Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It
Location: Ref N59 .J66 1999
A guide to the art history research tools, online and print.
Art Information: Research Methods and Resources, 3rd ed.
Location: Ref N85 .J64 1990
A guide to research methods and resources in art history.
Art Market Research: A Guide to Methods and Sources
Location: Ref N5200 .M39 2006
A guide to the fine and decorative arts market, including research techniques and resources.
Guide to the Literature of Art History 2
Location:Ref N380 .M374 2005
A supplement to the 1980 edition.
A Short Guide to Writing about Art, 7th ed.
Location: Ref N7476 .B37 2003
A student's guide to analyzing art images and objects, and writing critically about art.
Oxford Reference Online: Art & Architecture
Includes several Oxford University Press art and architecture dictionaries. Note: This database is limited to a single user. Please log out when finished.
Artspeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the Present Location: Ref N6490 .A87 1997
Critical Terms for Art History Location: Ref N34 .C75 1996 Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art Location: Ref N7560 .E53 1998
Dictionary of Artists (Benezit) - 14 vols.
Location: Ref N40 .D5213 2006
Comprehensive biographical resource for painters, sculptors, and engravers from antiquity to the present. The first English language translation of the French editions published 1911, 1955, and 1999.
Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs (Benezit) - 14 vols.
Location: Ref N40 .B47 1999
The Artists of the World: Bio-bibliographical Index A-Z - 10 vols.
Location: Ref N40 .A786 1992
An index listing of approximately 500,000 artists that have appeared in the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (Thieme and Becker).
Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (Thieme and Becker) - 37 vols.
Location: Ref N40 .T4
A scholarly biographical dictionary.
Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts - 6 vols.
Location: Ref N40 .V6
A continuation of the dictionary by Thieme and Becker.
ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.
Browse the library's collections (reference, stacks, media) by Library of Congress (LC) call number:
AM - museums. collectors and collecting
N - visual arts
N6450-6465 - modern art - 19th century
N6480-6494 - modern art - 20th century
N6494.V53 - video art
N6495-6498 - modern art - 21st century
NA - architecture
NB - sculpture
NC - drawing, design, illustration
ND - painting
NE - print media
NK - decorative arts, applied arts, decoration and ornament
NK3700-4695 - ceramics
NX - arts in general
TR - photography
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the button to request items through interlibrary loan.
ARTstor
ARTstor is a collection of approximately 1 million images of architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts and design, as well as archeological and anthropological objects.
Art Abstracts
Find images reproduced in art periodicals by limiting search results to document type=art reproduction.
CAMIO: Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
Contains fine art and decorative art from pre-history through contemporary works. Includes images, audio, video and mixed media. All content is rights-cleared for educational use in the classroom or to illustrate papers, Web projects and other assignments.
Grove Art Online Image Collection
Use the Search for Images only box.
Grove Art Online includes image partnerships with ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Images for College Teaching, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society and numerous international art galleries and artists. Note: This database is limited to three users. Please log out when finished.
Art Images for College Teaching
Images of art and architectural works in the public domain made available on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community.
SPIRO, Architecture Visual Resources Library Image Database
A searchable collection of tens of thousands of architectural images (pre-history through the 20th century) from the Architecture and Visual Resources Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Archives of American Art (Smithsonian Institution)
Collection of primary sources include illustrated letters, diaries, manuscripts, records of museums, galleries and schools; photographs of art world figures and events; and works of art on paper.
Mother of all Art History Links An annotated list of art research and new media resources, image collections, online exhibitions, art history and fine arts departments, and museums.
Perseus Digital Library
Covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world. The site includes texts, images, datasets and other primary materials. Reference works include encyclopedias, maps, grammars, and dictionaries.
Timeline of Art History
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art, illustrated by works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
The Art History Department requires that students follow the Chicago style using footnotes and a bibliography of works cited. Please refer to the guide by Sylvan Barnet and The Chicago Manual of Style (available online and in print).
Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing about Art. 9th ed.
Location: Ref N7476 .B37 2008
Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to collect citations and format them into footnotes and bibliographies for your research papers and writing assignments.