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Art/Art History
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Locate Books on a specific subject by title, author, keyword, or subject heading: Library Catalog of the University of Wisconsin Colleges .
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The library uses the Library of Congress classification system for organizing and shelving books.
Key Areas for research in Art/Art History:
N: Visual Arts & Art History |
ND: Painting |
NA: Architecture |
NK: Decorative/Applied Arts |
NB: Sculpture |
NX: Arts - General |
| NC: Drawing, Illustration, Design | TR: Photography |
Basic Reference Resources
| Encyclopedia of World Art | Ref N 31.E4833 |
| Encyclopedia of the Arts | Ref N 31.E54 |
| The Encyclopedia of Visual Art | Ref N 31.E548 1983 |
| A Dictionary of Art Terms & Techniques | Ref N 33 M36 |
| World Artists | Ref N 6489.M37 1984 |
| Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists | Ref N 6536.C8 |
| Art Source Book (Art by subject) | Ref N 7560.R69X 1987 |
| Encyclopedia of Modern Architecture | Ref NA 680.E5 |
| Commercial Artist's Handbook | Ref NC 1000.S68 |
| The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques | Ref ND 1260 M35 1070 |
| Fine Art Reproductions | Ref NE 1860 N4 A32 1967 |
| The Collector's Complete Dictionary of American Antiques | Ref NK 805.P52 |
Journal Articles and Scholarly Works
| Academic Search Elite | A multidisciplinary database that contains full-text articles un the arts. |
| Art Full-Text | Contains journal articles, museum bulletins, and yearbooks. Coverage begins in 1984 with full-text coverage beginning in 1997. |
| Education Full-Text | Contains articles from trade and scholarly journals in education as well as the arts. Coverage begins in 1995 with full-text coverage starting in 1996. |
| Grove Art | Contains the full-text of the Grove Dictionary of Art as well as journal articles and electronic images of artwork. |
| Humanities Full-Text | Subjects covered include: Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Communications, Dance, Film, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Literary & Social Criticism Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religion and Theology. Full-text coverage starts in 1995. |
| JSTOR | Contains and peer-reviewed journal articles pertaining to the humanities and arts in full-text. |
Digital Art Collections
| Ad Access | Holds images and information for over 7,000 advertisements in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911-1955. |
| ARTstor | One of the most comprehensive and well organized collections of fine art available online. ARTstor contains all genera of art from all over the world including the Art History Survey Collection, the Carnegie Arts of the United States Collection, the Hartill Archive of Architecture and Allied Arts, the Huntington Archive of Asian Art, the Illustrated Bartsch, the MIDA, the Museum of Modern Art, Architecture, and Design Collection, Native American Art and Culture from the Smithsonian Institution, and the Image Gallery. |
| Grove Art | Contains electronic images of thousands of works of art, full-text of the Grove Dictionary of Art and journal articles. |
| Louvre Museum | Selected digital images from one of the greatest art museums in the world. Paintings, sculpture and other impressive works are available online. |
| NYPL Digital Gallery | A collection of 30,000 digitized images from prints, postcards, magazines, newspapers, books, and original photographs. Most of the images were created before 1923. |
| Perseus Project | From Tufts University, this digital library contains thousands of images and descriptions of Greek and Roman art, architecture, coins, pottery, sculpture, buildings, and sites. The collection also contains museum photography which provides additional images of antiquity from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, British Museum, and Staatl. |
| University of Wisconsin Digital Collections | This multidisciplinary collection holds manuscripts, books, journal articles, speeches, drawings, art, and photographs. Subjects include art, anthropology, history, literature, biography, science, and more. |
| Portal Wisconsin | Contains images of artwork from Wisconsin. |
Professional Associations
| American Association of Museums |
| Art Libraries Society of North America |
| Society of Architectural Historians |
Writer's Guides
| MLA Handbook | Ref LB 2369.G53 2003 (May be on reserve.) |
| A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations | LB 2369.T8 1973 |
| Writing the Modern Research Paper | LB 2369.D44 1993 |
| Student's Guide for Writing College Papers | LB 2369 T82 1969 |
By Aaron F. Nichols - Public Services Librarian
Created:05/05/06
Last Update: 05/05/06