(Ask any library staff member for usernames and passwords)
ARTstor
http://www.artstor.org
Available on campus ONLY (IP recognition)
ARTstor is a Web-based collection of over 550,000 digital images in the fields of art, architecture, and design. The images may be downloaded and used for any educational/non-commercial purposes: presentations, seminars, theses, research, etc. Click on the "Search and Browse for Images" link to get started. ARTstor may also be used off campus if you register for an account on the site.
Grove Art Online
http://www.groveart.com
Available on campus ONLY (IP recognition)
Grove Art Online provides Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001). The service offers ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
Grove Music Online
http://www.grovemusic.com
Available on campus ONLY (IP recognition)
Grove Music Online contains the entire text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrell (2001) with regular revisions and additions to the content. The service has also grown to include The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992) and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition (2001). Through a partnership with Sibelius notation software, over 500 of Grove's musical examples are now available in sound as well as notated examples.
InfoTrac Web
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom_cranacadartl
A collection of Gale Group databases offered as part of the Michigan Electronic Library project, including the New York Times (last 12 months full text), Michigan Newspapers (full text newspapers from Michigan), InfoTrac Custom 150 Full Text Newspapers (a collection of newspapers from around the country and the world), Health Reference Center Academic, General Reference Center Gold, Computer Database, Expanded Academic ASAP, General Business File ASAP, and Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module.
JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org
Available on campus ONLY (IP recognition)
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.
Material ConneXion Database
http://www.materialconnexion.com/cranbrook
Available on campus ONLY (IP recognition)
Material ConneXion in New York provides Web access to their database of innovative materials, including polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials, and natural material derivatives. Includes high-quality graphic representations, technical information, and manufacturer information. Search by keyword, product name, manufacturer's name, or Material ConneXion index number.
MeL: Michigan eLibrary
http://www.mel.org
(no log-on required)
MeL is a project of the Library of Michigan and includes magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, commercial databases purchased by the Library of Michigan, and MeL Internet, a portal to Websites (mostly pertaining to Michigan) chosen for their authority and quality. Access to all MeL resources is free for Michigan residents and students; some resources may require the entry of the Cranbrook library card barcode number.
Michigan Electronic Library Catalog (MeLCat)
http://elibrary.mel.org/search
Log in with your name and Cranbrook library card barcode number
MeLCat is a free statewide catalog, interlibrary loan and materials-delivery service. About 150 Michigan academic, public, school and special libraries currently participate. Search the catalog, find what you need, and make your request - materials will be delivered to the CAA Library via van service. You will be notified when your items are ready to be picked up.
netLibrary
http://www.netlibrary.com
netLibrary includes over 12,000 eBooks (over 8,000 non-fiction titles plus more than 3,500 additional public domain "classics") which may be read online or downloaded for longer use.
OCLC FirstSearch
http://firstsearch.oclc.org
FirstSearch offers access to over 27 databases in many disciplines, including art, humanities, literature, music, science, psychology, education, current events, technology, social sciences, and general reference. Includes, among many others: Art Abstracts, Biography Index, Education Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, MEDLINE, Newspaper Abstracts, Readers Guide Abstracts, Social Science Abstracts, Wilson Business Abstracts, and WorldCat (combined holdings of libraries across the country).
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online
http://www.dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl
Available on campus ONLY (IP recognition)
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. It also offers the best in etymological analysis and in listing of variant spellings, and it shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet. As the OED is a historical dictionary, its entry structure is very different from that of a dictionary of current English, in which only present-day senses are covered, and in which the most common meanings or senses are described first. For each word in the OED, the various groupings of senses are dealt with in chronological order according to the quotation evidence. In a complex entry with many strands, the development over time can be seen in a structure with several "branches."
Web Catalogs of Local Libraries:Baldwin (Birmingham) Public Library
Bloomfield Township Public Library
Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library
Detroit Public Library
Lawrence Technological University Library
Oakland University Library
University of Detroit Mercy Library
University of Michigan Libraries
Wayne State University Libraries