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For description, see OXFORD ART ONLINE
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- 700 full-text articles by leading scholars
- coverage of the Enlightenment extends from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815
- includes not only Western Europe but also North America, Brazil, and Iberian, Russian, Jewish, and Eastern European cultures
- signed articles with extensive bibliographies
- information on how-to-cite at the end of each entry
- published by Oxford University Press
- edited by Alan Charles Kors, Professor of History since 1968 at the University of Pennsylvania
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- 3,000 full-text articles by leading scholars
- coverage on all aspects of the period from the 5th to the 15th Century
- explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history
- signed articles with extensive bibliographies
- information on how-to-cite at the end of each entry
- published by Oxford University Press
- edited by Andre Vauchez, Director of the French School in Rome
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For description, see OXFORD ART ONLINE
For description, see OXFORD MUSIC ONLINE
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- 2,000 full-text articles by leading scholars
- coverage includes theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance
- cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers
- signed articles with extensive bibliographies
- information on how-to-cite at the end of each entry
- published by Oxford University Press
- edited by Selma Jeanne Cohen
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- database of over 1400 new raw materials, processes and products
- drawn from a large spectrum of industries
- results include thumbnail images
- can search by product name, application, country, etc.
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Searching is limited to one field at a time; for e.g., you cannot search upholstery in the United States. However, you can pull up all upholstery results and limit by country.
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- the most comprehensive online reference resource for visual arts
- continually updated worldwide coverage from prehistory to the present day
- includes: painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts, photography
- signed articles with bibliographies
- includes Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
- image search includes 5,000 images from MOMA, the Met, AICT, and The Artists Rights Society; over 40,000 images from selected gallery and museum websites link to subject entries
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For description, see OXFORD MUSIC ONLINE
For description, see OXFORD ART ONLINE
For description, see OXFORD MUSIC ONLINE
- 4,000 full-text entries nearly half biographical
- coverage on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th Century Europe
- includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period
- most entries contain bibliographies
- information on how-to-cite at the end of each entry
- edited by Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester
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- 1,200 full-text articles by leading scholars
- definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered Europe in the 16th Century
- explores church polity, theology, developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature
- signed articles with extensive bibliographies
- information on how-to-cite at the end of each entry
- edited by Hans J. Hillerbrand, Professor of Religion at Duke University
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- 4,300 full-text articles by specialist contributors
- coverage extends from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments
- includes dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions
- signed articles with bibliographies
- information on how-to-cite at the end of each entry
- edited by Dennis Kennedy, Samuel Beckett Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, and head of the School of Drama, at Trinity College
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- extensive online music reference resource
- continually updated worldwide coverage
- signed articles, selected bibliographies
- includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music
- music timelines and topical guides provided
- articles link to related content
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- over 30,000 plays and 500 monologues written or translated into English
- coverage extends from ancient Greek theatre to the present
- search for plays by title, author, subject (sisters, culture conflict, marriage), style (symbolism, experimental theater), genre (comedy, melodrama, musical), cast type
- provides the full publication details needed to locate the play in its published manifestations including plays published as single volumes and also plays in anthologies and collections
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