Art Research Guide

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
You can use library electronic resources from any computer on or off campus. See a complete listing of electronic resources by name, provider, or subject. Databases covering art are listed below.

• Academic OneFile (Gale/Infotrac) - scholarly database containing journals, podcasts, and transcripts
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - scholarly database containing peer-reviewed journals
• Biography in Context (Gale/Infotrac) - biographies, related full-text articles from periodicals, as well as images and links to web sites 
• Fine Arts and Music Collection (Gale/Infotrac) - search a subset of Gale Academic OneFile journals covering the fine arts such as drama, music, art history and filmmaking.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic - news, business, legal, medical, and reference information
• Masterfile Premier (EBSCO) - general reference publications, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection
• MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) - bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations with links to many full text articles
• Oxford Reference Online: Art & Architecture - Find facts, definitions, criticism and more in Oxford reference titles.
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• Religious and Theological Abstracts - indexes religion and theology

More electronic resources are available through the Boston Public Library. However, you must first take a minute to sign up for a BPL eCard.

• Boston Public Library Art Resources

JOURNALS
 

• Gordon's Periodical List is a complete list of all journals available through Jenks Library (full text in databases, online, and print).
• • You can search for a journal title in Periodical List.
  • You can also see subjects under the category of fine arts or photography in Periodical List. Click on a subject to view the journals available.
• Print journals are located in the periodicals area on the 4th floor of Jenks. Please note that journals are arranged alphabetically by title, not by subject area.

BOOKS, DVDs, VIDEOS, CDs

• Search the online catalog to find materials on topics in art.
• If you want to browse the shelves, some art related call numbers are:
• AM    Museums, Collectors & Collecting
  N      Visual Arts
  NA    Architecture
  NB    Sculpture
  NC    Graphic Arts, Drawing, Design
  ND    Painting
  NE    Print Media (Printmaking, Engraving)
  NK    Decorative Arts, Applied Arts
  NX    Arts in General
  TR    Photography
• Location Guide

web sites

• The American Museum of Photography - an award-winning virtual museum dedicated to educating, informing, and sharing great photographs.
• Artcyclopedia - Online collections of museums from around the world.
• CIVA - Christians in the Visual Arts exists to explore and nurture the relationship between the visual arts and the Christian faith.
• Metropolitan Musuem of Art - Image collection of important works including European paintings, American paintings, and sculpture.
• Mother of All Art and Art History Links - a gateway to more than 400 sites: academic, museum, commercial, and studio.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• National Gallery of Art - one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper from the Middle Ages to the present. Images of more than 6,000 objects in the collection are available online.
• Smithsonian American Art Museum - View images, teaching guides, and other information from this Smithsonian Institution Museum.
• Smithsonian Archives of American Art - History of art in America.

Recommend a Web site - Do you know of a good art related Web site to add to our list?

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