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LAPL Databases

Contemporary Fashion

Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Covers over 450 designers, milliners, footwear designers, and fashion houses that have been active throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
Education & Homework Gateway

A gateway to links, databases, eBooks, book lists and other resources for Education and Homework Help.
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgo

La Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos está organizada de modo que los estudiantes puedan encontrar información rápida y fácilmente.
Freegal

Download music service with access to hundreds of thousands of song in the Sony Music catalog and over 25,000 artists, all in MP3 format .
Junior Edition (Gale)

Periodical database designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, government, sports and more.
Marquis Biographies Online

Up-to-the-minute biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment and more. Access to all biographies that have appeared in 24 Marquis Who's Who print titles since 1985, and Who Was Who in America volumes from1607-1985.
World Book Encyclopedia

Offers information on a range of topics.

Art Websites

Arti FAQS 2100
This project is designed to predict how art will influence our lives in the next hundred years. Through probing past inspirations and methods students can use available data to make reasonable predictions for the future.
Artist’s Tool Kit
From the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts site, the Artist’s Tool Kit provides basic concepts about the arts and the process of creating art.
The Costume Page
A library of costume and costume related links for costumers , students and researchers.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Information on free art classes for teens in the L.A. County.
Timeline of Art History
Displays objects from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collections in geographical and chronological context.

Museum Websites

Boston Museum of Science
Exhibits, ideas, learning resources in/for various scientific disciplines.
The Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception.
Online exhibits and science for the layperson. Has links to the physics of sports, aerodynamics of paper airplanes, astronomy, and ideas for science projects.
J. P. Getty Museum
The Museum collected a modest group of European paintings, a distinguished holding of Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities; European drawings, paintings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts, dating to 1900; and American and European Photographs, from the 19th century to the present.
LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Links to exhibits and artists in the museum . Has some bios and critical analysis.
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Online access to early San Francisco and Northern California documents and news clippings.
National Gallery of Art
Online tours of collections with some audio clips and biographical information.
Smithsonian Institution
Links to the research centers and museums of the Smithsonian. Also has links to resources, bibliographies, and photographs in the various collections of the museum. Can be searched.

Music Websites

AMG All Music Guide
Music Reviews.
Billboard Online
Daily music news, charts, reviews, artist of the day and more.
Lyrics World
Alphabetical lists of many songs which link to appropriate lyrics.
MTV Home Page
Access MTV's Music Page which includes reviews, notes about new artists and the Top 20 Music Videos.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
A virtual tour of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.