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Livingston Public Library Reference Resources
Arts & Leisure
Arts
- Art Cyclopedia
- Vincent van Gogh [Dutch Post-Impressionist
Painter,
1853-1890]
- AskART
is "dedicated to the creation and maintenance of the world's most
comprehensive centralized database
about American artists"
- Mother
of All Art and Art History Links offers useful links to more
than 400 sites. Affiliated with University of Michigan, the site is
kept fairly current.
- National
Gallery of Art provides information on over 100,000 objects
in the National Gallery's collection.
Search by artist, title of work or simply take an online tour of the
collection.
- Smithsonian
Archives of American Art
- WebMuseum
offers artworks by Paul Cezanne, Medieval art, and famous paintings
collections indexed by
artist names and categories. Artist biographies are also available.
- World
Wide Arts Resources includes Visual Arts (Artists Index, Art
Museums, Art Exhibitions, Art History, etc.); Performing Arts (Dance,
Opera, and Theater); and Other Arts (Antiques, Architecture, Film,
Literature, etc.).
Entertainment
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The
Internet Movie Database is a HUGE collection of movie information.
We try to catalog every pertinent
detail about a movie, from who was in it, to who made it, to trivia
about it, to filming locations, and even
where you can find reviews and fan sites on the web."
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Musicals.Net
offers information on popular Broadway musicals and their synopsis
as well as ticket information.
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Ticketmaster
has information and tickets for music, theater and sporting events.
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TV
Guide also includes an extensive movie database.
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Gardening
- Backyard
Gardener (www. backyardgardener.com) Links to articles on
seasonal advice; Topics addressed
include compost; trees, roses, fence design and more.
- Botany.Com
(The Encyclopedia of Plants) (www.botany.com)
- The
Garden Bench (www.thegardenbench. com) Dedicated to backyard
habitats and wildlife gardening.
Take a virtual tour of a backyard habitat in New Jersey. Provides
information and resources on attracting
butterflies, humming birds and beneficial insects to your gardens.
Includes links to resources that provide
information on conservation.
- Garden
Web (www.gardenweb.com) Links to articles from garden experts,
a botanical glossary, gardening
forums, calendar of garden events and special sites devoted to rose
gardening. Also includes directories of
nurseries and gardening organizations.
- The
Garden Helper (www.thegardenhelper.com) A free encyclopedia
of gardening information. Includes
growing guides with information on flowers, plants and landscaping.
There is also a large collection of resources
to help you create your own web pages. Includes animation, graphics
and MIDI files.
- Herbal
Gardens (www.herbalgardens.com) Educational resources and
information on herbs, flowers and organic gardening. Provides guides
and advice on gardening and how to use what you grow in your kitchen
and in your craft room.
- Organic
Gardening (www.organicgardening.com) Provides advice and helpful
tips for planning, organizing and
setting up an organic garden. Includes a solutions online guide to
pesky garden problems.
- Organic
Vegetable Guru (members.aol.com/ovgguru/ovgguru.html) A good
site to find garden book reviews, vegetable bios, garden projects
and also organic gardening discussion forums.
- Brooklyn
Botanic Garden (www.bbg.org)
- Longwood
Gardens (www.longwoodgardens.org)
- New Jersey State Botanical Garden (dir.gardenweb.com/directory/njbg)
- The
New York Botanical Garden (www. nybg.org)
- The
Rutgers Gardens (www.cook.rutgers.edu/~rugardens/)
October 2009
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