History of Art Senior Conference
Fall 2006
Finding Books | Reference Sources | Monographic series
Journal Articles & Reviews | Web Resources | Images |
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Tripod: The Tri-College Online Catalog
- To locate BOOKS, try a subject search, such as "Art, Modern--20th Century" "Art, French -- 20th Century", "Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Europe" "Minimal art", "Fluxus" "Video art" "Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions" "Serial art" "Installations" "Images, Photographic" "Mail art" "Performance art" "Computer art" "Body art" "Conceptual Art"
- Browse records of interest to view other related Library of Congress subject classifications.
- Look closely for subdivisions including , "Bibliography", "History and criticism", "Study and Teaching", "Exhibitions", "Themes, motives"
- Or try a keyword search, such as "Art Annotated Bibliography" "Catalogue raisonné" or "Group of artists "
- Call number searches - when you've found relevant works via subject headings or keywords, try doing call number searches using the call numbers listed.
Use the same search strategies as above, and research your topic beyond the tri-co libraries.
Use EZ-Borrow/Inter-Library Loan to borrow materials that we do not own.
Use print and online reference books to get background information on your topic
Includes the full text of the Grove Dictionary of Art (Carpenter Reference N31 .D5 1996) and the Oxford Companion to Western Art (Carpenter Reference N33 .O923 2001), and includes images both within the articles and links to online collections of digitized images (e.g., Bridgeman Art Library and Art Resource).
online collection of 169 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations, and subject-specific titles. Includes the Bridgeman Art Library Archive.
The world's master paintings from the early Renaissance to the present day : a comprehensive listing of works by 1,300 painters and a complete guide to their locations worldwide / compiled by Christopher Wright
(Carpenter Reference ND40 .W75 1992)
World painting index / by Patricia Pate Havlice. (Carpenter Reference ND 45 .H38)
Contemporary Artists / editor, Joanne Cerrito (Carpenter Reference ND 40 .C6 1996)
Dissertation abstracts online Provides citations to approximately 99 percent of all American dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861, when U.S. academic doctoral degrees were first granted. Masters theses selectively included since 1962. Includes abstracts for doctoral dissertations published since July 1980. Some Canadian dissertations and an increasing number of papers accepted in institutions abroad are also included. Professional (M.D., LL.D.)and honorary degrees not included. Covers 1861-present.
A short guide to writing about art / Sylvan Barnet Publisher New York : Longman, c2000
(Carpenter N7476 .B37 2000) There are multiple copies of the 1981 edition as well.
Use this as a title search to look up the 60-some books in this authoritative series. They are all shelved at the call number folio N25 .P4.
Oxford History of Art
This series of 30 volumes has timelines, extensive bibliographies and illustrations.
Indexes over 260 journals, yearbooks, area museum bulletins covering archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, decorative arts and photography in English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. 1929 to the present. (Both Art Full Text and Art Retrospective can be searched at the same time.) Art Full Text replaces the print Art Index from 1984; full text coverage is from 1997.
Tips for searching Art Index
Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews. Covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art, including performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theater arts, crafts, jewelry, illustration, and more, as well as painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing. Entries date back as far as the late 1960s.
Bibliography of the History of Art
Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Indexes and abstracts for art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealers' catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. BHA also includes the contents of the RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie, Carpenter Reference Z5937 .R4) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art; Carpenter Reference Z5937 .R5) from 1975 to 1989. Updated quarterly.
Indexes many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. 1980- present.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes international journal articles and collected studies in any field relating to the medieval world (classics, art, archaeology, history, theology, Islamic studies, music, etc.). Coverage is from 1967. Journal articles on architecture and design, history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. It contains more than 440,000 thousand entries surveying over 700 American and international journals. These include not only scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also publications of professional associations, American state and regional periodicals, and the major serials on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. 1934 – current. Updated weekly.
Provides online access to an extensive collection of full-text articles from journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. Covers 1971-present.
International Medieval Bibliography Online
Indexes international journal articles and collected studies in any field relating to the medieval world (classics, art, archaeology, history, theology, Islamic studies, music, etc.). Coverage is from 1967. To enter the site, click "Enter databases" and then "Go."
Includes citations for books, journal articles, and collected studies pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Coverage varies by title, but many journals are indexed from their first volume.
Provides full-text access to scholarly journals, including many in art history, from the first issue to a few years ago.
Art History Resources on the Web
A comprehensive directory of art and art history resources on the Web, including time periods, geographical areas, links to museums, links to images and image finders.
Presents the online catalog of the Museum of Modern Art Library, Archives, and Study Centers in New York City. Also offers access to the Museum of Modern Art Web site
Provides links to the collection, to Watsonline, the Museum Library Online catalog. Links to educational resources, timeline of art, information on exhibitions, provenance research project.
Includes virtual tours of the Vatican museums.
Perry-Castaneda Library map collection
The collection holds more than 230,000 maps covering every area of the world
A digital library that provides access to thousands of digital images derived from a variety of museum, library and archival collections. Images support a variety of disciplines including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design.
Contains the Associated Press. current year.s photo report and images from its negative and print library. Most images in the archive are contemporary. Photos are added daily. Coverage varies, 1840-present
Art History Resources on the Web Image Finders
Includes links to Google Images, Lycos, Corbis, Yahoo Images
Citation and Style Guide: Creating an Annotated Bibliography
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Clicking on the "find it " button searches Tripod for the journal or book which appears in a citation. "Find it " searches first for an electronic version of the article; if that does not display, then the option is given to search Tripod for a print version, and then to submit an interlibrary loan request.
Jeremy Blatchley - Reference Librarian, Carpenter Library, 610-526-7918
Camilla MacKay, Head, Carpenter Library, (610) 526-7910
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