Resources for Art and Art History

Research Guides

Library Classification Guide

Art History Surveys

Bibliographies

Biographical Resources & Directories

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Journal Article Indexes & Abstracts

Art News, Zines

Museums

Visual Resources & Images

Art History Links

Archival Resources for Art History

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Research Guides

Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed.
Call #: Ref N85 J64 1990.

Art Information and the Internet: how to find it, how to use it.
Call #: Ref N59 J66 1999.
See chapter IX- Seven Basic Steps of Research
And chapter XII- Studying Works of Art.

Guide to Research in Classical Art and Mythology. Frances Van Keuren.
Call #: Main Collection N7760 V3 1991

Research Guide to the History of Western Art. Thomas P. Slavens.
Call #: Main Collection N380 K56 1982

A Short Guide to Writing About Art. Sylvan Barnet.
Call #: Main Collection N7476 B37 2000

Writing About Art. Henry Sayre.
Call #: Main Collection N7476 S29 1999

Resources in Art History for Graduate Students- grants and fellowships
http://www.efn.org/~acd/resources.html

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Art History Surveys

History of art / H.W. Janson
Call #: Main Collection N5300 J3 1997 (Folio)

Art history / Marilyn Stokstad
Call #: Main Collection N5300 S923 1999 vol.1 & 2

Gardner's art through the ages. Gardner, Helen
Call #: Main Collection N5300 G25 1996 (Folio)

The visual arts : a history / Hugh Honour & John Fleming
Call #: Main Collection N5300 H68 1986 (Folio)

The Pelican Art History Series

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Bibliographies

Guide to the Literature of Art History. Etta Arntzen.
Call #: Ref N380 A75

Arts in America: a bibliography. Bernard Karpel, ed.
Call #: Ref NX503 A1 A78 vols. 1-4

Women Artists in the United States. 1750-1986
Call #: Ref N6503 N67 1995

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Biographical Resources and Directories

American Art Directory
Call #: Ref N50 A54 vol. 58 2001/2002

Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market
Call #: Ref N8600 A76 2002

Contemporary Architects.
Call #: Ref NA680 C625 1994

Contemporary Artists.
Call #: Ref N6490 C6567 2002 vols. 1-2

Contemporary Designers
Call #: Ref NK1390 C655 1997

Contemporary Photographers.
Call #: Ref TR 139 C66 1988.

Dictionary of Women Artists.
Call #: Ref N8354 D532 1997 vols. 1-2

North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
Call #: Ref N6503 N67 1995

St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists
Call #: Ref N6538 H58 S7 2002

Who was Who in American Art 1564-1975.
Call #: Ref N6512 F26 1999 vols. 1-3

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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia Britannica. Online (proxy required).

Grove Dictionary of Art. Online (proxy required).

Dictionary of Art.
Call #: Ref N31 D5 1996 vols. 1-34

American Architecture: an illustrated encyclopedia.
Call #: Ref NA705 H36 1998

Encyclopedia of Interior Design
Call #: Ref NK1165 E48 1997 vols 1-2

Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes 2nd ed.
Call #: Ref NX456 K67 2000

The Photography Encyclopedia.
Call #: Ref TR9 M39 1999

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Journal Article Indexes and Abstracts

Art Abstracts. Online (proxy required)
Indexed from 1984, abstracts from 1994

Art Index 1929-1998
Call #: N1 A435 index

RILA-International Repertory of the Literature of Art, 1975-1989.
Call #: N7510 R16 index

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Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/index.html

Asian Art Museum
http://www.asianart.org/index.html

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
http://www.thinker.org/

The Getty
http://www.getty.edu/

Huntington Library
http://www.huntington.org/index.html

LACMA- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
http://www.lacma.org/

MOMA- Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org/

SFMOMA- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.sfmoma.org/

Smithsonian Museum of American Art
http://www.americanart.si.edu/home.html

San Francisco Art Institute
http://www.sanfranciscoart.edu/main.htm

YB- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
http://www.yerbabuenaarts.org/b_ybca.html

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Art News, Zines

Art Daily: art newspaper on the internet
http://www.artdaily.com/

Artkrush: a new online magazine
http://www.artkrush.com/mainframe/index.asp

Artswire: http://www.artswire.org/

Stretcher: online arts journal -San Francisco
http://www.stretcher.org/

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Visual Resources & Images

Art Images for College Teaching
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/index.html

Art Serve: Australia architecture and art images
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/

Chico State Art History Department Slide database
http://cricket.csuchico.edu/art/slides.html

Cielo: California State University image library
http://cielo.calstate.edu/

Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com/

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Art History Links

Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Voice of the Shuttle-Art and Art History-UCSB
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2707

World Wide Art Resources
http://www.world-arts-resources.com/

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Compiled by George Thompson - Meriam Library Reference Department - California State University, Chico- February 10, 2003 - ghthompson@csuchico.edu
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