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Art
McFarlin Library
This is a selected guide to resources on Art in the McFarlin Library collection. It is not a comprehensive list. It is intended to serve as a starting point for your research.
For information on how to do research in general, check Constructing a Research Paper.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries are a good place to start when you need an overview of a subject or when you want a quick summary of basic ideas. They can also be used to familiarize yourself with the vocabulary of the discipline. Encyclopedia articles are often followed by selected bibliographies or lists of references to other works. The following are available in McFarlin Library:
"The Grove Dictionary of Art contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts – painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography – from prehistory to the present day. Compiled over a period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study. This scope of coverage is unrivalled by any other art historical reference work, either in print or online."
| McF Reference; N31 .D5
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Dictionary
Of Art
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| McF Reference; NX80 .H88
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Dictionary
Of The Arts.
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| McF Reference; N6490 .C5317
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A
Dictionary Of Twentieth-Century Art
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Journal articles are important in your research. You should use periodical indexes to identify current journal and newspaper articles published in the professional and scholarly literature on topics relevant to your research project. Indexes can be subject-specific for in-depth research or can be more general in nature.
Some indexes are in electronic format and others are in print format. All indexes provide a citation, many provide an abstract, and a few provide the full text of the article. If the article is not available in full text, you must use the Library Catalog to find out if McFarlin Library subscribes to the journal that publishes the article you need.
To find out if McFarlin Library has a specific journal click on the Journals and Online Sources link on the Libraries' Home Page and choose Journal Portal. Type the journal title in the Search box. If McFarlin subscribes to the journal, note the location and format of the periodical. Back issues of periodicals might be found as a hard copy, on microfilm, or through an electronic format. If McFarlin Library does not subscribe to the journal you need, you may request it through interlibrary loan.
To find articles about art, search the following electronic indexes:
Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals and a total of nearly 10,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
Bibliography of the History of Art
"Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 770 journals.
| McF Reference; N7425 .A77
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Art
Index
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| McF Reference; AI21 .N44
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New
York Times Index
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| McFarlin Books; NX456 .R59
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Twentieth-Century
Artists On Art : An Index To Writings, Statements, And Interviews By
Artists, Arch / Jack S. Robertson
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To find books located in McFarlin Library, use the library's online catalog. In addition to books, the Library Catalog allows you to search for periodicals, government documents, audiovisual material, and Special Collections.
Call number classifications for Art are:
| Library of Congress | N |
| Dewey Decimal | 700-779 |
Library materials for Art are listed on the Library Catalog under these suggested subject headings:
Check the Library of Congress Subject Headings for other more specific terms to search on the Library Catalog.
The following guide and directory resources are available in McFarlin Library:
| McFarlin Books; N1.A1 R6
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Fine
Arts Periodicals An International Directory Of The Visual Arts
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| McF Reference; N50 .A54
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American
Art Directory
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| McF Reference; N8630 .A77
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Artist's
& Graphic Designer's Market
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| McFarlin Books; N8630 .A77
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Artist's
Market
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| McF Reference; NX100 .N38
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National
Resource Guide For The Placement Of Artists
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Internet
Resources
The Internet provides a great amount of information in the area of art. Listed below are some of the most well-established collections:
The AHRC is a tool for art historical research on the internet. It shares key resources and methods of online research so that art historians can find the resources relevant to their work.
ARTstor is a huge collection of over 300,000 images of works of art in a variety of different media (including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design) and from many time periods and cultures throughout human history. It is composed of several different collections. The largest, called the Image Gallery, is includes over 200,000 images derived from 35mm slides made from high quality reproductions found in the scholarly literature of art.
NYPL Picture Collection Online
"The Picture Collection Online (PCO) is a select
group of images from The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library, Picture
Collection. Since its creation in 1915, the Picture Collection has met the needs
of New York's large community of artists, illustrators, designers, teachers,
students, and general researchers. Covering over 12,000 subjects, the Picture
Collection is an extensive circulating collection and reference archive, the
largest of its kind in any public library system.
Reference materials include encyclopedias, indexes, handbooks, manuals, directories, and statistical publications that are frequently used for practical or background information. They are designed to be used to locate specific information quickly, rather than read all the way through as you would a novel. Reference books cannot be checked out of the library.
The following reference materials on art can be found in McFarlin Library:
| McF Reference; N6490 .C6567
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Contemporary
Artists / editor, Joann Cerrito
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| McF Reference; N6489 .W67
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World
Artists
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| McF Reference; N40 .B53
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A
Biographical Dictionary Of Artists
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| McF Reference; N6490 .P72
| The
Prestel Dictionary Of Art And Artists In The 20th Century
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| McF Reference; N8354 .D53
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Dictionary
Of Women Artists
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| McF Reference; N6536 .W486
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Who
Was Who In American Art, 1564 1975: 400 Years Of Artists In America
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| McF Reference; N6536 .W5
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Who's
Who In American Art
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For information on style manuals and guides found in McFarlin Library, check out How to Cite Sources.
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