Cook Memorial Public Library District

The Arts

Architecture

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Database. Based on the Academic American Encyclopedia. Updated monthly, this online encyclopedia contains expanded articles, bibliographies and hyperlinks to other web resources. Especially strong in the arts. Recommended for grades 5 and up.

SIRS Discoverer
Database. For elementary and middle school students. Magazine and newspaper articles and documents from the U.S. government on a wide variety of subjects.

Student Resource Center
Database. Reference essays, articles from magazines and newspapers, photographs and other resources for students in grades 6 through 12.

Chicago Architecture Photographs of famous buildings in the Loop and on Chicago's South Side.

Chicago Landmarks Photographs and information about major Chicago buildings.

Landmark Chicago Photographs of Chicago's major buildings.

Art

SIRS Discoverer
Database. For elementary and middle school students. Magazine and newspaper articles and documents from the U.S. government on a wide variety of subjects.

Student Resource Center
Database. Reference essays, articles from magazines and newspapers, photographs and other resources for students in grades 6 through 12.

Artist's Toolkit Explore the tools that artists use -- like line, color, and balance -- to build works of art.

Color in Motion An interactive, animated site for all ages exploring the symbolism of colors.

Color Matters Learn about how color affects your mind, your vision, and our world.

Destination Modern Art Explore New York's Museum of Modern Art with an alien from another world!

SmART Kids from the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. Learn "Art Speak," be an art detective, visit an artist's studio, and explore different types of art.

Artcyclopedia A search engine of great art online, from over 8,000 famous painters, sculptors and photographers, at art museum sites & image archives worldwide.

Music

SIRS Discoverer
Database. For elementary and middle school students. Magazine and newspaper articles and documents from the U.S. government on a wide variety of subjects.

Student Resource Center
Database. Reference essays, articles from magazines and newspapers, photographs and other resources for students in grades 6 through 12.

Instrument Encyclopedia See and hear more than 140 musical instruments from around the world.

Learn2 Read Music Learn about notes, clefs, where the notes are on a keyboard, time signatures, key signatures, and more.