Please note that this search will only pick up words used in the titles of the resources, or in my annotations!
THESAURI, GLOSSARIES, DICTIONARIES
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Subject-specific thesauri and glossaries are listed elsewhere. Click here to access.
American Artists http://askart.com/ A database about 25,000 American artists.
Argos http://argos.evansville.edu/ http://argos.evansville.edu/ Argos is a peer-reviewed, limited area search engine designed to cover the ancient and medieval worlds. Quality is controlled by a system of hyperlinked internet indices which are managed by qualified professionals who serve as the Associate Editors of the project.
Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe http://odur.let.rug.nl/arge/ The ARGE database contains links to evaluated Internet resources (mainly web pages, but also other resources such as discussion lists) concerning European archaeology.
Art in Flux http://www.boisestate.edu/art/artinflux/index.html Directory of resources in contemporary arts. The annotated links are grouped into artists, museums, theory, and reference.
Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ A comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. Artcyclopedia has now indexed 1200 arts sites, and offers more than 32,000 links to an estimated 100,000 works by 7,500 renowned artists.
Artists Org http://www.the-artists.org/ "the major modern & contemporary visual artists each artist with portrait, brief biography, links to articles, essays and interviews; original art, limited edition artprints, photography and posters, multimedia and artist's books."
Bibliomania http://www.bibliomania.com/ Reference site focusing mainly on literature. It contains the full text of numerous fictional works, and a number of non-fictional works which have proved influential over time, as well as references works and biographies and the beginnings of a collection of religious texts (so far only the Koran and the Bible).
Bloomsbury Research Centre http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/ARC/arc_home.asp On-line database of reference books, with over 17,000 cross-referenced entries on a wide range of subjects including literature, art, myth, human thought, quotations and a thesaurus.
Bulfinch's Age of Fable (4 vols) http://www.bartleby.com/bulfinch/ Classic reference work on mythology
Cambridge History of English and American Literature (18-vol edition of 1907-1921) http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/ All branches of literature, including orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole.
Hippias http://hippias.evansville.edu/ Hippias is a peer-reviewed search engine that provides access to philosophy-related resources on the World-Wide Web. Quality is controlled by a system of hyperlinked internet sites which are managed by qualified professionals who serve as the associate editors of the project.
Shakespeare http://www.bartleby.com/people/Shakespe.html Complete works in searchable and browsable form and other Shakespeare resources
ULAN (Union List of Artists' Names) http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/ulan/index.html Part of the Getty Vocabulary Program. Over 200,000 entries for more than l00,000 artists, architects, craftspeople, and others from ancient times to the present. Includes name variations, biographical information and bibliographic sources.