Using Catalogs
Use the WSU Stewart
Library Catalog to find location and availability of books
and other media in Stewart Library. Use WorldCat
for listings of exhibition catalogs, books and media in many
other library catalogs.
- Books on the visual arts are generally located within
the call number N in the Reference area and General Collection.
- Books on crafts, photography and the technology relating to
art are located in the T's in the Reference area and General
Collection.
Subject Searching
in Catalogs and Databases
Using keywords of your
choosing or Library of Congress Subject Headings, it may
be helpful to search by:
- artist's name: Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, etc.
- artistic style: modern, bauhaus, etc.
- time period: art, modern--20th century
or art, baroque--Italy, etc.
- artistic medium: architectural design, sculpture, etc.
- nationality/culture: design, japanese;design,
german; sculpture, american, etc.
- genre: product design; architectural design, etc.
- movement: impressionism, expressionism, futurism, surrealism,
etc.
- theory: modernism, feminism, marxism, etc
Also note: Exhibition
Catalogs are often cataloged by artist, subject, and museum or
gallery and Museum Catalogs are usually cataloged by the name
of the museum.
Interlibrary Loan
If we do not own a particular
book or article you need, we will borrow it for you from another
library through Interlibrary
Loan.
Finding
Images
Use the following resources
to find images on the Web
- AICT (Art Images
for College Teaching) - image exchange resource for the educational
community
- Art
Museum Image Gallery
The Art Museum Image Gallery is an online collection of high-quality,
digital documentation of works of art from around the world. Requires
your WSU username and password for offcampus access.
- Artcyclopedia - online
directory of museum art on the Web. Retrieve a list of links
to photographs of artists works at museums worldwide - http://artcyclopedia.com/.
Search by:
- Movement (e.g. Pop Art, Impressionism) by
- Medium (e.g. sculptors, illustrators)
- Subject (e.g. landscape painters)Nationality
- Name, alphabetically
- Bridgeman
Art Library Archive - search by artist, work, theme, subject,
etc.
- Corbis - Large collection
of popular/commercial photographic images.
- Google Image Search
- Use this popular search engine to find Web images on any subject
- Grove Art Online
- 10,000 links to color images
- World
Art Kiosk - 30,000 images from Cal State University
Reference resources
include encyclopedias, dictionaries and other materials used to
"refer" to. Use these resources for facts, definitions
or for background information on a topic.
- Bridgeman
Art Library Archive - search by artist, work, theme, subject,
etc.
- The
Art & Architecture Thesaurus Browser - from the Getty
- Artist's Market - Stewart Library, Middle level, REF
N8600.A76 (annual)
- ArtLex - an online dictionary
of art terminology - http://www.artlex.com/
- Dictionary of Art (Great resource! 34 volumes) - Stewart
Library, Middle level, REF N31.D5 1996 - Reference table 3A
- Encyclopedia of World Art - Stewart Library, Middle level,
REF N31.E533
-
Getty
Vocabulary Databases - The Getty Research Institute's Vocabulary
Databases (the Art & Architecture Thesaurus ®,
the Union List of Artist Names ®, and the Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names ?) contain terminology and
other information about the visual arts, architecture, artists,
and geographic places.
- Grove
Art Online - Start your research here with 41,000 articles,
720,000 index entries and 10,000 links to color images. Limited
to 6 simultaneous users. Requires your WSU username and password
for offcampus access.
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art Timeline of Art History - Excellent comprehensive
timeline with maps and illustrations.
Article Databases
Use article databases to
find articles on your topic. Search by subject or keyword in these
indexes. Find additional databases under Education
and Arts
& Humanities. Use your WSU username and password for off
campus access.
- Art
Full Text - Use this First! Abstracts from
1994, full text from 1997 covering: Archaeology, Architecture,
Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion
Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior
Design, Landscape, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art,
Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles,
and Video. Limited to 12 simultaneous UALC users.
- Use the print Art Index to find articles
published from 1929 to 1994 -Reference,1st Floor North, Call
number N1.A7846--Reference Table 3A
-
Bibliography
of the History of Art - The premier international scholarly
reference in art history. Including citations to writings
from 1973 to present, covering visual arts in all media including
traditional fine arts; decorative and applied arts; material
culture; photography and contemporary new media; and visual
arts aspects of performing arts. Includes access to RILA (International
Repertory of the Literature of Art), and RAA Repertoire d'Art
et d'Archeolgie). 1973 to present. Use this to find citations.
Use interlibrary loan to order items.
- ERIC
(EbscoHost)
Provides citation and
abstract information from over 750 educational journals and
related documents from the Educational Resource Information
Center. Selected fulltext. 1967 to present. Updated
quarterly.
- International
Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA)
The International Repertory
of the Literature of Art (RILA) includes abstracts and indexes
on European and American art and architecture. European art
is covered from late Antiquity (4th c.) to the present. American
art is covered from the European discoveries (16th c.) to
the present. Art reflecting the Western tradition in other
parts of the world is also included. 1975 to 1989. Database
includes Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeolgie Bibliography of
the History of Art 1973 to present
- RILA
(International Repertory of the Literature of Art) - The
International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA) includes
abstracts and indexes on European and American art and architecture.
European art is covered from late Antiquity (4th c.) to the
present. American art is covered from the European discoveries
(16th c.) to the present. Art reflecting the Western tradition
in other parts of the world is also included. 1975 to 1989.
Database includes Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeolgie Bibliography
of the History of Art 1973 to present.
- L'Annee
Philologique -The premier bibliography for all aspects of
Classical Antiquity: history, language, literature, archaeology,
religion, etc. It includes information on neighboring areas
and eras. Covers 1969 to 2000, with indexing of earlier print
volumes continuing and new records being added.
- Arts
& Humanities Search - Citations from many of the world's
leading arts and humanities journals. 1980 - present, updates
weekly.
- Academic
Search Premier - Provides some full text articles in over
a thousand magazines and journals
- LexisNexis
Academic - Full-text coverage of many newspapers
from across the US and around the world.
Newspapers
- Many other newspapers
and broadcast news services are available on the Web.
Browsing Current Periodicals
Current magazines and
journals can be browsed in the Current Periodicals Area, in the
"N" section on the Middle level. Bound volumes of older
issues are found upstairs in the periodicals stacks. UseEjournals
to see if a particular journal is available online. Selected print
titles include:
Art
Bulletin
Online - 1975
- present
Online - 1919-2000 |
N1.A782 |
| ArtForum |
N1.A786 |
| Design Quarterly |
NK1.D457 |
| Domus |
N1.D673 |
| Form |
N1.F723 |
Here are some WWW sites
to get you started. Most of these will take you to other links,
so explore! Use the Yahoo and
Google directories
to find appropriate catagories for selected lists of sites on
artists, museums, art mediums, styles, periods, etc.
Meta Sites
Selected Museum Sites
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