Research Guides: Art Research Guide: Find Reference Tools

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Surveys

Oxford Art Online Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. Searchable resources include: Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Arts & Humanities Through the Eras (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number.
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Printed encyclopedia. Use in library. Click on the title to see the library catalog record with the call number.
Encyclopedia of World Art (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number. Half of each of the 17 volumes of this encyclopedia is devoted to images.
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Printed encyclopedia. Use in library. Click on the title to see the library catalog record with the call number.
MCGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number.
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Printed encyclopedia. Use in library. Click on the title to see the library catalog record with the call number.
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number.
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Printed encyclopedia. Use in library. Click on the title to see the library catalog record with the call number.
Dictionnaire universel de l'art et des artistes (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number.
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Printed encyclopedia. Use in library. Click on the title to see the library catalog record with the call number.
Encyclopedia of Interior Design (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number.
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Printed encyclopedia. Use in library. Click on the title to see the library catalog record with the call number.
The Random House Library of Painting and Sculpture (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number.
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Printed encyclopedia. Use in library. Click on the title to see the library catalog record with the call number.

Indexes, Abstracts, and Bibliographies

Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number.
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Directories and Guides

American Art Directory (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number. Lists national, regional, and state organizations in the United States and Canada, including museums, libraries, associations, galleries, schools, state arts councils, magazines, critics and editors, and corporations with art holdings.
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International Directory of Arts (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number. Lists more than 145,000 museums, institutions and companies related to art, art trade and museums throughout the world.
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Research Guides

Guide to the Literature of Art History 2 (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number. This annotated bibliography is an updated supplement to the Guide to the Literature of Art History and considered one of the great modern art bibliographies. Includes sections on bibliography, sales records, visual resources, iconography, historiography, handbooks, sculpture, drawings, painting, prints, photography, decorative and applied arts, periodicals, patronage and collecting, cultural heritage, and more.
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The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources. 5th ed. (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number.
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Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed. (printed book) Located in Hamilton Reference, click on title for call number. Includes sections on research methodology, bibliography of research sources, and lists of North American and European art centers.
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations : Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (printed book) Located in Hamilton Library, click on title for call number. Turabian’s Manual has undergone its most extensive revision and has been integrated with The Craft of Research ( Wayne C. Booth) and from The Chicago Manual of Style. The most valuable handbook for writers at every level—from first-year undergraduates, to dissertation writers, to senior scholars.
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The Modern Researcher / Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff (printed book) Located in Hamilton Library, click on title for call number. Classic introduction to the techniques of research and the art of expression. Thoroughly covers every aspect of research from the selection of a topic, through the methods of finding and verifying data, writing and revising, to preparing a manuscript for publication.
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Printed resource. Use in library. Click on the title to see the library catalog record with the call number.

Featured Book (Surveys)

Arts & Humanities Through the Eras is available at the Hamilton Library.

Featured Book (Directory)

International Directory of Arts is available at the Hamilton Library.

Featured Book (Guide)

The Modern Researcher is available at the Hamilton Library.