The National Fairground Archive (NFA) is a unique collection of photographic, printed and manuscript material covering all aspects of the culture of travelling showpeople, their organisation as a community, their social history and everyday life; and the artefacts and machinery of fairgrounds. Material covers the history of both UK and US fairgrounds, circuses and travelling entertainments.  Materials include rare books and periodicals from the UK, Europe and US; posters; programmes; photographs; postcards and other rare ephemera. It covers the history of travelling shows from both an audience and professional perspective.

Access is restricted to the Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks portion of the website.

Artnet features a collection of resources for art dealers and art buyers, presented by the Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Includes categories such as artists, galleries and museums.

Price Database for Fine Art & Design is an online database of auction prices.  Select “price database” to log into that section of website.  Log out when finished.

The 26th ed. (2009) of the American Men and Women of Science profiles living persons in the physical and biological fields, as well as public health scientists, engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists.

Covers various business documents including trademarks, business firm seals, contracts, bills, stamps, etc. from the mid-19th century through 1911. Provides descriptions, names of business firms and registration dates.

Pictorial Record of the Qing Dynasty : Manchurian Railway

Records the early stage of the Manchurian Railway (1906-1911), covering its operations along the railway and in its accessory lands. Provides resources for studying the history of Japan’s invasion of China dating from the late Qing Dynasty.

Pictorial Record of the Qing Dynasty : Old Manchu Capital

Contains numerous photographs and paintings of the organizational system of the Liaoning area, its war relics, religious temples, culture, and education during the Qing Dynasty.

This supplement to the New Catholic Encyclopedia that focuses on the theme of science and the church.

The Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent provides numerous entries containing research findings on giftedness and creativity and their applications in education, training, science and the arts, athletics, and everyday life. Covers topics such as ability grouping, achievement and aptitude testing, emotional intelligence, gender differences, genius, intelligence testing, learning styles, minority gifted education, multiple intelligences, musical ability, Olympic athletes and thinking skills. – Publisher’s blurb.

The Encyclopedia of Modern China provides critical information on the most populous country and most dynamic trade market in the world: the people, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, traditions, art, and literature of this ancient and enduring civilization are explored from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day. – Publisher’s blurb.

The Journal of Mathematics of Kyoto University publishes original research papers at the forefront of pure mathematics, including surveys that contribute to advances in pure mathematics. – Publisher’s blurb.

Lexicons of Early Modern English (LEME) is a historical database of monolingual, bilingual, and polyglot dictionaries, lexical encyclopedias, hard-word glossaries, spelling lists, and lexically-valuable treatises surviving in print or manuscript from the Tudor, Stuart, Caroline, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods. Texts of word-entries whose headword (source) or explanation (target) language is English tell us what speakers of English thought about their tongue in the period served by the Short-title and Wing catalogues, from the advent of printing to about 1700. – Publisher’s blurb.

Choice Reviews Online provides access to 145,000 Choice reviews, as well as all editorial content from recent issues of Choice.   Online exclusives section contains content that is not included in the magazine. – Publisher’s blurb.

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