Subject
Research Guides
Art History
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of art history topics.
Background Information Sources
| Grove Dictionary of Art (34 volumes) | REF N31.D5 1996 |
| Encyclopedia of World Art (17 volumes) | REF N31.E533 |
| McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art (5 volumes) | REF N33.M234 |
| From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History | REF N33.P5 |
| Oxford Companion to Western Art | REF N33.0923 2001 |
| Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (5 volumes) | REF N33.P68 |
| History of Art – (Janson’s) | REF N5300.J3 2001 |
| The Oxford History of Western Art | REF N5300.O96 2000 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers N – NK (Arts).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: Search by artist name, period, genre. For specific work use, for example: Vermeer, works. Articles are within journals.
- WorldCat: Search by artist name, period, specific work. Use for book titles on artist/subject.
- FirstSearch (password required): Use Art Index from pull down menu for articles within journals (all art specific; citations only).
- LexisNexis: Search by artist name, specific work or period. Use to access recent information about: exhibitions, restoration, archaeology.
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Art.
- Mother of all Art and Art History Links
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/
an extensive collection of art history links from the University of Michigan - Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
collection of art history resources maintained by Dr. Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe