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Art, Architecture and Planning Research Guide
For
help with your research, visit the reference desk (hours)
on the second floor of Barnard Library, or contact a Barnard reference librarian:
Phone: 212-854-3953
Chat: IM BarnardReference
E-mail: refdesk@barnard.edu
Request a one-on-one consultation
with a Barnard librarian if you have an in-depth research need.
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Cindy Sherman,
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Finding Books
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Useful Reference Works
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Major Databases
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Selected External
Web Resources
Links to Related Barnard or Columbia Sites
Finding Books
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Use CLIO
to find books, journals, links to online journals, and other
materials, in the Columbia or Barnard libraries
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Barnard Library has
a large circulating collection of books and journals serving courses
offered by the Barnard Architecture, Art History and Urban Studies programs.
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Avery Architectural
and Fine Arts Library has an extensive and outstanding
non-circulating collection in art and architecture serving the Barnard and Columbia
communities; the collection is included in CLIO, indicated by the
locations "Fine Arts" and "Avery." It also has many books on urban planning that
do circulate, designated "Avery Ware."
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Useful call numbers
for Barnard:
Architecture - NA;
Fine Arts - N;
Photography - TR;
Urban planning - HT.
Useful Reference Works
available in Barnard Library Reference Area, second floor
| Title |
Call Number |
| AIA Guide to NYC |
NA735.N5
A78 2000 |
| Art Information: Research Methods
and Resources. Lois Swan Jones. 3rd Ed. |
N85 .J64 1990 |
| The Artist's
Handbook of Materials and Techniques. Ralph Mayer. 3rd ed., rev.
and expanded. |
ND1500 .M3 1970 |
| Dictionary of
Art. 1996. 34 vols. |
N31 .D5 1996 |
| Encyclopedia of
Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. 2 vols. |
N7560 .E53 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of
20th century architecture. 2004. 3 vols. |
NA680.E495 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of Urban America. 2 vols. |
HT123.E5 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of Urban History. 2 vols. |
HT123.E49 2007 |
| Encyclopedia of Urban Planning. |
HT166.E5 |
| Encyclopedia of World Art |
N31 .E4833 |
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Oxford Art Online |
LibraryWeb |
| Oxford Dictionary of Art |
N33 .O93 1997b |
| World Atlas of Architecture |
NA200.W67 1984 |
Major Databases
available with Columbia ID
 search
across these six databases by entering words in the box below:
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Art Full Text
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Art
Retrospective
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ARTbibliographies Modern
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Avery Index to
Architectural Periodicals
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Bibliography
of the History of Art
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Index to
19th-Century American Art Periodicals
Art Full Text
Citations, abstracts and images for articles and book reviews in scholarly journals and museum bulletins,
primarily in the US and Europe. Indexing 1984+ Abstracing
1994+ selective Full Text 1997+
Use "" for a phrase; * for truncation.
ART Bibliographies Modern
Citations and abstracts for publications on modern and contemporary art, 1974-present.
Allows for exact phrase choice; * for truncation.
Art
Retropspective
Art Index, 1929-1984.
Use "" for a phrase; * for truncation.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Citations to articles in architectural and planning journals, from the 1930's to the present
Use ? for truncation.
Bibliography of the History of Art
Citations and abstracts for articles in Western art history periodicals and other
publications, 1973-present.
Uses Boolean searching; * for truncation.
E-Images
Image databases, including Columbia Image Bank: History of Art & Architecture;
American Memory;
ARTstor;
CAMIO;
Insight Collection Sharing Registry;
Visual Collections: Images of Art, History and Culture.
Index to Nineteenth Century American Art Periodicals
Citations and abstracts for articles, poems, illustrations and
ads from 42 journals, 1840-1907.
Uses Boolean operators; ? for truncation.
Urban Studies Abstracts
Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies.
Uses Boolean operators; ? for wildcard; * for truncation.
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Selected External Web Resources
About Planning:
Internet clearinghouse for information about websites,
publications, essays and news related to land use planning,
smart growth and new urbanism.
Arcade : catalog for
the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC). Unites the
collections of the Frick Art Reference Library and the
libraries of the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Modern
Art.
Archives of American Art: thirteen million documents about American visual arts from the
18th to mid-20th centuries (Smithsonian).
Art History Resources on the Web: maintained by Chris Witcombe, Professor
of Art History at Sweet Briar College
ArtLex Art Dictionary: more than 2600 terms covering all aspects of art; provides basic
definitions as well as illustrations, quotations and links to
other resources on the Web.
Artlibraries.net
: virtual catolog for art history. Catalog of objects
from historical art databases.
Artsource: a gathering point for networked resources on art and architecture |
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Bernd & Hilla Becher
Typologies, 2004 |
Cities and Buildings Database: a collection of digitized
images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and
throughout the world. (University of Washington).
Cyburbia:
a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant to
planning, architecture, urbanism and other topics related to
the built environment.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs online catalog: provides 65%
of their holdings - about 1 million images.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: a virtual introduction to the largest
art museum in the U.S.
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art): a valuable resource for modern art
history research; information on recent exhibitions,
museum departments, and many links.
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NYPL Digital Gallery: New York Public Library's images digitized
from primary sources, maps, prints, photographs, books and ephemera.
Tate Gallery: the national collection of British art since 1500, and of
international modern art.
Women Artists Archives National Directory (WAAND): an online guide to archival
repositories of female artists since 1945.
World Wide Web Virtual Library: History of Art:
a collection of links relating to art history and computer applications in art history |
Links to Related Barnard or Columbia Sites
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