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San Antonio College Library Instruction
Course: ARTS 1301
Professor: Sabra Booth

PART 1 - DEFINE TOPIC - locate biographical and critical material on artists...
Background sources such as encyclopedias and other reference tools can assist you in answering the background questions Where? When? Who? Why? and How? for your artist and/or their works. Off-campus access to any linked library Database requires your PALS username/password.

Location & LC Call No.
 Reference Source Title
Ref   N31.D5
Ref   N25.E53
Ref   N33.M23
Ref   N40 .J33 1999
Ref   N40.M63
Ref   N42.G153 2002
Ref   N5300.G25
Ref   N5340 .F73
Ref   N5610 .B27
Ref   N5940.A7813
Ref   N6370.G45
Ref   N6490.A87 1997
Ref   N6490.C6567
Ref   N6502.5 .L38
Ref   N6502.5.C66 1993
Ref   N6505.C75
Ref   N6507 .E53
Ref   N6530.T4 P69 2000
Ref   N6538.M4 C664 2002
Ref   N6550 .S6
Ref   N6670 .L66 2001
Ref   N6864 .V4
Ref   N6915 .H37 2003
Ref   N7342.B3
Ref   N7353.5 .N4813
Ref   N7391.65 .A5713
Ref   N7401 .O96 2000
Ref   N7560.E53
Ref   N7560.H35
Ref   N7830 .F37
Ref   N7793 .W65 A66
Ref   N8354.C66 1999
Ref   NB60.S38
Ref   NB212 .W37 1986
Ref   NC961.6 .W45 1988
Ref   NC1325 .W67
Ref   ND205 .P74
Ref   ND212.G47
Ref   ND255.G64
Ref   ND547.5 .I4 S4713
Ref   ND1760.K613
Ref   ND2644 .R598
Ref   NK805 .E6 2004
Ref   NK4623 .S26 S26
Ref   NK5104 .S66 1995
Ref   NX600 .E9 R5213

Ref   DA34 -- DU740
Ref   E59.A7 .A413
Ref   E98.A7 W49 2000
Ref   GN419.3 .G56 2000
Ref   TR139 .B767 1983
Ref   TR139 .C664 1995

Lib home > Articles & Reference

Dictionary of Art (34 v.) Also online: Articles & Reference > Grove Art Online
Encyclopedia of Visual Art
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art
Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World
Modern Arts Criticism (4 v.)
Artists: from Michelangelo to Maya Lin (4 v.)
Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Art of the Ancient World...from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Greece, & Rome
Greek & Roman Art
Understanding Art
History of Renaissance Art Throughout Europe
Artspeak: A guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements…
Contemporary Artists
Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century
Contemporary Latin American Artists
American Art:  History and Culture
Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists...before 1942
Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art (2 v.)
Mexico: a history in art
Colombian Art: 3,500 years of history
German and Spanish art to 1900
History of Italian Renaissance Art: painting, sculpture, architecture
Chinese and Oriental Art
Ukiyo-e: 250 Years of Japanese Art
Anthology of African Art: the twentieth century
Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
Signs and Symbols in Christian Art
Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art
Contemporary Women Artists
Sculpture (4 v.)
Contemporary American Women Sculptors
Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists
World Encyclopedia of Cartoons (7 v.)
American Painting; from its beginnings to the Armory Show
Art Across America
Contemporary Mexican Painting in a Time of Change
Phaidon Encyclopedia of Impressionism
Watercolor: History and Techniques
History of Mexican Mural Painting
Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Greek vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art
Sotheby’s Concise Encyclopedia of Glass
Phaidon Encyclopedia of Expressionism

history of various countries/cultures from Britain to Papua New Guinea!
Pre-Columbian Art
Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art
Tattoo History: a source book…
Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators
Contemporary Photographers

Biography Resource Center
Oxford Reference Online (contains art sources)
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Credo Reference

PART 2 - DEVISE STRATEGY

Before going online, create a flexible search plan! What other keywords might be used to describe the genre of your artist and/or the medium or theme of their work? List broader, narrower, and/or related keywords:

So...what's the difference between KEYWORD v. SUBJECT searching?

Keyword search = to combine key words or for more specific search; finds items that contain your keywords
Subject search = for broad search or when you know terminology; finds items that are about that topic
 
PART 3 - SEARCH SOURCES

Sources listed below (A-C) are linked from the SAC Library  @ http://www.accd.edu/sac/library/

A.   Looking for BOOKS or Media? @ http://library.accd.edu/

Ex. Keyword search chican* and art*  |  (greek or greece) and art*  |  landscape* and american
Ex. Subject search art, egyptian  |  art, american -- 19th century  |  peale, charles

B.   Looking for periodical ARTICLES or Reference? @ http://www.accd.edu/sac/library/links/databs.htm
Subject Area Database Name
Art & Education
 Art Full Text, Art Index Retrospective
Biography & History
 America History & Life, History Resource Center: U.S. or World, JSTOR, Project Muse
General
 Academic Search Complete, Expanded Academic ASAP,
Gen'l Ref Ctr Gold, Lexis-Nexis Academic, Newsbank (SA Express-News)

The SAC Library pays a subscription to many databases via the Web which provide citations, short descriptions, and/or the full-text of newspaper/magazine/journal articles. Off-campus access requires your PALS username/password.

If the full-text of the article isn't available online, see: SAC Library  >  Journals by Title - just type in the periodical title to see if SAC Library owns a paper copy or if another database offers full-text.

C.   Looking for FREE WWW sources?  >  Web Guides > Art & Architecture -or- Photography

Listed below are a few evaluated and recommended Web sites to get you started:

Recommended Web Site~~~~~~ URL Addresses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artcyclopedia
 http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html
World Wide Arts Resources
 http://www.wwar.com
San Antonio Art Museums
 http://www.samuseum.org  &  http://www.mcnayart.org
URL: http://www.accd.edu/sac/library/faculty/dearmond/AR1301Bo.htm
Last Modified: February 9, 2006
© 2002-05 Celita DeArmond ~ Instructor/Reference & Distance Learning Librarian
San Antonio College Library
1001 Howard St. * San Antonio, TX 78212 * celitadearmond@gmail.com