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	Core Resources Art History Resources on the Web Bibliography of the History of Art (Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art) Dictionary of Art Art Abstracts JSTOR


	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) Art Abstracts Art Abstracts includes information compiled by specialists in all fields of art to provide an international perspective. It indexes nearly 400 major English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as a number of periodicals in European languages. View: Online Annotation ARTstor ARTstor is an image collection which documents artistic traditions across all times and cultures and embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual and material culture. View: Online Annotation Humanities Abstracts Humanities Abstracts contains abstracts (summaries) of feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs. It indexes nearly 600 journals covering a variety of subjects in the humanities, including philosophy, film, folklore, religion, music, and the performing arts. View: Online JSTOR JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago. View: Online WorldCat Worldcat is a catalog of materials found in hundreds of libraries throughout the world. There are currently over 62 million records in 400 languages extending back to as early as 1,000 B.C. WorldCat is updated daily. View: Online


	Reference Materials Atlas of World Art - G1046.E1 O9 2004 Spans the centuries from the time of hunters and gatherers (40-50,000 B.C.) to the present day. View: In Print Bibliography of the History of Art (Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art) - Z5937 .B53 Successor to RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art), this rich resource covers the current literature of European art from late Antiquity to the present, and American art from the European discoveries to the present. View: In Print Annotation Dictionary of Art - N31 .D5 1996 A comprehensive 34-volume set with more than 45,000 entries on worlwide topics, ranging from prehistory through the art of the 1990s. View: In Print Annotation Encyclopedia of World Art - N31 .E53 Published in the late 1950s, this 17-volume work covers the arts of all times, places, and cultural environments. View: In Print Annotation Short Guide to Writing About Art - N7476 .B37 2005 This guide will help you improve your your writing about art by giving you ideas about works of art and approaches to art. It also provides general principles of good writing and short models of good writing. View: In Print


	Web Sources AMICO The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) is a not-for-profit organization of institutions with collections of art, collaborating to enable educational use of museum multimedia. View: Online Annotation Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) The AAT is one of three Getty Vocabulary Databases. It contains more than 125,000 terms covering fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture. View: Online Art History Resources on the Web Covers the history of Western and non-Western art. Recommends research resources and has a "Museums and Galleries" section arranged by country. View: Online Artchive Over 2000 images on 200 world artists and their works. View: Online Artcyclopedia: the Fine Arts Search Engine A digital image directory which indexes over 8,000 famous painters, ssculptors, and photographers at art museum sites and image archives worldwide. View: Online Annotation ArtLex: Dictionary of Visual Art Among its more than 3,600 terms covering all aspects of art, ArtLex provides basic definitions of art terms, numerous illustrations, quotations, and pronunciation notes, and links to other Web resources. The site defines more than 1,700,000 words found in more than 200 dictionaries and glossaries. View: Online AskART Dedicated to the creation and maintenance of the world's most comprehensive, centralized database about American artists. Contains detailed information on nearly 30,000 American artists. View: Online Annotation Intute: Arts and Humanities A major UK web portal for the finest Arts and Humanities web resources for education and research. More than 18,000 sites have been selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists and made available through an intuitive search interface. View: Online Librarians Index to the Internet: Arts & Humanities Something for everyone here, from aesthetics to textiles. Slightly greater emphasis on collections, galleries, exhibits, etc. based in California. View: Online Mark Harden's Artchive Individual artists' pages provide biographical overviews on the life and work of the artist and list available images. View: Online Voice of the Shuttle - Art Voice of the Shuttle is a long-standing subject directory for the humanities, created by an English professor in 1995. View: Online Annotation WorldArt Web Kiosk A huge image database From California State University of over 35,000 records. View: Online Annotation


	Periodicals artdaily.com The first newspaper on the Internet devoted to art. Dates from 1996. View: Online Annotation ArtNews Online "ARTnewsletter is a timely, topical, biweekly report on the art market." View: Online Annotation ArtsJournal ArtsJournal is a weekday digest of arts and cultural news and features. Each day ArtsJournal combs through more than 200 English-language newspapers, magazines and publications. View: Online ejournal locator (SFX) The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. View: Online Annotation

Art and Art History Subject Guide Librarian

DeMey, Kathy

Reference Librarian

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Hekman Library 200 Phone: 526-6310 Email: kdemeyATcalvin.edu; Liaison areas: Music, Art, French, Spanish. Office hours: Monday 12:30-3, 5-6; Tuesday 5-6; Wednesday 4-6; Thursday 5-10; Friday 12:30-3.

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Additional Guides in the Area of Art and Art History

Art and Art History Subject Guide

Core Resources

Research Databases

Art Abstracts

ARTstor

Humanities Abstracts

JSTOR

WorldCat

Reference Materials

Atlas of World Art

Bibliography of the History of Art (Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art)

Dictionary of Art

Encyclopedia of World Art

Short Guide to Writing About Art

Web Sources

AMICO

Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)

Art History Resources on the Web

Artchive

Artcyclopedia: the Fine Arts Search Engine

ArtLex: Dictionary of Visual Art

AskART

Intute: Arts and Humanities

Librarians Index to the Internet: Arts & Humanities

Mark Harden's Artchive

Voice of the Shuttle - Art

WorldArt Web Kiosk

Periodicals

artdaily.com

ArtNews Online

ArtsJournal

ejournal locator (SFX)

Art and Art History Subject Guide Librarian