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    By: Alberto Hernández
    Humanities Reference Librarian
    Updated May 2007

Art History Research Guide:
Getting Started

Reference Guides
Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It.1999. (Ref. N 59 J66 1999)

Art Research Methods and Resources : A Guide to Finding Art Information. 1984. (Ref. N 85 J64 1984)

Fine Arts: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories, and Handbooks. 1990. (Ref. N 5300 E35 1990)

Guide to the Literature of Art History. 1980. (Ref. N 380 A67)

The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources. 1994. (Ref. Z 6265 B53 1994)

Research Guide to the History of Western Art. 1982. (Ref. N 380 K56 1982)
Visual Arts Research: A Handbook. 1986. (Ref. N 85 P55 1986)


Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Artcyclopedia

ArtLex Art Dictionary

The Design Encyclopedia. 1994. (Ref. NK 1370 B93 1994)

A Dictionary of Architecture. 1999. (Ref. NA 31 C86 1999)

Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes. 2000. (Ref. NX 456 .K67 2000)

Encyclopedia of Sculpture. 3 vols. 2004. (Ref. NB 198 .E53 2004)

Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1762-1850. 1999. (Ref. NX 425.5 .R64 E53 2004))

Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Architecture. 3 vols. 2004. (Ref. NA 680 .E945 2004)

Encyclopedia of World Art. 17 vols. 1959-1988. (Ref. N 31 E4833)

Grove's Dictionary of Art. 34 vols. 1996. (Ref. N 31 D5 1996) and Grove Art Online

The HarperCollins Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques. 1991. (Ref. N33 M37 1991)

International Dictionary of Art and Artists. 1990. (Ref. N 40 I55 1990)

Materials & Techniques in the Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Dictionary. 2000. (Ref. NK 30 M38 2000)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art. 1969. (Ref. N 33 M23)

The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 1988. (Ref. N 33 O93 1988)

The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms. 1984. (Ref. N 33 L75 1984)


Directories
American Art Directory. 1999- (Ref. N 50 A54)


Art Museums Worldwide

Art in America. Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums, Artists. 1982- (Periodicals N 1 A43)

The Fine Artist's Career Guide. 1998. (Ref. N 8350 G73 1998)
For general career sources you may click here for the Library's ELi Page  Researching Your Career.

International Directory of Arts. 1998- (Ref. N 50 I6)

The Official Museum Directory. 2000- (Ref. AM 10 A2 O4)

Virtual Library Museums Page

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