# Online database for world liturature / Online database for music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-database-for-world-liturature-online-database-for-music/207550>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 15, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-database-for-world-liturature-online-database-for-music/207550 "2003-10-15T11:28:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-database-for-world-liturature-online-database-for-music/207550/1 "2003-10-15T11:28:18Z")

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I’m figuring it’s o.k. to assume most of the Cafe Society folks are familiar with [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com)

Using IMDB as a point of comparison, does anyone know of a similar website for Liturature or Music???

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**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-database-for-world-liturature-online-database-for-music/207550/2 "2003-10-15T15:37:13Z")

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[Bartleby.com](http://www.bartleby.com) is a good literature reference site.

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**Author:** ![Improvisor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@Improvisor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improvisor)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-database-for-world-liturature-online-database-for-music/207550/3 "2003-10-15T21:23:33Z")

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Check out [All Music](http://www.allmusic.com).

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**Author:** ![Hanofer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Hanofer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanofer)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-database-for-world-liturature-online-database-for-music/207550/4 "2003-10-15T22:02:16Z")

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Have you tried [Project Gutenberg](http://promo.net/pg/) ?