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Daily Life Online: History, Culture, Folklore
Daily Life features resources on subjects including: art, food and drink, clothing, lifestyles, religion and belief, holidays, languages, worldview, crafts, festivals, music, dance, tales, myths, urban legends, proverbs, folk remedies, stories, domestic life, economic life, intellectual life, material life, political life, recreational life, and religious life.
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
A comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period. It features an abundance of in-depth articles on this field of enduring importance—from biographies to thematic entries on architecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture. The resource provides fascinating and authoritative art historical and cultural information about art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites and stylistic developments.
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames, or learn about the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.
International Encyclopedia of Dance
With nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, the Encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance—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.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
This encyclopedia provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. In addition to performances in playhouses, it covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions.

Websites Selected by Librarians
Artcyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine -- An index to online exhibits and information on museum-quality artists, searchable by artist name, movement, medium, subject, and nationality. Includes links to museums, images, and other online resources.
Voice of the Shuttle: Art -- From the University of California, Santa Barbara, this searchable directory includes general art resources, museums, galleries, auctions, artists and works.
Artnet -- A comprehensive site with links to artists, galleries, and events. The research library has articles from the Grove Dictionary of Art covering artists, materials and techniques, and styles and movements.
Art History Resources On the Web -- Organized by time period, this site provides information on the history of art as well as museums and research resources.
eHow-Crafts -- Contains step-by-step instructions for crafts such as knitting, sewing, scrapbooking, pottery, and jewelry making.
Virtual Library Museums Pages -- A worldwide directory of museums that can be searched by name, type, or location.
Museums and the Online Archive of California (MOAC) -- Provides browsable and searchable access to digital images from collections held by archives, museums, and libraries throughout California.
Local Art Museums -- Links to selected Bay Area art museums.