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Art Resources

Essential Resources | Additional Resources | Multidisciplinary Library Databases | Public Websites

Featured Reference Books:

The Dictionary of Art. 34 volumes. 1996.

The Encyclopedia of Sculpture. 3 volumes. 2004.

American Art Directory. 2003.

Artists from Latin American Cultures: a Biographical. 2002.

North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 1995.

Who’s Who in American Art. Current Year.

The Oxford History of Western Art. 2000.

The Oxford Companion of Western Art. 2001.

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Essential Resources:

Art Dept at UW-L

Art Periodicals

Citation Guides

Scholarly v. Popular Journals

Art Abstracts (Wilson):

Citations and abstracts from more than 400 art journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins primarily in English, but also includes publications in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. Citations:1984 to present. Abstracts: 1994 to present. Updated: monthly.
Quick Tip: Creating Bibliographies with Art Abstracts (pdf)
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science):

A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature in the arts and humanities. Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
Guides: Tutorial

Note: To search only the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, click the change limits link towards the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.

Additional Resources:

Alternative Press Index (FirstSearch):

Indexes nearly 290 newspapers and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change. Provides additional viewpoints on internationally significant subjects. Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated: quarterly.

Alternative Press Index Archive (FirstSearch):

eHRAF Archaeology (HRAF) (formally eHRAF Collection of Archaeology):

Over 50,000 pages in over 690 full-text documents, indexed by subject to facilitate comparative archaeological studies within and across regions. Each tradition file consists of a general summary and full-text sources including books, journal articles, dissertations, and manuscripts. Coverage: Over 41 major traditions. Updated: annually.

Multidisciplinary Library Databases:

These full-text resources also include information related to this subject area:

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of scholarly and popular periodicals.

MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of mostly popular periodicals, some scholarly, newspapers, and more.

LexisNexis Academic. Includes full text of popular, scholarly, trade, and professional periodicals, and much more.

CQ Researcher. For in-depth reports on current and past topics in all subject areas.
JSTOR. For reliable access to full text of articles from more than 490 periodicals more than 2-5 years old.

Public Websites:

The following web resources were selected by librarians:

Art Web sites A directory listing of related sites.

Cities and Buildings Database

MedPix™ Medical Image Database

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