Art and music

Electronic reference library - we've paid for all our e-resources so you don't have to!

If you are not a member you can join at any Renfrewshire library and get the full range of library services. If you just want to use Grove Art or Grove Music, you can join online and get immediate temporary membership.

Grove Art

The ultimate source of information on all aspects of art.

Grove Music

Award-winning resource covering all aspects of music, from the past to the present day.

A selection of arts and music websites.

Scotland Internet
The arts in Scotland
A directory of Scottish art websites.

The online collection displays images and information of 2931 artworks. this is a fraction of the permanent collection of 65,000 works.

British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies
A commercial picture library with more than 350 million images.

VADS
Organisation that provides free digital images and resources for educational use.

Search the library catalogue for books on this subject.

All Music
Whatever your taste in music, this site should have something for you.

BBC Music
Guide to the best of BBC's music with news, reviews and listings of gigs.

Classical Net
Access to 4200 files of information about classical music. It also provides links to over 2,000 music web sites.

Lyrics.com
Words to pop songs.

Opera Base
Contains biographies of 3000 composers and 2800 singers from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera.