Best Database

Section: Features

Database reviewer LaGuardia below outlines her picks for the best resources of the year, including her favorite rerelease, a great option for the job seekers in your library. For a list of the databases lauded by our readers, see ow.ly/tjtzr.

Bridgeman Art Library. Bridgeman Education.

This interdisciplinary database offers access to Bridgeman Art Library's collection of over 500,000 JPEG images (with 500 more added each week) from 8,000-plus museums and private collections worldwide. Images date from prehistory to the present day, including a host of media and sources (fine art, anthropological artifacts, antiques, architecture, ceramics, design, engravings, furniture, glass, maps, photography, sculpture, and more). All images are copyright cleared for educational use and are available for commercial licensing. Unreservedly recommended for all libraries serving anyone needing art and historic images.

Democratic, Republican, and Third Parties in America: An Encyclopedia (1790s–2013). M.E. Sharpe.

This seamless, cross-searchable file covers the history of major American