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Visual Arts

Selected Online Database Resources

 
Academic Search Premier   1975 - , broad subject coverage, selected full text, very current.
     
ArchiVision   An architecture and arts photo archive; currently holds over 50,000 images in the Education Archive.
     
Art Abstracts   This database provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts for 378 leading international publications pertaining to a variety of art types. This bibliographic database indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
 
Arts & Humanities Citation Index   (via Web of Science), 1975-, indexes 1140 journals, no abstracts or full-text, citations only.
 
ArtSEARCH [LIBRARY ONLY]   ArtSEARCH, the national employment bulletin for the arts can be searched by category, state, and date. The database is updated every 3 business days with up to 1000 listings available daily. Find positions in theatres and performing arts centers, universities, colleges and schools, dance companies, museums, and other arts organizations.
 
ArtStor   A non-profit community resource that has developed a rich digital library of images as well as software tools to enable full use of the collection. Contains over approximately 300,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology.
     
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals   The only comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture and design. This database surveys more than 2,500 US and foreign international, popular and scholarly journals.
     
Grove Art Online   The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Includes the full text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, with recent updates.
     
JSTOR   The JSTOR subscription includes the Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and V Collections, and the Arts & Sciences Complement. The Arts & Sciences Collections represent the building blocks of an interdisciplinary archive of journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
 
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Selected Print Indexes/Bibliographies

ARTbibliographies Modern, Vol. 11, 1980 - v23, 1992.   Stks Z 5935 .L64
 
Art Index, Vol. 1, 1929/32 - v. 39, 1990/91.   Stks Z 5937 .A78
 
Art Information: Research Methods and Resources.   Stks N 85 .J64 1990
 
BHA/Bibliography of the History of Art, Vol. 1, 1991 --..   Stks Z 5937 .RR432
 
Comprehensive Bibliography for Interior Design.   Stks Z 5931 .I33 1984
     
Guide to the Literature of Art History.   Stks Z 5931 .A67 1980
 
RILA/International Repertory of the Literature of Art, Vol. 1, 1975 - v15, 1989   Stks Z 5937 .R16
 

Selected Reference Encyclopedias/Dictionaries

Dictionary of Art, 34 vols.   Ref N 31 .D5 1996
 
Encyclopedia of World Art, 17 vols.   Ref N 31 .E533
 
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art, 5 vols.   Ref N 33 .M23
 
Oxford Companion to Art   Ref N 33 .O9
 
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General Art Histories

Arts of Mankind [series]. 12 Vols., various call numbers
* 1 Persian art, the Parthian and Sassanian dynasties, 249 B.C. A.D. 1962
* 2 Arts of the South Pacific. 1963
* 3 Nineveh and Babylon. 1961
* 4 Sumer. 1960
* 5 Flowering of the Italian Renaissance. 1965
* 6 Birth of Greek art. 1964
* 7 Studios and styles of the Italian Renaissance. 1966
* 8 Golden age of Justinian, from the death of Theodosius to the rise... 1967
* 9 Arts of ancient Iran from its origins to the time of Alexander ... 1964
* 10 Europe of the invasions 1969
* 11 Rome, the center of power, 500 B.C. to A.D. 200. 1970
* 12 Early Christian art; from the rise of Christianity to the death 1968
Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Ref N 5300 .G25 1980
Janson's History of Art. Stks N 33 .P5 1991
 
Pelican History of Art [series]. 12 Vols., various call numbers
* 1 Early Christian and Byzantine art 1979
* 2 Carolingian and Romanesque architecture, 800 to 1200 1966
* 3 Art and architecture of the ancient Orient. 1970
* 4 Art and architecture of Russia 1983
* 5 Architecture : nineteenth and twentieth centuries 1977
* 6 Architecture: nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 1958
* 7 Greek architecture 1983
* 8 Art and architecture of Japan 1955
* 9 Dutch art and architecture: 1600 to 1800     1972
* 10 Art and architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain. 1977
* 11 Art and architecture of ancient Egypt. 1981
* 12 Roman imperial architecture 1981
 
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Biographical/Artist's Dictionaries

Black Artists   Ref N 40 .S78 1997
Contemporary Artists   Ref N 6490 .C6567 1989
Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers   Stks N 6536 .F5 1945
     
Dictionary of Women Artists   Ref N 43 .P47 1985
 
Who's Who in American Art   Ref N 6536 .W5
 

Artist's Directories

American Art Directory, biannual.   Ref N 50 .A54
Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market, annual.   Ref N 51 .A72
Classified Directory of Artist's Signatures, Symbols, and Monograms.   Ref N 45 .C36
International Directory of Arts, biannual.   Ref N 50 .I6
American Association of Museums.  
Official Museum Directory.   Ref AM 10.A2 O4
 
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