Librarian for Art

Brooke Henderson
Research & Instruction,
Collections, x3258

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Library catalog

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Citing your sources

Art Department

• Art Full Text - 1984-present
• Art Retrospective - 1929-1984
• Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) - 1973-present
• ARTbibliographies Modern - 1974-present
• Academic Search Premier - dates vary
• more...

• ARTstor
• Grove Art Online - Art image collections
• Digital Images Collections Wiki - created by Wellesley College's Visual Resources Dept.
• Google Image Search
• World Painting Index - Art Ref ND45 .H38
• Index to Art Reproductions in Books - Art Ref N7525 .H48
• more...

• Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
• Artcyclopedia
• Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
• Art History Resources on the Web (Sweet Briar College, VA)
• Mother of All Art History Link Pages (University of Michigan)
• more...

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, and for further sources
• Oxford Art Online
• Grove Art Online
• Guide to the Literature of Art History 2 - Art Ref Z5931 .M374 2005
• Encyclopedia of World Art - Art Ref N31 .E533
• A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques - Art Ref N33 .M36
• more...

• Wellesley College library catalog - click on the NExpress or Virtual Catalog buttons to request items that are checked out or Wellesley doesn't own
  
  
• search WorldCat for items Wellesley doesn't own - click on the Find It! Wellesley button to request them

tip: try a subject search in the library catalog:

• Painting, Italian
• Women Photographers
• Art, Latin America

tip: try a keyword search with key concepts in art:

• contemporary american art
• islamic calligraphy
• iconography buddhist

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