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Images, Music, and Video

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  • Academic Video Online (Video)
  • Aluka (Images, Historical documents, Journal articles - full text, Government records)
    • An online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Includes three content areas: African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes, African Plants, and Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.
    • More Info: About Aluka, Aluka HelpEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
  • AP Images (1826 - current • Images)
    • Over two million Associated Press photographs dating back to 1826 and more than 45,000 maps, graphs, charts, logos, flags, and illustrations. Updated with more than three thousand photos daily. Search by simple keyword or by complex searches such as concept, color, and category.
    • More Info: AP Images User GuideEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
  • ARTstor (Images)
    • A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data. It includes access to a collection of images from Carleton's slide library.
    • More Info: About ARTstor, ARTstor tutorials on YouTubeEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible

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  • Bridgeman Education (antiquity - present • Images)
    • 300,000 art images from the Bridgeman Art Library. Includes images from hundreds of sources and thousands of artists, from prehistory to the present.
    • More Info: Bridgeman Education: How to SearchEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
  • British Periodicals (1680 - 1930 • Literary texts, Journal articles - full text, Images)
    • Searchable full text and page images of hundreds of British periodicals from the late 17th century to the early 20th. Also allows searching for cartoons, photographs, illustrations, and other images.
    • More Info: About British PeriodicalsEndNote Import: Direct EndNote Export

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  • CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (Images)
    • More than 95,000 art images—photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture—plus audio, video and mixed media, all rights-cleared for educational use.
      ELM An ELM Database
    • More Info: CAMIO HelpEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
  • Carleton College Archives Database (Historical documents, Images)
    • Search all known records of archival photographs, documents, and artifacts at Carleton, as well as view available scans of these items and request appointments to see original copies.
  • Carleton Digital Collections (Images, Historical documents, Journal articles - full text)
    • A local digital collection of Carleton publications and images from Carleton's Visual Resources Collection, the Carleton Archives, and teaching collections from Carleton faculty.
    • More Info: EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
  • Credo Reference (Reference articles, Images, Biographies)
    • General reference and resource discovery tool that provides access to hundreds of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical information, images, bibliographies, and links to journal articles, books, and online sources.
    • More Info: Credo Reference HelpEndNote Import: Direct Export: RIS-filter

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  • Dance in Video (Video)
    • Full-featured streaming video of 250 dance productions and documentaries. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. NOTE: this collection is still under development; not all videos are yet online.
    • More Info: Dance in Video Help, Creating Clips and Playlists
  • DRAM (Sound recordings)
    • Access to streaming music and liner notes. The DRAM collection is focused on hard-to-find yet culturally and academically important music.
    • More Info: DRAM help, DRAM hardware and software requirementsEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible

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  • EBSCO Image Collection (Images)
    • Over 100,000 images including a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
    • More Info: EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
  • Ethnographic Video Online (Video)
    • Full-featured streaming video of 750 hours of film and video on human culture and behavior. Covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more. NOTE: this collection is still under development; not all videos are yet online.
    • More Info: Ethnographic Video Online Help, Creating Clips and PlaylistsEndNote Import: not EndNote compatible

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  • Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (Sound recordings, Reference articles)
    • A comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world.
    • More Info: EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible

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  • Harper's Weekly: 1857-1912 (1857-1912 • Journal articles - full text, Images)
    • A complete copy of every issue of Harper's Weekly from 1857 to 1912. Includes full-page images (including advertisements and cartoons), full-text searching, and page-by-page browsing.
    • More Info: EndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible

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  • OAIster (Images, Historical documents)
    • Union catalog of digital resources from thousands of libraries, archives, and museums, including descriptive information about each resource.
    • More Info: About OAIster, Search OAIster on WorldCat.orgEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
  • Opera in Video (Video)
    • Full-featured streaming video of 250 staged opera productions, interviews, and documentaries. Presents an overview of the most commonly studied operas in music history, opera literature, and performance classes. Multiple performances and stagings of major operas allow for analysis of stage design, vocal techniques, roles, and musical interpretation across time periods, opera houses, and conductors. NOTE: This collection is still under development; not all videos are yet online.
    • More Info: Opera in Video Help, Creating Clips and Playlists
  • Oxford Art Online (prehistory to the present • Images, Reference articles)
    • Comprehensive art reference that covers all the visual arts. Includes the Grove Dictionary of Art as well as The Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Also includes thousands of images linked to appropriate entries in the reference resources.
    • More Info: Oxford Art Online HelpEndNote Import: Direct Export: RIS-filter

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  • Theatre in Video (Video)
    • Full-featured streaming video of more than 250 stage performances of major world plays and an additional 100 documentaries on playwrights, actors, directors, and the theater in general. NOTE: this collection is still under development; not all videos are yet online.
    • More Info: Theatre in Video Help, Creating Clips and PlaylistsEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible
  • Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985 • Images, Newspaper articles - full text)
    • Full-text page images of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985. Includes articles as well as advertisements, illustrations, and photos.
    • More Info: About Times Digital ArchiveEndNote Import: Not EndNote compatible