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Museums and Special Collections Subject Guide
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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.
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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.
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Hekman Digital Archive
The HDA contains digital collections related to Calvin College & Calvin Theological Seminary in the academic departments of Art, Biology, CAS, and History.
- Art: images relating to Art History as well as instructional aids including images of famous
buildings around the world, fiber arts, maps, and ceramics.
- Biology: images of seedless plants, gymnosperms, and
angiosperms.
- CAS: images of costumes through the
ages and theater buildings from various countries.
- History: images of life in 11 Turkish cities from Adana to
Tarsus and China through the ages.
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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.
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Web Sources
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.
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Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 as both a museum and school, seeks to acquire and exhibit art of all kinds and to conduct programs of education.
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Coleccion Cisneros
Provides a useful introduction and resource for the study of the modern art of Latin America.
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Detroit Institute of Arts
"The DIA’s collection is one of the largest, most significant in the United States, comprising a multicultural and multinational survey of human creativity from prehistory through the 21st century."
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International Center of Photography
The Permanent Collection at the International Center of Photography (ICP) contains over 100,000 photographs. The collection spans the history of the photographic medium, from daguerreotypes to gelatin silver and digital chromogenic prints.
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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.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
In formation since 1870,
the Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of
art from all aournd the world, ancient through modern times. About 6,500
objects—highlights from each of the Museum's curatorial departments as well as
the entire Department of European Paintings and the entire Department of
American Paintings and Sculpture—can be accessed online.
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MoMA: The Museum of Modern Art
The ultimate purpose of the Museum is to acquire the best modern works of art. The collection is comprehensive; included are architecture and design, films and media, drawings, photographs, painting and sculpture, and prints and illustrated books.
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The entire MCA Collection contains over 6,000 objects, with works representing trends in art after 1945 in all media including paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, film, installations, and artists' books.
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Museum of Contemporary Photography - Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago (MoCP) is the only
museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of
photography.
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National Gallery, London
The National Gallery's permanent collection spans the period from about 1250 to 1900 and consists of Western European paintings.
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National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect the likenesses of famous British men and women. The collection is the most comprehensive of its kind in the world.
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NYPL Digital Gallery
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library.
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Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
A collection of more than 100 years of photographs located in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Vatican Museums
Offers easy and attractive access to the Vatican's collections.
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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.
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Periodicals
ejournal locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library.
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