Library Research Guide

Art History 152

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• Articles 
• Books
• Internet Sites
• Citing Sources 
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Reference

Grove Art Online 

Grove Art Online (new version)
A comprehensive and authoritative online encyclopedia for research in the history of the visual arts. Also available in print. Location: Ref N31 .D5 1996  34 vols.
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Oxford Reference Online
Includes several Oxford University Press art and architecture dictionaries.
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Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It.
Location: Ref N59 .J66 1999
A guide to the art history research tools, online and print.

Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed.
Location: Ref N85 .J64 1990
A guide to research methods and resources in art history.

Guide to the Literature of Art History 2
Location:Ref N380 .M374 2005
A supplement to the 1980 edition.

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Articles

Core Resources:

Art Abstracts
An index with abstracts to more than 200 international arts periodicals, journals and museum bulletins.
Coverage: 1929-present.

Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journal and popular magazine articles in all subject areas, many of which are available in full text online. 

Additional Resources:
 

• Historical New York Times
• JSTOR
• LexisNexis Academic

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Books

ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.

WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the button to request items through interlibrary loan. 

Browse the library catalog. Select the Subject search in ALEX and browse these subjects. These subject headings should also be using in WorldCat searches. Also search Artists' names (as subject and author) and names of art groups or movements.

• Art, Modern - 20th century
• Art, Modern - 21st century
• Art and state
• Art and society
• Arts and society
• Arts – censorship
• Arts and society
• Arts and morals
• Federal aid to the arts
• National Endowment for the Arts
• United States – Cultural policy

• Gay artists
• Lesbian artists
• Homosexuality and art
• Homosexuality in art
• Lesbianism in art

• African American artists
• African Americans in art
• Art and race
• Minorities in art
• Race in art

• Feminist art
• Women artists
• Women in art

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Internet Sites

Art History Resources on the Web
Links to quality web resources for art historians and students of art history.

Mother of all Art History Links
An annotated list of art research and new media resources, image collections, online exhibitions, art history and fine arts departments, and museums.

Major Modern & Contemporary Visual Artists
A portal for research on the visual arts.

Timeline of Art History
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art, illustrated by works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.

WWW Virtual Library: History of Art
A collection of links relating to art history and computer applications in art history.

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Citing Sources

Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing about Art. 9th ed.
Location: Ref N7476 .B37 2008

The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed.
Location: Ref Desk Z253 .U69 2003
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including MLA.

Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources. 

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Get Help

For assistance with this course, contact:

Lynn Mayo
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4746
lmayo@hamilton.edu

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(Reviewed: April 3, 2008)