when to search with the shelf

Consider searching for arts resources and references with the Shelf whenever you want to know more about something you're exploring at Electricka's web site or whenever you want to follow up a question that's come to you from out of the blue—from a book you're reading, a movie you've seen, school, work, a family member, or any other source. Employ the Shelf whenever you want to learn about, look up, consult, access, identify, find, or experience an arts-related resource or reference.

Some of the things you can do with the help of the Shelf:

• Expand your exploration.
• Research some specific aspect of the arts—an artist or personality, art movement, place, historic period, or the like. Check details, facts, topics, or subjects.
• Discover or look up art objects or works of art such as books, plays, sculptures, photographs, movies, paintings, sound or video recordings.
• Find institutions of learning—training academies, schools, art colonies, classes and courses at universities and local institutions.
• Identify and consult definitive catalogs or authoritative reference works—biographies, lists of artist's life works and opuses, encyclopedias, dictionaries, timelines, histories.
• Find places to visit online or in person; plan what you'll do when you arrive—museums, artist's estates and homes open to the public, concert halls, historic buildings or sites, exhibits.
• Discover events to attend online or in person—exhibitions, performances, lectures, traveling exhibits, tours.
• Identify arts resources to examine or acquire when you walk into libraries or bookstores or when you visit online bookstores or marts.
• Identify web sites that provide free or paid online access to resources and references—dictionaries, encyclopedias, fan clubs or clubs dedicated to artists or collections, online museums, award-granting institutions, repositories, databases, news media:
• The Shelf is itself an electronic index of arts information. Take advantage of automated features to investigate, learn about, and find artistic creations such as books, plays, movies, paintings, sculptures, pictures, audio recordings.