Art, Architecture and Planning Research GuideFor 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
Request a one-on-one consultation with a Barnard librarian if you have an in-depth research need.
Cindy Sherman,
Untitled Film Still #13, 1978Finding Books | Useful Reference Works | Major Databases | Selected External Web Resources
Links to Related Barnard or Columbia Sites
Use CLIO to find books, journals, links to online journals, and other materials, in the Columbia or Barnard libraries
Barnard Library has a large circulating collection of books and journals serving courses offered by the Barnard Architecture, Art History and Urban Studies programs.
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."
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. (see also Grove, below) 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 Grove Art Online LibraryWeb Historic Architecture Sourcebook N3A31.H56 1983 Oxford Dictionary of Art N33 .O93 1997b World Atlas of Architecture NA200.W67 1984
Major Databases
available with Columbia ID
Art Full Text
Citations, abstracts and images for articles and book reviews in scholarly journals and museum bulletins, primarily in the US and Europe. Includes retrospective version, from 1929-present.
Use "" for a phrase; * for truncation.
Citations and abstracts for publications on modern and contemporary art, 1974-present.
Allows for exact phrase choice; * for truncation.
Citations to articles in architectural and planning journals, from the 1930's to the present
Use ? for truncation.
Citations and abstracts for articles in Western art history periodicals and other publications, 1973-present.
Uses Boolean searching; * for truncation.
Image databases, including Columbia Image Bank: History of Art & Architecture; American Memory; ARTstor; Insight Collection Sharing Registry; Visual Collections: Images of Art, History and Culture.
Citations and abstracts for articles, poems, illustrations and ads from 42 journals, 1840-1907.
Uses Boolean operators; ? for truncation.
Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies.
Uses Boolean operators; ? for wildcard; * for truncation.
Selected External Web Resources
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Typologies, 2004
Links to Related Barnard or Columbia Sites
Columbia University, Department of Art History and Archaeology
CU Subject Guides: Women's Studies: Fine and Performing Arts
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Updated 01/09/2008
Heidi Martin Winston, Reference LibrarianBarnard College Library | Lehman Hall, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 | 212-854-3846
