Visual Arts 

Some recent arrivals and notable resources for work in the visual arts:

In Monet's garden : artists and the lure of Giverny / by Joe Houston.

Graphic design history : a critical guide / by Johanna Drucker.

These are great resources for finding background information on an artist, topic, or historical period.

Online Resources:

• Grove Art Online (Oxford)
  Also available in print: Reference – N31 .D5 1996
• Oxford Dictionary of Art (via Oxford Reference Online)
  Also available in print: Reference – N22 .O93 2001

• Contemporary Artists Index
  A master index to contemporary group exhibition catalogs.
• The Union List of Artists Names Online, Getty Research Institute
  The ULAN is a structured vocabulary containing more than 225,000 names and biographical and bibliographic information about artists and architects, including a wealth of variant names, pseudonyms, and language variants.

Print resources:

• Contemporary Artists  Reference N6490 .C6567 2002
• Artist biographies (search PacifiCat for the LAST name of the artist, and add “and biograph?” to the search.)

Online Resources:

• Artcyclopedia
• Art History Resources on the Web  A site that links to information by historical period and by geographic area.  A project of Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe of Sweet Briar College.
• Timeline of Art History
  The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.

Print Resources:

• The Oxford Companion to Western Art
  Reference – N33 .O923 2001
• An Introduction to music and art in the Western world
  NX447 .I58 1991
• Gardner’s Art Through the Ages
   N5300 .G25 1996

Online Resources:

• Oxford Dictionary of Art (via Oxford Reference Online)
  Also available in print: Reference – N22 .O93 2001
• The Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols in Art

Print Resources:

• The Encyclopedia of Visual Art
  Reference – N25 .E53 1983
• Praeger Encyclopedia of Art
  Reference -- N33 .P89  

Module 1: Choosing a Topic : How to choose a research topic.

Module 2: Analyzing Your Topic : What kind of information will you need to find?
Module 3: Building a Search Strategy : Turn your topic into a successful search.
Module 4: Getting Started : Searching for books in the Library.
Module 5: Finding Articles : Searching for articles in the library's online databases
Module 6: From Citation to Article : Get the full text of useful articles.
Module 7: Back to the Web : Tips on evaluating web sites.
Module 8: Academic Honesty and Avoiding Plagiarism : When to cite your sources.