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Arts, Film, Literature, and Music
Art
Art Encyclopedia - discover 8,229 artists, 2,186 art sites and 180,000 works of art
Arts Council England - the national development agency for arts in England
Axis - database of UK contemporary artists
Disability Arts Online - discover the work of deaf and disabled artists
National Portrait Gallery Picture Library - access to over 20,000 images
Visual Art Now - visual arts community, gallery, events and jobs
World Arts Resources - discover over 100,000 works of contemporary art
Film
Internet Movie Database - discover the world of movies and televison shows
Time Out Film Reviews - search over 16,000 film reviews
Literature and Language
Acronym Finder - the world's largest dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms
All Readers - search by author, title, plot, setting or character
Athena etexts - links to 10,000 books on philosophy, science, classics, history and economics
Book Tribes - discover great books and literary events
Fantastic Fiction - search by author, year, series and awards
Internet Classics Archive - extensive collection of electronic texts by Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman authors
Love Reading - reviews and recommendations
Phrase Finder - meanings and origins of over 1,200 English sayings, phrases and idioms
Poet's Corner - discover poems and the concepts behind them
Poetry Magic - an extensive guide to the theory and craft of writing poetry
Poetry Portal - directory of worldwide poetry online
Reading Group Guides - online community for reading groups
What's Next Database - looking for the next book in the series?
Which Book - the easy way to find the kind of fiction book you are looking for
Who Writes Like - who writes like your favourite author?
Word Circuits - links to poetry and literature databases
Music
BBC Music - news, reviews and gig listings
Cecilia - search this national music resource to discover what is available in libraries, archives and museums
Encore! - search this online catalogue to find sets of performance music available in UK libraries
Lyrics Directory - a directory of over 200,000 song lyrics
Operabase - biographies of 3,000 composers and 2,800 singers and a database of Opera Houses and festivals
Museums
24 Hour Museum - news, listings and features from over 3,000 museums and galleries in the UK
Performing Arts
Backstage - find and search performing arts collections in the UK
What's On Stage - reviews, information and details of venues, theatres, show and concert halls in Britain
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