UCLibraryLinks October 2004
| An e-mail bulletin for UC faculty regarding library electronic resources,
collections, and services |
Welcome to the inaugural issue of UCLibraryLinks, a monthly e-mail produced by University Libraries to highlight electronic resources, collections, and services. UCLibraryLinks features new and pre-existing electronic resources and highlights electronic services that can be of assistance to your research and teaching. Each bulletin is short and provides direct links to featured electronic resources. If you have any questions or comments regarding UCLibraryLinks, please contact Melissa Cox Norris.
ARTStor - www.artstor.org
ARTstor is a collection of approximately 300,000
images that document artistic traditions across many eras and cultures.
It covers architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts,
and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Founded by The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, ARTstor is a non-profit initiative with the
mission of using digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching, and
learning in the arts and associated fields.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) - http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO?locID=ucinc_main
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) provides digital access to every significant title printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of approximately 33 million pages from 150,000 printed works, ECCO allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science, and more. The collection includes books and directories, Bibles, sheet music, sermons, and advertisements. Included are works from women writers of the 18th century, collections on the French Revolution, and numerous editions of the works of Shakespeare. Multiple editions of each individual work are offered to enable scholars to make textual comparisons of the works.
Music Resources
- Classical Music Library - http://cincinnati.classical.com -
is the world's first classical music collection for online listening. This
complete collection of recordings with a supplementary reference database
enables patrons to listen to music both in our libraries (with headphones)
or at home (through UC remote access) while simultaneously searching its
vast reference database.
- Naxos Music Library - http://uc.naxosmusiclibrary.com/ - is the most comprehensive
collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete
Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da Capo catalogues of over 75,000 tracks, including
classical music, historical recordings, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese
music. Users can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical
information on composers or artists in Naxos' extensive database.
Library electronic resources are accessible to University of Cincinnati students, faculty, and staff from any UC on-campus connection or through UC remote access. More information on UC remote access is available online at www.libraries.uc.edu/information/access.html. If you have any problems logging in, send an e-mail to libhelp@uc.edu or call Library Help at 556-1994.