Course: ARTS 1301
Professor: Marleen Hoover
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Course: ARTS 1301 Professor: Marleen Hoover |
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:
| Location
& LC Call No. |
Reference Source Title |
| Ref N31.D5 Ref N25.E53 Ref N33.M23 Ref N40.M63 Ref N42.G153 2002 Ref N5300.G25 Ref N5300.J3 2001 Ref N5300.P6513 Ref N5300.O946 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 N7342.B3 Ref N7560.E53 Ref N7560.H35 Ref N7740.C29 Ref N8354.C66 1999 Ref NB60.S38 Ref NB212 .W37 1986 Ref NC961.6 .W45 1988 Ref NC965 .I41 1947 Ref ND205 .P74 Ref ND212.G47 Ref ND255.G64 Ref ND1760.K613 Ref ND2644 .R598 Ref NK4623 .S26 S26 Ref NK5104 .S66 1995 Ref E59.A7 .A413 Ref E98.A7 W49 2000 Ref GN419.3 .G56 2000 Ref PN56 .F34 F35 1999 Ref PS490 .M395 2000 Ref TR139 .B767 1983 Ref TR139 .C664 1995 SAC Lib home > Articles & Reference |
The
Dictionary of Art (Also online:
Databases > Art > Grove Art
Online) The Encyclopedia of Visual Art McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art Modern Arts Criticism Artists: from Michelangelo to Maya Lin Gardner's Art Through the Ages History of Art A World History of Art Oxford History of Western 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 Chinese and Oriental Art Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art Contemporary Women Artists Sculpture Contemporary American Women Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists Illustrators of Children’s Books, 1744-1945 (also: 1946-56,57-66,67-76) American Painting; from its beginnings to the Armory Show Art Across America Contemporary Mexican Painting in a Time of Change Watercolor: History and Techniques History of Mexican Mural Painting Greek vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art Sotheby’s Concise Encyclopedia of Glass Pre-Columbian Art The Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art Tattoo History: a source book… Fantasy and Horror: a critical and historical guide…(ch. 14 artists/illustrators) 100 Most Popular Picture Book Authors and Illustrators Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators Contemporary Photographers Biography Databases: Biography and Genealogy Master Index --or-- Biography Resource Center Reference Databases (contain art sources): Oxford Reference Online |
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
topicSources 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 |
| Subject Area~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Database Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
|---|---|
| Art &
Education |
Art Full
Text, Art Index
Retrospective |
| 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 SSN and PIN.
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.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 |
| National
Gallery of Art |
http://www.nga.gov |
| World
Wide Arts Resources |
http://www.wwar.com |
| San
Antonio Art Museums |
http://www.sa-museum.org
& http://www.mcnayart.org |