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Information Sources on Art and Artists
I. Books and Audiovisuals
II Periodical Resources
A. Electronic Indexes and Full-Text Collections
B. Print Indexes and Bibliographies
III. Reference Materials
A. Dictionaries
B. Encyclopedias
C. Other Reference Sources
IV. Government Publications
V. Web Resources
VI. Course Information
VII. Help from the Library
Use tomCat (the U of M Library
catalog).
For subject searches, use Library of Congress Subject Headings such as painting, modern 19th century france or painters france . (LC Subject Headings volumes are available in Reference.) The majority of items in this subject area will begin with the call letter 'N' and will be located on the 4th floor.
Also try searching by keywords such as monet pissarro or monet exhibitions .
(Leave out words like in, of, on, and the; AND is assumed between words).
For books about artists and their works, use the artist's name as a subject;
e.g.,
monet, claude .
For video tapes, use videorecording as a keyword; e.g. impressionism
videorecording
Copy the call number from the catalog record to find the book. (See How to Find Books.)
netLibrary [UM Only] A collection of over 46,000 electronic books in various disciplines. Some of these items may be available in print as well as electronically.
Use an electronic database.
These are recommended. Other periodical databases are listed on Periodical Databases by Adademic Area. For help finding articles try How to Find Articles in Periodicals and refer to How to find Print Periodicals for help locating the articles you've found. If the periodical is available electronically, you will find a link to it from the electronic journals list.
Art
Abstracts (1984 - ) [UM Only]
Includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film
reviews, and more.
Art Full Text (see Wilson OmniFile Mega Edition). Covers periodicals in the fine and decorative arts along with non-Western art, new and contemporary art, crafts, costume, textiles, and such tradiditional areas as art research, art history, architecture, and archaeology. Includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews, and more. Search as part of the Wilson Omnifile either as a single database (select "ART" from the drop down list) or in combination with any or all of the other 10 Wilson databases. Coverage: 1984-; full text, 1997-.
JSTOR [UM Only]
The JSTOR database consists of complete backfiles of core scholarly journals which have been digitized, starting with the very first issues.
MLA International Bibliography (periodicals and books chapters, 1963 - ) [UM Only]
Indexes 4,000 periodicals covering literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.
Museum of Online Museums [Open Access]
Portal to museum and gallery sites, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Bauhaus Archive, and the Art Institute of Chicago, plus other online collections.
New York Public Library's Digital Gallery [Open Access]
Digital image collection of prints, maps, manuscripts, poster, photos, sheet music covers, dust jackets, menus, cigarette cards, and more.
Philosopher's Index (1940 - ) [UM Only]
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields such as ethics, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, epistemology, the philosophy of law, education, language, and the like. Coverage: 1940-.
Project Muse (Full-text) [UM Only]
Provides electronic full text of more than 200 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
PsycINFO (1887 - ) [UM Only]
Provides citations and abstracts to articles in over 1,300 journals, plus books and book chapters, and dissertations. Includes thesaurus of subject headings.
Other Databases: These databases provide coverage on a wide range of subjects and may be useful in your research.
Electronic Journals Service (EJS) [UM Only]
Electronic journals service available through a common interface for online journal subscriptions. Search, browse, and identify journals and articles available online in either full-text or table-of-content format. Hyperlinks are provided to more than 1,300 electronic journals worldwide.
Expanded Academic Index (1980-) [UM Only]
Indexes about 1,900 magazines, journals, and the NY Times newspaper. Most have abstracts, and about 900 are full text.
IngentaConnect [Open Access]
Formerly Uncover. Browse the publication list or search tables of contents to over 17,000 periodicals; period of coverage varies. Provides document delivery service.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe [UM Only]
Provides full text of many magazines and newspapers, including The Commercial Appeal since 1990.
Oxford Reference Online [UM Only]
The Oxford Reference Online Premium collection is an online collection of dictionaries and encyclopedias in many fields including: art & architecture, bilingual dictionaries, biological science, classics, computing, earth & environmental sciences, economics & business, English dictionaries and thesauruses, English language reference, food & drink, history, law, literature, maps & illustrations, military history, mythology & folklore, names & places, performing arts, physical sciences & mathematics, politics & social sciences, quotations, religion & philosophy, and science.
PowerSearch [UM Only]
Searches the 12 InfoTrac databases simultaneously.
Web of Knowledge
Resources specific to the Humanities on WoK include Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents Connect for Arts & Humanities, ISI Proceedings for Social Science and the Humanities.
Wilson Omnifile Mega Full Text [UM Only]
Provides access to eleven databases: Education , General Science , Humanities , Readers' Guide , Social Sciences, Wilson Business , Art, Applied Science & Technology, Index to Legal Periodicals, Library Literature & Information Science, Biological & Agricultural. Search databases individually, in selected groups, or all at once.
WorldCat [UM Only]
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries, including books, periodicals, audiovisual materials, and websites. Contains manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Art Index (1929-) [Reference Index Tables]
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1976-) [Reference Index Tables]
Art Bibliographies, Modern (ABM) (1969-1991) [Reference Index Tables]
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) (1991-) [Reference Index Tables]
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (1980;1981-85;86-90;91-95) [Ref. Index Tables]
Humanities Index (1974- 96) [Reference Index Tables]
Modern Language Association Bibliography (MLA) (1921-) [Reference Index Tables]
Philosopher's Index (1940-) [Reference Index Tables]
Psychological Abstracts (1927-) [Reference Abstract Shelves]
Social Sciences Index (1965- 96) [Reference Index Tables]
The Dictionary of Art (34 vols.) [Ref N31.D5 1996]
Dictionary of Classical Mythology [Ref BL715.B44]
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art [Ref N7560.H34]
A Dictionary of Symbols [Ref BF1623.S9 C513]
Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery [Ref BL600.V74]
The Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art [Ref N7740.C29 1995]
Dictionary of Women Artists (2 vols.) [Ref N8354.D52x 1997]
International Dictionary of Art and Artists, 2 vols. [Ref N40.I55 1990]
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art (5 vols.) [Ref N33.M23]
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance [Online, UM Only]
The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Art History [Ref N5300.F64 2000]
The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts [Ref NK30 .F55 1989]
Pronunciation Dictionary of Artists' Names [Ref N40.K3 1993]
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms [Ref N33.L75 1984]
World Artists, 1950-1980 [Ref N6489.M37 1984]
World Artists 1980-1990 [Ref N6489.W67 1991]
General Encyclopedias [Reference, Shelves between Ranges #5 and #6]
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (4 vols.) [Ref BH56.E53 1998]
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography (2 vols.) [Ref N7560.E53 1998]
Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All Nations [Ref BL310.R6]
Encyclopedia of Sculpture (3 vols.) [NB198.E53 2004]
Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era: 1760-1850 (2 vols.) [Ref NX452.5.R64 E53 2004]
Encyclopedia of Visual Art (10 vols.) [Ref N25.E53 1989]
Encyclopedia of World Art (17 vols.) [Ref N31.E533]
American Art Directory [Ref N50.A54 58th ed. 2001/2002]
Art Director's Annual 81st ed. 2002 [Ref NC997.A1 A69]
Contemporary Artists [Ref N6490.C6567 1996]
Fine and Applied Arts Terms Index [Ref N34.U72 1983]
Glossary of Art, Architecture, and Design since 1945 [Ref N34.W34 1992]
Handbook of Latin American Art (2 vols.) [Ref N6502.H37]
The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990's [Ref NX650.M9 R45 1993]
The Oxford Companion to Art [Ref N33.O9]
The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture [Ref N7830.M87 1996]
Who Was Who in American art: Compiled from the Original Thirty-four Volumes of American Art Annual [Ref N6512 .F26 1985]
Who's Who in American Art [Ref N6536.W5]
Publications related to art issued by federal and Tennessee state agencies are available online and in the Government Publications Department on the first floor of McWherter Library. Staff in the department will assist you in finding and using
both electronic and print materials produced by various federal and state agencies, such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Gallery of Art. You can also get information through their web page at http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam.html
You may want to explore web sites using various internet resources or, if you have them, specific URLs. [See
Robert Harris's Internet Search Tips and Strategies ] The web sites
listed below are examples of the various types of information available via the Internet.
Art Cyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
"A comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources."
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History
Currently the timeline extends from prehistory to 1600 A.D., but the MMA project proposes to "span art history up to the
present day by the fall of 2004."
WebMuseum Network
The Artchive
Art History Resources on the Web
George Eastman House Photography Collection Online
The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology (U of Memphis)
Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia
artnet magazine
Portfolios.com Upload or browse portfolios for artists, filmakers, graphic designers, etc.
AskArt "The Artist's Bluebook" - Extensive information on over 32,000 American artists.
Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation: World Art Treasures
Web Gallery of Art Virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the 12th-18th centuries.
The Getty Research Institute
The Institute's Research Library - accessible to both on-site and remote users - supports scholars and researchers
around the world. The Institute provides several searchable databases such as:
The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
World Wide Arts Resources
The Smithsonian Institution
The National Endowment for the Arts
Provides useful information for artists on how to obtain grants, funding, health insurance, and more.
The National Gallery of Art
Department of Art, The University of Memphis
Guide to research in McWherter Library
Still can't find what you're looking for?
Try Ask A Librarian
For additional assistance, you may contact the liaison librarian for Art & Artists:
John Evans
Phone: 901.678.4485
Email: jevans@memphis.edu
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