Arts & Sports Resources

Websites

Click on the links below to discover websites on Arts and Sports topics:

Visual Arts

Guggenheim Foundation: Free online electronic books and catalogues documenting Guggenheim exhibitions and collections.

Smart History: Videos and essays about the history of art from Paleolithic period to present. Categorized by culture, style, and theme.

Google Arts and Culture: Links to 1,000+ works of art at 17 art museums around the world.

Web Gallery of Art: Virtual museum and searchable database of European art. Images, artist biographies, commentaries, guided tours.

Wiki Art: Free online repository of classical to modern art images.

Virtual Museum of Canada: Online exhibits of Canadian heritage from Canada’s museums, educational institutions and heritage organizations.

Sports

Olympic: Olympics winners, slide shows, videos, athlete profiles, virtual exhibitions of ancient and modern Games, news.

International Tennis Federation: Current information on player biographies, results, rankings, Davis Cup, Fed Cup, and team competition results.

Sports Reference: Statistics for baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and Olympics history.

ESPN: Scores, statistics, and schedules; pro and college athletes; jobs; nutrition; commentary; and broadcasts of ESPN events.

Major League Baseball: Official site of Major League Baseball (National and American Leagues). Statistics, Photos, and league leaders.

Music

Petrucci Music Library: Free access to public domain music (scores and recordings).

Billboard: Daily music news, charts, reviews, artist of the day, and more.

Free Images

Pixabay: Nearly a million images free of copyright restrictions for use in projects and presentations.

Pics4Learning: Teachers and students are granted permission to use all of the free images in this collection.

Subscription Databases

Follow the links to access these valuable resources:

Encyclopaedia Britannica School: 3 levels (login details required)

PressReader: Thousands of newspapers and magazines in digital format. ‘Sign in’ > ‘Library or Group’ > ‘St George’s’ > school email address.

Gale Schools: St. George’s subscription to Gale General Onefile, Gale High School Edition, Gale News, and Gale Ebooks databases.

London Library: JSTOR + (login details required)

BCU Lausanne: Search university catalog (membership required; on-site access only)

Destiny Discover

Use this integrated search tool to find Arts & Sports results from multiple sources simultaneously (our library catalog, websites, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and more):

Open Access Databases