Arts and music
For licensing reasons,
some of our resources are only accessible from computers in
particular libraries.
Subscriptions
Containing over 300 volumes published since 1960, this covers
over 15 different academic subjects including literature and
performing arts, providing a diverse, up to date and
authoritative collection that is a must for anyone
researching or studying a subject that has an historical
element.
Please note: Remote access requires a login and
password. Ask at your local Kent library on your next visit or call
Ask a Kent Librarian and
give your Kent Library card number.
Provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands
of authors and their works across literary disciplines and
timeframes and contains:
- more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work
overviews
- nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism
- over 252,000 author biographies and more than 6,600 author
interviews
- 450 literary journals, 693,000+ book reviews, 78,400+ classic
and contemporary poems and 19,700+ classic and contemporary
short stories.
Listen to more
than 1.2 million tracks. Select by genre - classical,
jazz, blues, world music, pop/rock - or composer. Support materials
for GCSE or A-level courses are in the Study area. Also includes
some spoken word under the genre tab. Remember to log-out after
each session.
Listen to almost 40,000
jazz tracks (7,000 discs) covering both jazz legends and
contemporary jazz - search by genre or label, or by artist via the
Advanced Search. Remember to log out after each session.
Comprises the full text
of the 'Dictionary of Art' and the 'Oxford Companion to Western
Art' and now Benezit Online. Includes over 45,000
signed articles, 2,500 illustrations, 40,000+ images linked from
other art sites, and 21,000+ biographies.
Contains the full text
of the 'New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians' (2nd edition),
the 'New Grove Dictionary of Opera' and the 'New Grove Dictionary
of Jazz' (2nd edition); over 45,000 specially-commissioned
articles, 20,000+ biographies and 3-D interactive images of musical
instruments.
(in all libraries)
BFI Screenonline is the
"definitive guide to Britain's film and TV history". You can view
and download extracts (for private or educational use).
SearchMuze
(at the Kent History and Library Centre only)
Information on
individual pop, classical and spoken word recordings. Search by
artist, label, title, track, genre etc.
This is designed to answer the perennial question "I've read all
the books by my favourite authors, who shall I read next?" Simply
follow the links to find an author whose books you like, and see
which other writers are recommended underneath.
A guide to children’s authors and an interactive tool to
help guide children who have already enjoyed stories by one
writer to find other authors they will enjoy reading.
Other useful websites
Boosey & Hawkes
Online Scores
This online catalogue offers free viewing of over 400
contemporary orchestral, opera, and large ensemble scores
by modern composers such as Bartók, Bernstein, Britten, Copland
Stravinsky Kael Jenkins and Steve Reich. All that is required to
view scores online is the complete the free online registration
form.
British
Cartoon Archive
A unique online database containing details of the main
cartoon collections held in the archive, located at the University
of Kent in Canterbury. Cartoons can be found by cartoonist,
publication, date, name or subject. The computer displays the
cartoon's image and the cataloguing details.
Dickens Journals Online
(DJO)
An open access online resource to be launched in March 2012, as
part of the Dickens Bicentenary celebrations. Offers digitised and
indexed content to many of the journals Dickens edited or
published.
Europeana
"Europeana is about ideas and inspiration. It links you to 6
million digital items: images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos
and pictures of museum objects; texts - books, newspapers, letters,
diaries and archival papers; sounds - music and spoken word from
cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts; videos - films,
newsreels and TV broadcasts.
Some of these are world famous, others are hidden treasures from
Europe's museums and galleries, archives, libraries and
audio-visual collections".
VADS (Visual Arts Data
Service)
"VADS is the online resource for visual arts. It has
provided services to the academic community for 12 years and has
built up a considerable portfolio of visual art collections
comprising over 100,000 images that are freely available and
copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and research in the
UK".
