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Research Guide: Art |
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Finding Background Info [help]
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these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
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Oxford Reference Online Database -
access to over 140 online reference books
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Tip:
Listed below are excellent reference books located in Buhl: |
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The Dictionary of Art (sometimes referred to as The Grove Dictionary of Art) ---
Ref N 31 .D5 1996 v.1-34 |
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History of Art, 6th ed. (Janson's) ---
Ref N 5300 .J3 2001 |
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Finding
Images |
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ARTstor --
contains over 500,000 digital art images and associated data from a wide
variety of civilizations, time-periods and media
(troubleshooting info) |
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Oxford Art Online
-- search 4 art reference sources simultaneously: Grove Art Online, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of
Aesthetics and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
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Finding Articles [help]
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JSTOR
-- full text access to
scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines
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Project Muse
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access to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences |
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ATLA
Religion Database
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(useful for church art topics) -- index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
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Tip:
use the advanced search feature to
search by subject and title. This is a good way to start a
search w/out knowing a specific title. example: "renaissance" as title and "art" as subject. Find a book that
looks promising and navigate through the catalog using the subject
headings in the box on the right on the screen!
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Web Resources |
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World Digital Library -- "makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format,
significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world" It is browsable by time, topic, place, type and institution and includes a wealth of manuscripts, maps, rare
books, films, sound recordings, and prints and photographs.
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NYPL Digital Gallery -- provides access to over 275,000 images
digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including
illuminated manuscripts,
historical maps,
vintage posters,
rare prints and
photographs,
illustrated books,
printed ephemera, and more.
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Great Buildings Online -- gateway to Architecture around the world and across
history, in an online multimedia encyclopedia of world architecture, documenting 1200 buildings and architects from around the world and across history with photos, text, and live 3D models |
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