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Our databases are a collection of information, organized for you to search. They provide access to a wealth of useful research materials including: academic journals, newspapers, magazines, e-books, relevant web resources, and various multimedia. All databases come from reliable sources.
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19th Century Actors Collection
The 19th Century Actors Photographs collection consists of 610 cartes-de-visite studio portraits of entertainers, actors, and actresses who performed on the American stage in the mid- to late 1800s. Many of these actors and actresses were little known outside of the major theater centers of New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. Such was the popularity of the theater, though, that even good "utility" actors and actresses could justify having these photographs made. The cartes-de-visite, mounted on 2-1/2-by-4-inch card stock, could be produced cheaply and collectors were fond of purchasing photographs of their favorite performers. The card trade flourished as performers realized the publicity value of the collectible cartes-de-visite. By the 1870s-1880s millions were sold in the United States, when the process reached its greatest popularity.
Alberta Airphoto Collection
The Alberta Airphoto Collection consists of about 30,000 public domain images from the University of Calgary Library's collection of about one million airphotos. The images cover mainly urban areas in Alberta, flown at various scales and years between 1924 and 1952. These airphotos are historical images of Alberta from the air, and can provide information on changes in landscape and geographic features over time.
Alberta Native Bees
This online collection represents the reference collection of native bees to Alberta. The physical collection is housed in the University of Calgary Biological Sciences Invertebrate Collection.
Album of postcards of British actors and actresses
The album contains portraits of 42 actresses and 24 actors from the Edwardian era of British theatre. It belonged to Elsie Taylor, a London schoolgirl and was compiled during 1906-1910. At the turn of the 20th century postcards were a relatively new phenomenon but quickly became a popular method of communication for those away from home.
American Memory
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
Anatomy.tv
Database contains rotatable 3D models of the human body and anatomical layers which may be stripped away. Includes interactive head & neck, shoulder and arm, forearm and hand, thorax & abdomen, spine, pelvis, hip, knee, and leg, ankle and foot. Also included are common pathologies, radiological content, and interactive quizzes.
Archivision digital research library
Core architecture digital image collection representing major Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th & 19th Century and Modern sites. Also includes gardens & parks, cityscapes and public art as well as other design related topics, such as furniture drawings.
- Base collection plus Modules 1-9 via ARTstor
Art & Artists in Exhibition: Vancouver 1890 - 1950
There are currently 1,800 separate web pages in the project, containing an index of 1,830 artists who exhibited in Vancouver between 1890 and 1950; 1,250 artist mini-biographies; a list of 330 art exhibitions with 100 exhibition catalogues completely transcribed detailing over 8,500 individual artworks; an index of over 170 arts-related groups, with numerous articles on them; and also numerous reviews, artists' statements, letters, and other information. An extensive list of references is included, as well as a number of occasional papers on various art related matters.
Artefacts Canada
The Artefacts Canada database contains more than 4 million object records and more than 1 million images from Canadian museums. Contents include art objects, ethnological and historical artefacts.
ARTstor
Artstor features millions of high-quality images and media from some of the world’s top photo archives, museums, libraries, scholars, and artists, including rare materials not available anywhere else. Artstor’s collections also include Open Access collections from partner museums freely available to all. All content in Artstor is rights-cleared for education and research — you are free to use it in classroom instruction and handouts, presentations, student assignments, and other noncommercial educational and scholarly activities.