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Places to Begin: Reference Resources

The Dictionary of Art (34 vols.)    Ref N31 .D5 1996
Encyclopedia of World Art (17 vols.)    Ref N31 .E533
Contemporary Artists    Ref N6490 .C6567 2002
The Oxford Companion to Western Art     Ref N33 .O923 2001
Art History   Ref N5300 .S923 1995
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists   Ref N6512 .C854 1994
Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, & Engravers   Ref N6536 .F5 1986
Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings   Ref ND30 .C4 1887
Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art   Ref N6502 .E53 1999
St. James Guide to Native North American Artists   Ref N6538.A4 .S8 1998
St. James Guide to Black Artists   Ref N40 .S78 1997
African American Art and Artists   Ref N6538 .N5 L38 2003
Contemporary Women Artists   Ref N8354 .C66 1999
Dictionary of Women Artists   Ref N8354 .D53 1997
Dictionary of Women in Religious Art     Ref N7793 .W65 A66 1998
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography     Ref N7560 .E53 1998
Contemporary Designers   Ref NK1166 .C66 1990

 

How to Find Books

Use the catalog to search by author, title, subject, or keyword. Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings books (located near the entrance to the Reference Room) for a subject search. Subject heading searching can be more productive than searching by simple key words. Ask a Librarian for assistance.

Call Numbers to Browse

N Visual Arts – General   NX Arts in General
NA Architecture   TP785 – TP888 Clay industries. Ceramics. Glass
NB Sculpture   TP890 – TP933 Textile dyeing and printing
NC Graphic Arts   TR Photography
ND Painting   TS200 – TS770 Metalwork (jewelry and enameling)
NE Print Media  

TS1300 – TS1865 Textiles
NK Decorative Arts    
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Subject Databases

Print

Art Index (v.19: 1970 – v.33: 1985) Reference Room

Electronic Databases

(For a complete listing see“Books and Periodicals”)

EBSCO
A collection of over 20 electronic databases.  You can search more than one database at a time. 

JSTOR
A database that contains over 100 core scholarly journals.  Most of the articles are at least five years or OLDER.  All are full-text.

MUSE
Another database that contains over 100 core scholarly journals.  Most of the articles are at least five years or NEWER.  All are full-text.

Biography Resource
A database with biographical information on over 220,000 influential historical figures, including writers, politicians, artists, and philanthropists.  The database also includes links to pertinent websites, articles, and recent news items related to the figure.

Arts & Humanities
Indexes more than 1300 arts and humanities journals plus selected articles from more than 5800 other social science and science journals. Coverage begins 1980.

 
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Finding Journal Articles

Journal articles provide both general and scholarly information on current developments, research, trends, and hot topics. We have databases that include Art publications. Some of these databases include articles that are full text online. If you find an article that is not available full text online, then look up the journal title in Citation Linker [add link] to see if we have it in print or have online access elsewhere. If the article is not available, request it through Interlibrary Loan.

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Web Resources

Europeana

The big protal to Art related resources from Europe.

Mother of all Art and Art History Links Page
A good place to start, this site features a controlled listing of over 400 websites. Links are annotated and maintained frequently. The scope is mainly academic.

Art History Resources on the Web
This website is regarded as being the most extensive guide to electronic art history resources on Internet. Contains thousands of links on a wide variety of art history subjects.

The Art History Research Centre
Contains art library catalogs, lists of academic articles, a list of art history departments, online exhibitions, and a citation guide for art students.

Smarthistory

Nicely organized art history page.

Artcyclopedia
Contains thousands of art prints gathered from various websites around the web. When possible, actual-sized reproductions are available.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provides a virtual introduction to the largest museum in the United States. Contains a sizable online exhibition. Each work of art is presented in an expandable picture format with an effective zoom feature. Also contains an interactive Art History timeline.

National Gallery of Art
The website for the National Gallery on the Mall in Washington, D.C. There are “virtual tours” of selected sections of the collection. Warning: the virtual tour requires a fast Internet connection

TATE online
A room-by-room extensive tour of Britain's National Museum - The Tate.

National Museum of Women in the Arts
Contains a sampling of artwork housed at NMWA.

National Museum of the American Indian
Features online exhibits of historical and contemporary Native American artwork.

ColecciÑn Cisneros.org
This website’s primary focus is on the modern Art of Latin America.

Horizons: Canadian and Russian Landscape Painting (1860-1940)
Contains hundreds of Canadian and Russian paintings.

Graffiti Archeology
A picture archive of graffiti in the United States.

 

For further assistance, ask a Reference Librarian

 

11-OCT-2006 FH

 


Updated 03-Aug-2009 SJM