LibGuides: Art &amp; Architecture Guide: Databases and Websites

Databases

Craft & Hobby
Enjoy unlimited access to 4,000+ hours of crafting and hobby content in 20 different creative disciplines including woodworking, fitness, cake design, sewing, and more. Available in both English and Spanish.
Creativebug This link opens in a new window
Over 1,000 art and craft video classes for adults and kids, taught by recognized design experts and artists. Topics include fiber and paper arts, jewelry making, sewing and quilting, food, home and more. Create your free account and enjoy unlimited access to instructional videos, patterns, and access to exclusive documentaries and live video feeds on Creativebug Television (CBTV).
Culinary Arts Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Explora - Educators Edition This link opens in a new window
Find more than 2100 full text scholarly journals and over 1700 peer-reviewed, full-text journals. Collection provides focus on education by providing full text for over 500 high-quality educational journals. Provides access to lesson plans, student tools, curriculum standards and link to sites valuable for teachers.
Explora - General Research and eBooks This link opens in a new window
Designed specifically for general research in a public library. Now includes topic overviews that provide a starting point for research and top videos from the Associated Press.
Flipster
Access over 100 popular magazines through this digital platform.
Hoopla
Only available to residents of St. Louis County. Limit of 10 titles per month. A web and mobile library media streaming platform for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music, and TV.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Only available to residents of St. Louis County. Limit of 10 titles per month. Browse hundreds of movies on your computer or mobile device. Kanopy has a strong collection of independent, international, and documentaries to stream.
Libby This link opens in a new window
Libby is an innovative mobile app from OverDrive designed to make borrowing and enjoying e-books, magazines, and audiobooks from the library easier than ever.
Udemy This link opens in a new window
Offers thousands of on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors across 75 categories for upskilling in the areas of business, technology, and design, as well as courses on health and well-being, the arts and language learning. Courses are replaced monthly with new material addressing emerging topics. On-demand videos in eight different languages taught by native-speaking instructors are also included.
You must be 13 years or older and have your parent or guardian create your account if you are below 18.
World Book Advanced This link opens in a new window
World Book Advanced, designed to support personalized learning, is an excellent resource for high school and college students as well as life-long learners. In addition to trusted encyclopedia articles from World Book, you can also find over 600 global newspapers and government websites from around the world. For educators, you can also access primary sources with advanced lesson plans and assessments for the classroom.

Additional Resources accessible via the St. Louis County Library website

Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture is a non-commercial initiative. They work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. Together, their mission is to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art, founded as a gift to the nation, serves as a center of visual art, education, and culture. Our collection of more than 150,000 paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographs, prints, and drawings spans the history of Western art and showcases some of the triumphs of human creativity. Across 363 days a year, the National Gallery offers a full spectrum of special exhibitions and public programs free of charge.
Oxford Reference Online: Art & Architecture
More than 60,000 definitions and encyclopedic entries regarding art and architecture with coverage on artists and architects, works and buildings, terminology, concepts and more.

Art & Architecture Guide: Databases and Websites

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Databases

Additional Resources accessible via the St. Louis County Library website