Art History Subject Guide Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #13, 1978 Finding Books | Useful Reference Works | Major Databases | Selected External Web Resources Links to Related Barnard or Columbia Sites Finding Books  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 Art History Department Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library has an extensive non-circulating collection serving the Barnard and Columbia communities; the collection is included in CLIO, indicated by the locations "Fine Arts" and "Avery"   Useful call numbers for Barnard: Fine Arts - N; Photography - TR   Useful Reference Works available in Barnard Library Reference Area, second floor Title Call Number 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 World Art N31 .E4833 The Grove Dictionary of Art Online LibraryWeb Oxford Dictionary of Art N33 .O93 1997b   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. ARTbibliographies Modern Citations and abstracts for publications on modern and contemporary art, 1974-present. Allows for exact phrase choice; * for truncation. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Citations to articles in architectural and planning journals, from the 1930's -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. CU LibraryWebE-Images Image databases, including Columbia Image Bank: History of Art & Architecture;  American Memory Project;   ARTstor; RLG Cultural Materials;  Visual Collections: Images of Art, History and Culture;  and the AP Photo Archive   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.    Selected  External Web Resources    Archives of America Art: thirteen million documents about American visual arts from the 18th- to mid -20th centuries. Andy Warhol, Mona Lisa, 1963 Eleanor Ward Collection, New York 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. Artsource: a gathering point for networked resources  on art and architecture 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 exhibtions, museum departments, and many links. 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 Avery Architecture & Fine Arts Library Barnard College, Art History Department Columbia Image Bank: History of Art and Architecture Columbia University, Department of Art History and Archaeology CU Subject Guides: Women's Studies: Fine and Performing Arts Visual Media Center, Columbia University   Return to Subject Guides list   Updated 03/05/2007 Heidi Martin Winston, Reference Librarian

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