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Reference Sources
- AskART
Free biographical summaries of more than 27,000 North American
artists.
- Encyclopedia
of Comparative Iconography
N 7565.E53 1998 Ref.
A very useful source for researching themes in art. It provides clear
and concise analysis with references at the end of each entry
- Grove
Art Online
An encyclopedic source for information on artists, famous works,
artistic movements, and stylistic periods. Articles contain bibliographies.
Also available in a print edition at N 31 D5 1986 Ref.The electronic
database contains the full text of the print articles, as well as additions
and revisions. The print volumes and the electronic database contain
different visual images.
Searching
for Books
Art History materials
are generally found in the N classification, photography in TR. You may
search for books using the Five
College Online Library Catalog by author, title, subject or keyword.
Bibliographies
and Indexes
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- Art
Index (1984 - present)
Provides citations to articles and book reviews in periodicals, yearbooks
and museum bulletins published primarily in the U.S. and Europe. Covers
archaeology, architecture, city planning, crafts, landscape architecture,
film, fine arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior
design, and photography. Journals
indexed.
- Art
Index Retrospective (1929-1984)
Similar in scope to the title above, providing coverage back to 1929.
Access Instructions: After clicking on the link above, the WilsonWeb
page should appear. Click the checkbox next toArt Index Retrospective
and then click either the Search or SearchPlus buttons on the upper
right side of the screen. Journals
indexed.
- Academic
Search Premier
Large scholarly,
multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more
than 3,600 scholarly publications, including more than 2,700 peer-reviewed
publications.
- Arts
& Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)(1975 - present)
Indexes over 1,140 arts and humanities journals, as well as covering
individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science
and social science journals. Special feature: "cited reference" search
for publications that have cited a known author or work. Updated weekly.
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- Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals (1930-present)
Indexes
more than 2,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city
planning, interior
design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture.
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- Bibliography
of the History of Art (BHA) (1990-present)
Provides access to the literature on Western visual art from over
3,000 periodicals, books, catalogs, dissertations, festschriften,
essays and conference publications written in English as well as other
European languages. For publications from 1975-1989, consult RILA
(description below).
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- International
Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA) (1975-1989
Main Library Z5937 .R16
Coverage similar to BHA, for publication dates 1975-1989.
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- Perseus
A multimedia interactive database designed to facilitate the
study of archaic and classical Greece and to expand the ways in which
ancient Greek literature, history, art, and archaeology can be examined.
Contains an extensive archaeological catalog with about 25,000 accompanying
images.
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- PCI
An electronic index to periodicals in the humanities and social
sciences, from their first issues to 1990/1991. Covers many journals
dating back to the early 1800's.
Images
- AMICO
- AccuNet/Associated
Press Image Archive: current, international news images. The
AccuNet/AP Image Archive is an electronic library containing The AP's
photo reports and a selection of photos from their 50 million image
print and negative library--updated daily. Be sure to check out the
FAQ's section for more content detail, technical tips, and copyright
limitations.
- ARTStor:
A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related
data. The
Charter Collection documents artistic traditions across many times and
cultures and embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography,
decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Cities
and Buildings Database: collection of digitized images of buildings
and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available
to students, researchers and educators on the web
- Grove
Dictionary of Art: click on Bridgeman to access the Bridgeman
Art Library's database of images
- WebMuseum
Reproductions of selected paintings by hundreds of artists. Searchable
by artist name. Also includes brief descriptions of themes and movements
in art history.
Organizations
- Art
through the Ages (Gardner). Companion to the 11th edition of
the textbook by the same title. (MH/Main N 5300 G25 2001)
- Art
History (Stokstad). Companion site to multiple editions of the
text by the same title. (MH/Main N5300 .S923 1999b Folio)
Selected
WWW Sites
- ADAM
(Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway)
A searchable catalogue of 2500 Internet resources.
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- Art
History Resources on the Web
- Provides links
to hundreds of web resources, covering all aspects of Art History.
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- Art
Now Gallery Guide
- Listings of current
exhibitions in galleries and museums througout the United States,
by geographical region.
- CGFA
- A Virtual Museum
Provides biographical information on artists as well as high-quality
reproductions of selected works. Search by artist's name, nationality
or "time-frame."
- Coleccion
Cisneros.org
Introduction to the study of modern art in Latin America.
- Structurae
Includes nearly 10,000 structures ranging from bridges to skyscrapers
and towers to dams, throughout history. Entries accompanied by rich
data, including date of construction, architects and/or engineers, and
construction method.
- Vatican
Museums Online
- Voice
of the Shuttle: Art and Art History (University of California,
Santa Barbara)
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- World
Wide Arts Resources
A commercial index of artists, institutions, and art-related
businesses on the web.
- WWW
Virtual Library - Art History
(Birkbeck College, University of London)
The URL for this guide is http://www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/library/guides/arthistory.shtml
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