Special Subjects

Music

General & Guides to the Internet
Academic and Research Institutions
Discussion Groups
Indexes and Abstracts
Teaching Resources
By Types of Music
• Classical Music
• Ethnic and Folk Music 
• Modern Music 

General & Guides to the Internet
Electronic Journals
Search Engines
Teaching Resources

General & Guides to the Internet
Reference Resources
Electronic Journals
Museums, Galleries & Art Collections
Teaching Resources

The Argus Clearinghouse Arts & Humanities
http://www.clearinghouse.net/arthum.html
Developer: Argus Associates, Inc.
"includes guides on topics pertaining to the creative, artistic, philosophical and historical expressions of human beings, and of the records, documents, works and artifacts produced by these endeavors".

Art on the Net
http://www.art.net/
Developer: A group of artists
Links to virtual studios which you can visit - visual arts, music, performance art, poetry, sculpture, video, animation, audio art and hacker art. Also lists other sites of interest.

BUBL Link : 700 The Arts
http://link.bubl.ac.uk/arts/
Developers: BUBL Information Service, Andersonian Library, Strathclyde University
Excellent guide to Internet resources on the arts, encompassing fine and decorative arts, architecture, music, performing arts and landscape arts.

Carnegie Mellon's College of Fine Arts
http://www.cmu.edu/cfa/
Developer: Carnegie Mellon University
Provides a central access point to cultural resources subject areas on art, architecture, design, drama & music.

ArtDaily
http://www.artdaily.com
Developer: Ignacio Villareal
The first Art newspaper on the net which aims to be the meeting point of art professionals, arts lovers and those who study art.

InfoMine - Visual and Performing Arts
http://lib-www.ucr.edu/vpainfo.html
Developer: The Library of the University of California
Rated 5-star by the Argus Clearinghouse as an excellent site for visual and performing arts.

UCSC Arts Home Page
http://arts.ucsc.edu/div.new/div_frameset_ns.html
Developer:University of  California, Santa Cruz
This home page covers the information on technical training, aesthetic development, and historical, theoretical and critical studies in art, art history, dance, design/technology, drama, film/video, and music.

World Wide Arts Resources 
http://www.wwar.com/
Developer: World Wide Arts Resources, Corp
World Wide Arts Resources provide the biggest gateway to the arts on the Internet - from happenings, groovin' art events to traditional planar exhibitions and museums to way out 3-D cyber galleries. Has its own search engine. Highly recommended site.

Yahoo! - Arts
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
Thousands of links to Arts resources on the Web. 

AllMalaysia.info-Arts
http://www.allmalaysia.info/msiaknow/arts/
Developer: Star Publications
The arts scene in Malaysia is rich, colourful, vibrant and dynamic, thanks largely to the exciting blend of cultural influences, including Malay, Chinese,Indian, European and the many tribes of the indigenous people. This is reflected in the amazing variety seen in the art forms - visual arts, dance, theatre, film, fashion, music, literature, and even sports and games.
 

Academic Resources Index at World Wide Arts Resources
http://wwar.com/institutions/index.html
Developer:  World Wide Arts Resources, Corp.
Links to institutions offering art and to art educational resources.

NativeWeb Resources: Academic Organizations
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/education/academic_organizations/
Developer: NativeWeb
Resource Center. Top 5 Percent. Subject Index. Nations Index.   Geographic Region Index.

Arts Journal
http://www.artsjournal.com
Developer: ArtsJournal
The daily digest of arts, culture and ideas.

Asianart.com
http://www.asianart.com
Developer: Ian Allsop
Dedicated to all aspects of Asian arts, this is an on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia.

Art Electronic Journals at ANU Library
http://anulib.anu.edu.au/clusters/ita/databases/journals/html
Developer: Director, Scholarly Information Services, Australian National University
Provides directories of art electronic journals, full text electronic journals for the visual arts and selected visual arts journal websites (not full text). 

Fine Arts Electronic Library 
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/fine/index.html
Developer: Michael Liang, Liaison Librarian for Fine Arts
This page covers abstracts, indexes and CD-ROMs in Fine Arts List of University of Waterloo, Abstracts, Indexes, and CD-ROMs in Fine Arts and RILA - International Repertory of the Literature of Art Top of the Fine Arts Electronic Library.

Art Abstracts
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/art/parksart.html
Developer: Iowa State University Library
Art Abstracts (ARTI, formerly Art Index),provides access to more than 280,000 citations in architecture, art and art history,city planning, industrial design, interior design, and landscape architecture. 

Getty Center Home Page
http://getty.edu/
Developer: The J. Paul Getty Trust
Among the databases you can search are the Avery index to architectural periodicals and the International repertory of the literature of art. 

Below are some very useful databases of e-mail discussion groups/listservs and newsgroups where you can locate groups to join :

Deja.com:Art & Entertainment
http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/deja_announcement.html
Developer : Deja.com, Inc.
A great help in locating newsgroups and the information posted on them; you can view the  threads of  discussions on a topic or use this site to join groups which may interest you.

Diane K. Kovacs Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
http://www.Kovacs.com/
Developer : Diane K. Kovacs

Listz Mailing Directory
http://www.liszt.com
Developer : Scott Southwick

Netnews (Usenet News)
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/CIS/Network_Services/news.html
Developer: Brown University
Usenet news or netnews is  essentially a worldwide publicbulletin board. Thousands of     "newsgroups", which have manyhundreds of thousands of  "postings" daily by millions of people connected to the internet     around the world, deal withalmost every topic conceivable. 

TILE.NET/LISTS
http://www.tile.net/listserv/index.html
Developer : Lyris Technologies, Inc.

Special Listings and Groups related to Fine Arts :

ARTSEDGE Arts and Education Listserv
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/user_guide/commcent/artsedge.html
Developer: Artsedge Network
The ARTSEDGE Arts and Education Listserv File contains information on the listservs and newsgroups in arts education. Listservs are mailing lists to which individuals can subscribe who are interested in sharing information or discussing issues surrounding a specific topic. This file contains information about listservs which may be of interest to ARTSEDGE users.

Bill's Aboriginal Links 
http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborl.htm
Developer: Bloorstreet-com web services
This database of mailing lists concerned with the arts and culture, ranging from very narrow discussions of a particular art discipline, technique, style, or tool,  to more general exchanges of information on broad cultural topics.

There are many sites that display links to several engines.  They are called 'Metaindexes'.
Here are some of the more useful ones:

A1 Digisearch. Multithreaded Search Engine Service
http://www.digiway.com/digisearch
Developer : Digiway Ltd.
With this service you can search www-links from various search engines simultaneously.

Internet Search Engines
http://www.freeality.com/
Developer : Internet Oracle, Inc.
Excellent site providing links to major search engines, specialized subject search engines, as well as metaengines.  Highly recommended.

There are also metaengines that allow you to run your search terms against several search engines simultaneously. Here are some ot them:

Digisearch
http://www.digiway.com/digisearch
Developer : Digiway Ltd.

Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com

Internet Oracle Online Meta Search Engines
http://www.freeality.com/meta.htm
Developer : Internet Oracle, Inc.
Provides links to 20 metaengines, including Dogpile, MetaCrawler, Ask Jeeves, and other major metaengines. Your one-step centre for metaengines.

Metacrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com
Developer : Go2Net, Inc.
Runs your search against 9 search engines. Only the results of 10 sites from each engine are displayed.

Savvysearch : Search Once, Find Everything!
http://www.search.com/
Developer : CNET, Inc.
"...over 200 search engines, guides, auctions, storefronts, Usenet archives, news archives, shareware libraries, and yet more web resources are uniquely integrated in a single easy to use interface."

Special Fine Arts Search Engines :

Beaucoup! Music & Sounds
http://www.beaucoup.com/1artseng.html
Developer: Teri Madden
Arts/Music/Graphics has search engines in arts, music and graphics.

Explore the Internet! Worldwide Web Search Engines
http://www.amdahl.com/internet/meta-index.html
Developer: Amdahl Corporation
One of the biggest challenges on the Web is finding something that meets your specific needs.  Ther's a lot of information - so much that looking for something takes some heavy searching.

GENERAL & GUIDES TO THE INTERNET

Art.Net : Music and Audio References
http://www.art.net/Links/musicref.html
Developer: A group of artists
Links to music sites, inclusive of audio files.

CultureFinder.com
 http://www.culturefinder.com/index.htm
Developer: Culture Finder, Inc.
Search nationwide in the United States for over 350,000 theatre, music, opera, dance and visual arts.

Eyeneer Music Archives
http://www.eyeneer.com/
Developer : Eyeneer Global Communications
This site is divided into 4 main music genres - international, jazz, contemporary classical and American music. In each section you will find biographies, background information, discographies, sound samples, photos, videos and other information.

Music Resources
http://www.siba.fi/Kulttuuripalvelut/music.html
Developer: Sibelius Academy
One of the most exhaustive list of music related resources on the Web.

Musical Web Connections Table of Contents
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/music/web-music.html
Developer: Michael Hauben
Hundreds of links to musical sites arranged under broad subjects.

NLA Collections - Music
http://www.nla.gov.au/collect/music.html
Developer : National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia's music collection is estimated to contain 166,500 items of printed music, supplemented by over 12,500 books and serials, oral history, interviews, music recordings, manuscript scores, letters, papers, theatre programs, paintings and photographs of Australian composers and performers.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources 
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
Developer: Emma I. Dederick, Indiana University School of Music 
This music resource list is offered as a service of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University. You can find links to academic resources, artist-specific sites, and other lists and indices.

AllMusic.com Website
http://www.allmusic.com/
Developer: AEC One Stop Group, Inc
Provides biographies and brief discographies for rock, country, folk, jazz and rap groups and artists. Includes a music glossary.

Indiana Music University Library
http://www.music.indiana.edu/muslib.html
Developer: Indiana University
Excellent site for searching information on music

Musical Timeline Web- Music
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/timeline/
Developer: BBC
A site which traces 2000 years of the history and development of Western music. Explore the ideas, themes, elements and melodies which span the centuries.

American Root Music
http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/
Developer: The Ginger Group
Extensive information on American root musics

Music History 102
http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/mushist/
Developer: Robert Sherrane
Guide to Western composers and their musics from the Middle Ages to the present.

Yahoo! - Entertainment:Music
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/music/index.html
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
Extensive site of music Internet resources.
 

UCLAArts
http://www.arts.ucla.edu/
Developer: UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
It plays a vital role in the cultural and artistic life of the campus and community.

Music News Groups
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/1980/
Developer: SparkLit
Discuss music. A site which has 1950's, 1960's, 1970's music newsgropu links and many more.

Music Information Resources
http://library.truman.edu/guides/music01.htm
Developer: Truman State University
Featuring music indexes and abstracts, popular general indexes, newspapers, book reviews, Encyclopedias etc.

TeachingArts.org
http://www.teachingarts.org/
Developer: TeachingArts.org
Access to California's primary destination for arts education information online.

Music Education Malaysia
http://www.music.upm.edu.my/~siewfong/sfmsedusite.htm
Developer: Siew Fong, Music Department Universiti Putra Malaysia
Sukatan pembelajaran muzik KBSM.

Classical Music

Classical Net
http://www.classical.net/music/
Developer: L.D. Lampson & Classical Net
Featuring reviews of more than 1000 CDs as well as 48,000 files and over 2,600 links to other classical music Web sites.

Classical USA
http://classicalusa.com/
Developer: Paul Baker
The purpose of this site is to provide an organized jumpstation to the best music resources on the Internet. Although classical Music is featured, many of the linked pages lead also to other genres of music.

Operabase
http://www.operabase.com/
Developer: Mike Gibb
This four-star Magellan site is highly recommended for opera lovers. Users may use its powerful search engine to look up performances, composers and artists. It also contains hundreds of links to opera resources on the Web.

Classical music
http://www.gprep.org/classical/
Developer: Gary daum, Georgetown Preparatory School
Sites related to classical music are arranged alphabetically by title. Although one has to wade through the entire list, it is nevertheless a useful site for its broad subject coverage.

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Ethnomusicology
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html
Developer: John Gibbs University of Washington Music Library
This page was created at the University of Washington Music Library so that online resources in music may be accessed rapidly at the reference desk.

Indonesian Music
http://indonesia.elga.net.id/
Developer: PT Ihsan Komunikasi
Types of music in Indonesia : traditional, non-traditional (local) and non-local (Western).  There are also combinations of them.  Examples of unique non-traditional Indonesian music styles are "dangdut" and "keroncong".

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Modern Music 
http://academic.csuohio.edu/nmmusic/home.html
Developer: James Carr, Greg D' Alessio and laura Schwendinger
Review of contemporary music and culture

GENERAL & GUIDES TO THE INTERNET

JPAN Performing Arts Net
http://www.jpan.org/
Developer: Japan Foundation
This site is sponsored by the Japan Foundation in order to inform people around the world about Japanese performing arts.

Malaysian Culture Group
http://www.malaysianculturegroup.com/
Developer: Malaysian Culture Group
A site organised by Malaysian Culture Group (MCG) which seeks memberships from all over the world who wish to increase their knowledge of the arts, history, religion and culture of Malaysia and South East Asia.

Sutra Dance Theatre
http://www.sutradancetheatre.com
Developer: Sutra Dance Theatre
It was established to promote public awareness in theatre and arts in both the traditional and contemporary, as a powerful medium of the performing arts through the creation of a strong original Malaysian repertoire. 

PUSAKA
http://www.pusaka.com.my
Developer: Bernice Chauly
Center for study and documentation of traditional performance.

Lion Dance
http://www.geocities.com/lionscave1/Main.html?
Developer: Chris Low
Information and happenings in the world of lion dancing.

Dance Malaysia
http://www.dancemalaysia.com/
Developer: Infoglobal.net Sdn Bhd
Welcome to your one-stop center for information on dance in Malaysia.

Kaki Seni
http://www.kakiseni.com
Developer: KakiSeni.com
A foot in the Malaysian arts scene.

Dance Links
http://www.dancer.com/dance-links/
Developer: James White, Jon Wright & Amy Reusch
Points to resources related to dance companies, academic departments, performace listings, publications, dance schools, organizations, etc.

Music, Theater and Dance Resources on the Internet: Performing Arts 
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/perform/musthdnc.html
Developer: Library of Congress
Gain access to Internet resources in music, theatre and dance via this site.

Performing Arts & Artists Worlwide
http://www.paaw.com/
Developer: Paaws.com
A worldwide directory of official websites of organizations of the performing arts, films,  music industries and productions and their professionals thereof.

Yahoo! - Arts : Performing Arts
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Performing_Arts/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
Over 2,000 links to performing arts sites.
 

Windows to Malaysian's Arts
http://www.windowstomalaysia.com.my/nation/13_1_1.htm
Developer: Windows to Malaysia.Com Sdn Bhd
A site which gives brief yet clear information on Malaysian arts, performing arts, dance and  about legendary icon of Malay films, the famous P Ramlee.

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Performing Arts Journal
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/performing_arts_journal/
Developer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Performing Arts Journal has been an influential voice in the arts for twenty years. Now in a new format and design, PAJ offers extended coverage of video and photography, in addition to theatre, dance, film, and opera. Issues include essays, artists' writings, interviews, texts, reports on performance abroad, and book reviews. The journal also features a special section entitled "Art & Performance Notes" for artists documentation and critical reviews of current arts events, especially performances and museum/gallery shows.

Theater Journal
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_journal/
Developer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
For over four decades, Theatre Journal has featured social and historical studies, production reviews, and theoretical inquiries that analyze dramatic texts and production. Readers include scholars and educators in theatre studies and performing arts at over 1,500 colleges and universities; practitioners in the performing arts; general readers interested in the field of drama; all members of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.

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Performing Arts Resources
http://www.mmu.ac.uk/services/library/eresource/perform.html
Developer: MMU Library
Guide to Performing Arts teaching resources

GENERAL & GUIDES TO THE INTERNET

Argus Clearinghouse Visual Arts
http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Arts___Humanities
/visual_arts?kywd++
Developer: Argus Associates, Inc.
Guide to Visual Arts Resources on the Web. All sites are evaluated and rated.

Art History Resources
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Developer: Chris Witcombe, Sweet Briar 
Excellent site to obtain resources on art history, from the ancient times to the twentieth century.

ArtSource
http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/artsourcehome.html
Developer: Interactive Learning Paradigms Incorporated
"...a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture. The content is diverse and includes pointers to resources around the net as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc. This site is intended to be selective, rather than comprehensive." Excellent source.

Asian Art - Art Index
http://www.artindex.com/
Developer: David A. Silverman Inc.
A guide to Internet resources on Asian Art. Emphasis is on Japanese, Chinese and Korean art, with links to museums, bulletin boards, books and events.

Databases for Art & Art History
http://www.uta.edu/library/research/db-art.html
Developer: University of Texas at Arlington
Links to art databases.

fine-art.com - Marketplace, Gateway, and Community for the Arts
http://www.fine-art.com/
Developer: Internet for the Fine Arts
"IFA is an international on-line community and network of artists, galleries, museums, and resources for the fine arts." Search by artists, galleries, services and organizations. Has also related Internet links.

Fineart forum: resource directory
http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/art-resources/
Developer: Art, Science & Technology Network
"This directory is meant to serve as a resource and jumping-off place for people interested in art, and in the possible relationships between art and technology. Over 1000 art resources that can be accessed via the Internet; websites, gophers, ftp sites, mailing lists and other types of resources are included".

The Guide at Internet Art Resources
http://artresources.com/latest.ihtml
Developer: Sound Data, Inc.
As the largest searchable database of information on the visual arts, The Guide has over 6,000 listings, with most areas showing images of work - currently, over 1,200 images are on-line. The Guide at Internet ArtResources answers the questions Who, What, When and Where. Whether it's a gallery, museum, artist, art publication or bookseller, art show, fair, event or exposition, or art school, all can be found in The Guide.

Voice of The Shuttle - Art
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp
Developer: Alan Liu, English Dept., Univ. of California,
Very good links to art resources on the Web. Recommended.

World Wide Arts Resources
http://wwar.com/
Developer: World Wide Arts Resources, Corp.
Emphasis on visual arts. Use their search engine to search, or check under one of the following categories : Artists index, Art museums, Art exhibitions, Commercial arts, Arts agencies, Art education, Art history, Art for sale, Arts publications, Arts employment, Arts locator, Art supplies, Crafts or Children.

Visual Arts Data Service
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/
Providing, preserving and promoting digital resources in arts for research, learning and teaching.

Words of Arts
http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html
Developer: Robert Belton
Featuring terminology used in Arts

Yahoo! - Arts : Visual Arts
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/
Developer: Yahoo! Inc.
Thousands of links to visual arts sites on the Web.
 

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Artcult
http://www.artcult.com/
Developer: Professionet
An encyclopedia that gives access to everything about art and the market of art.

IFLA Section of Art Libraries International Directory of Art Libraries
http://iberia.vassar.edu/ifla-idal//
Developer: IFLA Headquarters, Netherlands
This Directory is provided as a means to access nearly 3,000 libraries and library departments with specialized holdings in art, architecture, and archaeology throughout the world. Data recorded for each institution includes address, telephone and tele-facsimile numbers, hours of operation, annual closings, and listings of professional personnel. It also includes electronic mail addresses of individual librarians and direct web links to institutional home pages. 

ArtLex Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com/
Developer: Michael Delahunt M.F.A
For artists, collectors, students and educators in art productions, criticism, history, aesthetics and education where one will find definitions of more than 3,300 terms used in discussing visual culture along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross references.
 

Asian Arts
http://www.asianart.com/index.html
Developer: Ian Alsop, Mark Hopkins & Kristin Decker
The on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia.

FAMSF-Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
http://www.thinker.org/ 
Developer: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Contains a staggering collection of 65,000 art images available for viewing. Users can access the image database through a simple search interface.

Malaysia: Arts, Universes in Universe
http://www.universes-in-universe.de/asia/mys/english.htm
Developer: Universes in Universe- Pat Binder, Gerhard Haupt/ Berlin
A directory of the arts in Malaysia. Includes a comprehensive directory of museums in Malaysia with links. Many sections like institutions, associations, galleries, exhibitions, artists, curators are still largely undeveloped.

Museums in Malaysia
http://www.gtitec.com.my/museums/index.htm
Developer: GTi Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
This is a directory of museums that can be found in Malaysia.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/
Developer: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Gain access to images of more than 4,000 objects in its collection.Details and data of more than 100,000 objects are also available.You can search by artist and/or title, and subject. Superb site for art lovers.

WWW Virtual Library - Museums
http://www.icom.org/vlmp/
Developer: Jonathan Bowen
A comprehensive directory of on-line museums and museum-related resources Museums and exhibitions are arranged by country as well as type of museum.

National Art Gallery Malaysia
http://www.artgallery.org.my/
Developer: National Art Gallery, Malaysia
An agency under the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism, the National Art Gallery is one of the most established art museums in South East Asia.  As Malaysia's official art institution, it has supported the endeavors of Malaysian artists through exhibitions locally and internationally since the early sixties.
 

Laman Pendidikan Seni
http://websekolah.bharian.com.my/websekolah/pendidikan/bgseni.html
Developer: Unit Pendidikan, Berita Harian Sdn Bhd
Information on art subjects in Malaysia.