Theatre/Dance: Costume Design

The Vogue Archive contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition) from 1892 to the present day, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. More than 400,000 pages are included, constituting a treasure trove of the work from the greatest designers, photographers, stylists, and illustrators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

An extensive database of materials with unlimited access to images, detailed material descriptions, usage characteristics, and manufacturer and distributor contact information.
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Belmont University provides access to the Material ConneXion Virtual Materials Library in order to help inform students of innovative, advanced, and sustainable materials. However, Belmont University makes no warranties as to accuracy or comprehensiveness of the Virtual Materials Library or its contents. By accessing and/or using the Virtual Materials Library, you agree to release Belmont University from liability for any damage that may result from errors or omissions in the Virtual Materials Library.

A rich digital library that offers collections of art images and descriptive information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the collections.The ARTstor Library's content includes more than one million images covering a wide variety of subject areas, including art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, world history, American Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, and more.

The New York Times (1851-2019) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

To access the library's NYTimes.com subscription, you'll need to sign up for an account using the link above. Choose Create an Account once you've clicked on the link above. We recommend that you use your Belmont email address just in case you ever have trouble with your password. Once you've created your account, you can access NYTimes.com from anywhere, including via the NYTimes mobile apps! Every year, you'll need to log in to your account via the link above while on campus to keep it active.

An extensive fashion video library, with topics ranging from design skills like draping, sewing and pattern-making, to business and merchandising skills like marketing, licensing and math for retail buying.

Opera in Video is a comprehensive collection of operatic performances covering the most commonly studied operas in music history, opera literature, and performance classes. The collection contains 500 hours of video comprising 288 operatic works.
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online access to more than 575 full-length Met performances

The Naxos Video Library is a performing arts video library with over 300 operas, ballets, documentaries, live concerts, and musical tours of historic places. It includes the Naxos DVD label, Opus Arte, Arthaus, Dacapo, EuroArts, among others and is continuously updated to offer the best selection of performing arts videos.
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Streaming access to more than 30 films, representing some of the top choices for Film Studies, including academy award winners and popular general release classics.

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provides access to one of the most unique collections of films in the world including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases on every topic imaginable. More than 15,000 titles are available from off and on-campus via this streaming service.