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ART RESOURCES
This is a guide for research in the arts, and for students enrolled in related courses. You'll find suggested reference books, subject databases useful for searching for articles from journals and magazines, sources for topical background information, and suggested World Wide Web sites and resources.
If you have questions or need additional assistance, please contact the library to arrange an appointment.
Phone: (541) 440-4640
Email: UCC Library
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| Online Databases | Reference Books | Websites |
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EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary database of full text articles and abstracts from magazines and peer-reviewed journals including those in the field of art and other related disciplines. Available off-campus; contact the library for access information.
Daily Life Online / World Cultures Today
This database includes entries and images from major world cultures, including artworks and architecture. Available off-campus; contact the library for access information.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Encyclopedia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia along with various media in support of over 118,000 article entries. This is a general encyclopedia that covers all subjects including those relating to the art world. Currently Encyclopedia Britannica Online is only available from campus computers.
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Encyclopedia of World Art
17 volume encyclopedia covering all aspects of world art that includes cross references and a comprehensive analytic index. R 703 E
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art
A comprehensive art encyclopedia that contains close to 4,000 entries and over 5,000 illustrations in this multi-volume set. R 703 P
The Dictionary of Art
This 34 volume art dictionary put out by Grove contains brief but detailed entries covering the world of art and each entry contains a bibliography for further information on the subject. REF 703 D
The Encyclopedia of Visual Art
A 10 volume encyclopedia that covers the history of art as well as a biographical dictionary of artists, various studies of the art world, and a museum and galleries of the world listing by country. REF 703 E
Oxford Companion to Western Art
Includes brief entries on schools, methods, techniques, artists, architecture, and works from the entirety of the Western tradition. Color illustrations are spaced throughout. REF 703 O
Oxford History of Western Art
Comprehensive history of Western Art from the classical Greek and Roman era through 21st century modernism, complete with extensive use of color photos and illustrations. REF 709 O
Contemporary Women Artists
A reference work providing biographical and career information on more than 350 of the world's most prominent and influential contemporary women visual artists. This work includes information on their exhibitions and a bibliography of further information resources about the artist. REF 709.22 C
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Art and Architecture Thesaurus
"A structured vocabulary from the Getty Trust of more than 125000 terms for describing fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials." Searchable by alphabetical index and by subject.
AICT-Art Images for College Teaching
A collection of art images for educational use with an emphasis on ancient, medieval, and Renaissance European art and architecture created by art historian Allan T. Kohl.
Google Directory-Arts
Comprehensive directory of a wide variety of arts resources available online and broken down into different categories that include art history, visual arts, architecture, museums, time periods and art movements.
Librarians' Internet Index-- Arts Websites
A listing of art works online, and art-themed web resources, selected by librarians from California and Washington.
ADAM
"ADAM, the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway, is a searchable catalogue of Internet resources that have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians for the benefit of the UK Higher Education community."
World Art Treasures
A collection of over 100,000 slides of paintings, sculpture, prints and other media from the world of art. Created by the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation in Switzerland.
Timeline of Art History
A great collection of interactive chronological, geographical and thematic art history timelines that includes several different indexes as well as coverage of special topics in art history. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Visual Collections: Images of Art, History and Culture
Over 300,000 images from more than 30 collections including fine arts, photography, architecture, cartography and other artistic forms
Artcyclopedia
A fine art search engine offering access to over 150,000 artworks by over 8,100 artists. Database searchable by artist name, artwork title or museum. Also contains listings by art movement and several other options. Provided by a private individual for instructional use, not an educational or non-profit source.
Getty Images
One of the largest digital photography and film collections online. Includes a selection of royalty-free images and photographs. Searchable by subject.
Flickr
Flickr is an online digital photograph management system, with two goals: "1. We want to help people make their photos available to the people who matter to them. [and] 2. We want to enable new ways of organizing photos." Upload photos, share them with friends, family, and others, use uploaded images to create other works such as photo maps and mosaics! (Free, requires account creation)
Art History Resources On The Web
Comprehensive directory of art history and research resources on the web that is frequently updated and maintained by Professor Christopher Witcombe.
CAMEO-Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online
CAMEO is a searchable encyclopedia that contains chemical, physical, visual and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the conservation, preservation and production of artistic, architectural and archaeological materials.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum website where one can search their collection of approximately 40,000 art objects or a number of other specialized art databases.
Online home to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Online access to their museum collection as well as other resources such as education, research and conservation.
LA County Museum of Art Collections Online
Provides "direct access to over 70,000 works of art from around the world."
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
The Louvre
English language homepage for The Louvre with access to almost 29,000 works in the museum as well as the history of The Louvre and their collection.
The National Gallery of Art
Online access to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. including their art collection, exhibitions, and education resources.
The Center for Creative Photography
The Center for Creative Photography is an archive, museum and research center dedicated to photography as an art form and cultural record at The University of Arizona.
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This page last updated 9-21-06.