Research Guides: Art & Art History

The following steps are recommended for finding information on art or artists:

• Search the Library Catalog. Perform a Keyword search on an artist, period, or style of art.
  
  

  • The following books are highly recommended (call number in parentheses):

    • The Dictionary of Art (Ref. N31 .D5 1996)
    • Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 11th ed. (Ref. N5300 .G25 2001 ) Also see the online version for quizzes and study guides.

• Search Wilson Biographies for biographical information on prominent artists.

• Search Grolier Online Encyclopedia Americana for information on prominent artists, periods, or styles of art.

• Search EBSCO Host for scholarly journal articles on your topic. (On the first screen, click on EBSCOhost Web; then on the next screen, check off MasterFILE Premier and Academic Search Premier, then click Continue.)

• The following Web sites are also recommended:

  Museums & Galleries

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
  • Museum of Modern Art (New York)
  • Guggenheim Museum (New York)
  • The Getty (Los Angeles)
  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
  • The Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore)
  • National Gallery (London, England)
  • Tate Gallery (London, England)
  • The Louvre (Paris, France)
  • The Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia)

    Directories

  • Art History Resources on the Web
  • ArtSource