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Quick List of Premium Databases

Premium Databases - Arts and Entertainment  

Premium databases are select resources paid for by Ramsey County Library or affiliated organizations and made available to library users.

CAMIO (Catalog of American Museum Images Online)
CAMIO (Catalog of American Museum Images Online)
Shows works of art from around the world, representing the collections of 24 prominent museums including The Minneapolis Institute of Arts & Walker Art Center.
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM)*



ELM resources are licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning.


Selected Web Sites - Arts & Entertainment  

Selected web sites are free resources available on the Internet and selected by librarians at Ramsey County Library

  General Visual    
  Performing Arts      

General

Kreusch Sheet Music
Printable PDFs of piano music, predominantly by classical composers. Searchable by composer or song title.

mnartists.org
An online database of Minnesota artists and organizations from all disciplines. Includes information for artists, and lets you search for works created by them.

World Wide Arts Resources
 

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General

E! Online
Entertainment news & gossip.

metacritic.com
A site that collects movie, music, video/dvd, and video game reviews all in one place. Includes a 1-100 scoring system and reviews from professionals and users

Movies

Internet Movie Database

Movie Review Query Engine
Movie reviews

Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents

Music

All Music Guide

Pollstar - the concert hotwire
This is a searchable index of over 5000 music artists on tour.

Ultimate Band List

Radio

The Internet OTR Archive
This archive of Old Time Radio digital recordings is part of the larger Internet Archive project. All radio programs are in the public domain and free to listen to or download. Popular radio programs, commercials, and news are all archived here. Uses Windows Media Player.

Minnesota Public Radio

The OTR Network Library *
Has a collection of over 12,000 Old Time Radio programs listed by series. Uses RealPlayer.

* RealPlayer is not available inside the Library

Television

tvacres
Chock full of facts and trivia about television shows past and present. The site includes links to sites about TV advtertising, episodes guides, theme songs, and more.

TV Episodes List
An episode guide to many television shows.

TV Guide
The online version of the magazine.

Theatre & Dance

Internet Broadway Database
This archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics.

Playbill On-Line
The Broadway theatre source.

Twin Cities Performing Arts Directory

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The Artchive
Art and artists

Artcyclopedia
Art and artists

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Museums in the USA

Smithsonian American Art Museum
Find over 360,000 American artworks in museums worldwide and over 40,000 holdings of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and use their online reference service, Joan of Art, for information on American artists and artworks.

Walker Art Cent