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Art Sites

Artcyclopedia: A searchable guide to art on the Internet.
Artists in Canada: A bilingual union list that identifies the location of documentation files on Canadian artists.
artistsincanada.com: National Directory of Internet links to artists and art resources.
AskART.com: This is a comprehensive site that includes artists’ biographies, bibliographies of books and periodicals, dealers and museums that handle the artist’s work and an image gallery.
Barewalls: This is a commercial site for ordering prints.
Canada’s Digital Collections: A collection of hundreds of Web sites about Canada Including the Fine Arts.
First Nations Art: A source for information on contemporary Native Artists in Canada.
Inuit Art: A source for information on Inuit Art in Canada.
Looney Tune Corner: A good source for illustrations of Warner Brothers cartoon characters including links to other cartoon characters.
Printfinders.com: This is a commercial site for ordering prints.
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre: The Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre site is a source for information on the art and culture of Saskatchewan Indians. It includes a searchable Native Arts site.
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: This site chronicles traditional Metis history and culture.
Webmuseum: A source for online artwork which includes works from the Louvre.
Web Clip Art: A comprehensive source for clip art sites.
Web Gallery of Art: A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Women Artists In Canada: Source for information on Canadian Women Artists including visuals of their work.

Art History

Art History Resources on the Web: Comprehensive site for Art History information, offering chronological coverage and an extensive collection of links.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a Timeline of Art History: A chronological, geographical and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection.
Resources for Aegean Art & Archaeology: Directory of Web sites relating to the Minoan, Mycenaean and Hittite cultures.
Resources for Roman Art & Archaeology: Sources for information on Roman, Etruscan, Italian, and Roman Provincial studies.
Voice of the Shuttle - Art and Art History: This site provides links to general art and art history resources.

Museums, Galleries and Organizations

Artsource: A selection of links to art and architecture resources.
Banff Centre for the Arts: This site provides links to theatre and art websites and access to the Banff Centre Library Catalogue.
Canada Council for the Arts: A National agency that offers a broad range of grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations.
McMichael Canadian Art Collection: A source for information on The Group of Seven, First Nations Art, Inuit Art and Contemporary Art in Canada.
Mendel Art Gallery: Link to the Mendel Art Gallery.
National Gallery of Canada: Information about exhibitions and upcoming events.
Saskatchewan Arts Board: An organization that supports creative expression through the arts.
Saskatchewan Craft Council: An organization that supports, develops and promotes excellence in craft.
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum: A source for information about the museum with links to other museums and associations.
University of Florida: This site features links to other websites dealing with art and architecture.
World Wide Arts Resources: This site features a search engine to Internet art resources including performing arts, film and antiques.

Art Appraisals

Christies: A source for contact information for art appraisals including Canada.
Sotheby’s: A source for contact information for art appraisals including Canada.

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Architecture Sites

Architecture: A source for architecture links.
Architects in Canada: A source for information on Canadian Architecture.
Arch itecture Web Resources: A source for architecture resources.
Asian Historical Architecture: A source for images of hundreds of sites from all over Asia.

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Collectibles

American Numismatic Association: A source for information on coins, paper money, tokens and medals with links to other associations and publications.
BBC - Antiques: This companion to the BBC Antiques Road Show features program information, articles on buying and selling antiques, a price guide, a glossary, information about caring for antiques and an illustrated guide to collectibles.
Canada Post Corporation - Stamps: A source for information on Canadian stamp releases including links to other philatelic sites around the world.
Canadian Stamp Auctions: A source for current information on Canadian stamps.
eBay: A searchable site for collectibles.
Glass Encyclopedia: A comprehensive source for information on glass including links to museums and collectors clubs..
Maloney’s Online: A source for antique and collectible contact information.
Royal Canadian Mint: A source for information on Canadian numismatics including links to associations and publications.
Stock Search International: A source for finding values of collectible stock and bond certificates.
Theriault’s: A source for information on antique and collectible dolls.

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Costume

The Bata Shoe Museum [Canadian Site]

[Canadian Site]

A source for information on the history of shoes.

The Costume Gallery

The Costume Gallery is host to over 6,000 web pages and 25,000 images of fashion and costume.

Costume Museum of Canada [Canadian Site]

[Canadian Site]

CMC is home to a collection of 35,000 artifacts spanning 400 years.

The Costume Page

A source for information on costume, fashion, textile art and costume history.

The Costume Site

An online source for Historical, Science Fiction and Fantasy costumes.

Fashion Plate Collection

A collection of 417 fashion plates from 1806-1914 from some of the leading fashion journals of that time.

Solemates: The Century in Shoes

A decade by decade look at the 20th Century in shoes.

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Dance

Ballet Companies: An online source for information on Ballet.
Dance Links: A comprehensive source for information on Dance.
Dance Saskatchewan Inc.: Source for information on various types of Dance including links to other dance sites.
National Ballet of Canada: Source for information about The National Ballet of Canada including a history of the organization and biographical information.
Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Source for information about the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and school.

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Handicrafts

The Caron Collection: An online magazine for needlework resources.
The Joy of Handspinning: A source for lessons that teach a beginner how to spin yarn from fiber in addition to sections on preparation of fiber for spinning and yarn dyeing.
Knit Crochet Patterns: A source for tutorials on how to knit and crochet.
McCall’s Quilting: A source for quilting lessons.
Scrapbooking.com: An online scrapbooking magazine.
Woodworker’s Central: A source for woodworking plans, articles and tutorials.
Woodworking.com: A portal site for the woodworker.
Wool Works: A source for knitting patterns, tips and techniques. Included is an index to other online knitting resources.
World Wide Quilting Page: A source for quilting instructions, including links organized by specific topics.

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Interior Decoration

Better Homes and Gardens Magazine: An online version of the magazine.
Interior Design: A source for interior design links including an Internet listing of accredited programs.

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Movies/ Television/ Radio

Movie Reviews

Books Before Movies: Source for discovering if a movie was based on a book.
Canadian Film Encyclopedia - a Canadian film site searchable by title, actor, author or producer. You can also browse by title, director, producer, cast and subject
Internet Movie Database: A source for information about movies, actors, and directors including video clips and dialogue excerpts.
Movie Review Query Engine: A movie review search engine.
New York Times: Movies: An online source for movie reviews from the New York Times.
Roger Ebert: Detailed movie reviews and star ratings.
Rotten Tomatoes: Source for movie reviews and previews.

Biographical Information

Dead People Server: A list of popular figures who have died.
Biography: Searchable index of over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present.

Television

Encyclopedia of Television: This online reference includes more than 1,000 original essays from 250 contributors that describe programs and people, historic moments and special topics.
The Classic TV Database: A source for information about mostly older TV shows including a brief summary, a cast list and a broadcast history.
TV Link: Film and Television Website Archive: A comprehensive source for links to film and television sites.
TV.com: A comprehensive guide to over 3,400 shows including show introductions, broadcast histories, show formats, lists of actors, creators and crew; episode lists and reviews, etc.

Video

National Film Board: This site includes a complete list of titles, new releases, films in production and awards.
SMPIA (Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association): A comprehensive source for information on festivals, associations, schools, magazines and a directory of production companies.
Telefilm Canada: A source for information on the Canadian audiovisual industry including a directory of the Canadian film, television and video industry. The site also includes festival information.
Videoflicks: A source for verifying and ordering videos.
Videomatica: A source for verifying and ordering videos.

Radio

CBC Homepage: This site provides programming and contact information for artists, musicians and authors heard on CBC.

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Music Sites

Musical Recordings

All Music Guide: An online database of recorded music including discographies, album ratings and biographies.
CD Now! The Internet Music Store: A good source for album listings, ratings and biographies with links to related artists.
CD Universe: A comprehensive online catalogue which is searchable by artist, title and song. It also includes links to the music industry, artist and fan sites and to search engines and directories.
Christianmusic.org: Source for Christian music recordings and reviews.
Gramophone: With over 24,000 classical music reviews and links to record companies, artist and composer sites, this is a very useful site.
Musical Cast Album Database: Source of information for recordings of Broadway and other musicals.
NewWorld Compact Discs: A good source for Canadian artists on CD which includes the label numbers.
Songsearch: A good source for album listings including Canadian content.
WorshipMusic: A source for Christian music recordings, reviews, and sheet music.

Lyrics

A-Z Lyrics Universe: This searchable site provides access to more than 50,000 lyrics by over 1,500 artists.
Cyber Hymnal: A good place to look for over 1,100 Christian hymns and gospel songs including background information, photos, and links.
Digital Tradition Folksong Database: This database includes the lyrics to over 6,000 folksongs and is searchable by words or phrases
Historic American Sheet Music: A searchable database of early American sheet music published between 1850 and 1920.
Lyrics World: A database of the lyrics of Top 40 songs which gives their peak chart position in Billboard Magazine and the name of the artist who recorded the song.
The Maine Music Box: A digitized collection of rare, unique, and historically important sheet music and manuscript scores, including popular, classical, and sacred music.

Guitar Tabs

The Cosmic Kitchen: A source for song lyrics and guitar chords.
The Gospel Music Archive: A source for tablature and chords for Christian music.
Oh Canada Tab Archive: A source for Canadian artists’ music.
Rockin’ With the Cross: A source for tablature and chords for Christian music.
The Tabworld.Com: The Internet’s largest collection of tabs.

Sheet Music Indexes

Sheet Music at the Library: This database is an index to sheet music of popular songs available at the Fine and Performing Arts Department of the Frances Morrison Branch Library. Rock, country, folk, wedding and movie songs are included. If you don’t find the song you’re looking for in this index please contact the Fine and Performing Arts Department (975-7579) and we’ll check other sources.
Classical Music Index: An index for classical sheet music searchable by composer, category or keyword.
Popular Song Database: A searchable index of popular music.
Popular Song Index: A sheet music index for popular songs searchable by song title, composer or keyword.
Sheet Music From Canada’s Past: A sheet music index for music from Canada’s past dating back to 1840.
Sheet Music Plus: An index for all types of music including Classical, searchable by title, artist and composer.

Music Used in Films and Commercials

Classical and Opera Music Used in Movies: A source for classical and opera music used in films indexed by title and composer.
Film Notes: A source for classical music used in films.
Music From TV Commercials: A source for music used in North American commercials.

Skating Music

ISU Figure Skating Biographies: A source for information on International skaters and the music they use in Skating competitions.
Signature Pieces: A comprehensive source for music used in Skating competitions which includes a keyword search.
Skating Music Page: A source for music used in Skating competitions.

General Music Sites

The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia: A comprehensive source for information on Canadian musicians including biographical information and concert and album reviews.
BMI: A comprehensive source for songwriting and music licensing information.
Canadian Music Centre: A source for information on Canadian composers, scores and recordings.
Canadian Music Periodical Index: An index to Canadian Music periodical literature searchable by author, title, subject and article title.
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada: The full text of the prestigious Encyclopedia of Music in Canada including over 4000 articles on all aspects of music in Canada.
Folk and World Music: A source for folk festival information, record reviews, etc.
Mars Subway Canadian Music Home Page: A source for biographical and record label information for Canadian artists.
Rock on the Net: Source for biographical information for many musical artists including news links and music charts.
Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association: A good source for information on artists and events with links to record labels, music magazines, educational resources and funding sources.
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN): SOCAN is the Canadian copyright collective for the public performance of musical works.

Concerts and Event Schedules

Pollstar: A site for concert and event information which includes information on Saskatchewan. The site is searchable by artist, city and venue.
Ticket Master: Concert and event information that is searchable by event or province. For Canadian concert and event information try Canadian Ticket Master
Festival Finder: Look here for information on 1,300 music festival in North America which is searchable by date, location, performer or festival name.

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Opera

Opera.ca: The voice of Opera in Canada with links to Canadian Opera Companies.
Learn About Opera: A comprehensive source for Opera including synopses and composer biographies.
Opera Web: A site for in depth information about Opera including reviews.

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Photography

Fodor’s Focus on Photography: A useful guide that offers more than 100 tips on taking travel photos.
Kodak Digital Learning Center: A collection of online "textbooks" that offer step-by-step tutorials on digital imaging.
PCPhotoREVIEW.com: A source for product reviews and minicourses on digital photography.
PhotographyREVIEW: A source for camera reviews and photography advice.
Photo.net: This site offers resources ranging from exhibit links to equipment reviews to a "how to" section.

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Theater

Artslynx International Theatre resources: A comprehensive source for Theatre and Acting Resources.
IBDB: Internet Broadway Database: An authoritative source on Broadway theater with records of productions from the beginnings of New York theater until today.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet: An online source for information on Shakespeare.
Persephone Theatre: A professional regional theatre company with a commitment to the production of widely diversified plays.
Playbill On-Line: A comprehensive source for Broadway Theater Information
Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company: A source for information about Native Theatre in Saskatchewan.
Saskatoon Gateway Players: A Community theatre located at Castle Theatre in Aden Bowman Collegiate.
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan: The award winning Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan festival site.
Wide Open Theatrical Escapades: A Saskatchewan theatre group dedicated to performing entertaining shows for the family.

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