ebrary
Thousands of ebooks from leading publishers.
Public domain books and more are available for on-screen preview, with many thousands available as PDF downloads.
Safari eBooks
150 electronic books covering technology and business.
Project Gutenberg
6000+ full-text electronic books mostly in the public domain.
Online Books Page
25,000 free books on the web.
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Public Domain Materials
Project Gutenberg
6000+ full-text electronic books mostly in the public domain.
Project Gutenberg Audio Books
Human-read and computer-generated audio books in the public domain.
Online Books Page
25,00 free books on the web.
LibriVox
Recorded books in the public domain.
Public Domain Music
Lists of public domain music.
Musopen
Recorded public domain music.
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