In May 2023, the Jagiellonian Library recommends two selected databases on art.
Purchased database: Oxford Music Online
Free access database: ZABYTEK.PL
Oxford Music Online
A rich source of encyclopaedic information on classical and popular music, comprising Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Encyclopedia of Popular Music. The database can be searched by criteria such as musical instrument type (e.g. aerophones or electric instruments), time period (early and late Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, 20th century, and 21st century), continents, or creator’s type (e.g. choreographer or journalist). It contains over 52,000 articles (partly in full access), biographies, interviews, books, and dictionaries.
Link to Information on the Oxford Music Online database
ZABYTEK.PL database
The ZABYTEK.PL website provides information on Polish monuments in an advanced way, including their descriptions, photos, spectacular digital resources (such as 3D models, point clouds, panoramas), as well as their precise location (through integration with a map portal). Its practical search engine allows for comprehensive browsing of resources: searching by category (Historic Monuments, archaeological sites, monuments from the UNESCO World Heritage List, etc.), function (churches, residential buildings, castles, gords, burial mounds, etc.), name (e.g. dedication of churches or proper names of objects) or administrative affiliation (e.g. monuments in Zielona Góra), narrowing the search down to specific time periods or using the time axis. The COLLECTIONS and TRIPS tabs are helpful in planning sightseeing tours of monuments. The website is managed by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage.
Link to Information about the ZABYTEK.PL database
Please direct all questions related to retrieving information from databases on art to the email address agnieszka.brzeziak@uj.edu.pl or to the Reference Services Section (email: oinka@uj.edu.pl, tel.: 12 663-3444, Agnieszka Brzeziak).