Art & Art History
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URSUS, available on Mariner, is the University of Maine System’s shared online book catalog.
Find Articles
Art Index & Art Index Retrospective [Mariner] Index to articles in art, art history, photography and related fields. Retrospective covers 1929-1984; Art Index 1985+.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodical Literature [Mariner] Guide to international scholarly and popular periodical literature of architecture and design.
Academic Search Premier [Mariner] Full-text articles and index to scholarly and popular periodicals.
New York Times Historical [Mariner] America’s newspaper of record. Exact reproductions of entire issues of The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 up to the last two to three years. For current coverage, use LexisNexis Academic, ProQuest Newspapers, or the New York Times link.
New York Times [Mariner] Index to and full text coverage from 1999 to the present.
LexisNexis Academic [Mariner] Complete articles and indexing to many US and international newspapers.
ProQuest Newspapers [Mariner] Like LexisNexis Academic: full-text articles and indexing to US and international newspapers.
New York Times Index 1952-2002 [Index Tables] NYTis available full-text online 1851+ (see above New York Times Historical) and 1955-2003 in microfilm or paper.
New York Times Article Archive [Mariner] Indexing for The New York Times from 1851 to the present.
JSTOR [Mariner] Digital archive of core scholarly journals in arts, humanities, general science and social
sciences. Historical collection covering complete run of each journal from its inception to generally
2-5 years ago.
Reference Sources
Dictionary of Art 34 v. [REF N31 D5] Place to begin your research. Covers all aspects of art, art history and architecture.
Encyclopedia of Visual Art [REF N25 E53] Biographical dictionary, glossary of terms, and world guide to museums and galleries.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art 5 v. [REF N33 M23] Covers artists and movements from prehistory – the 20th century.
Oxford Companion to Art [REF N33 09] Introductory information about major figures and periods in the history of art.
Oxford Dictionary of Art [REF N33 O93] People, terms and events associated with art in the western world.
Oxford Reference Online [Mariner] Reference sources and dictionaries. In art: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art & Artists, Oxford Dictionary of Art, Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art, and Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists.
Dictionary of Art Terms [REF N 33 L75] Compact field-guide to terms in the arts from sculpture to jewelry and from architecture to paintings.
Encyclopedia of Sculpture [REF NB 198 E53 2004] Explores the history, criticism, theory, production, training and conservation of sculpture.
Photography Encyclopedia [REF TR 9 .M39] Overview of the medium.
Oxford Companion to Western Art [REF N33 O923] Guide to artists from classical times to the twentieth century, art styles and movements, art forms, terms, materials and techniques.
Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture [REF N 7830 M87] Dictionary explaining major works of Christian art.
St. James Guide to Native North American Artists [REF E98 A7 S8] Biographical guide to Native American artists.
Dictionary of American Art [REF N 6505 B34] Short biographical entries with suggestions for further study.
Dictionary of Women Artists [REF N 8354 .D53] Artists from the Middle Ages to the present.
Dictionary of Women Artists [REF N43 P47] International women artists born before 1900.
Women in the Fine Arts [REF N 8354 A52] Bibliography of sources dealing with women artists.
Index to Two-Dimensional Art Works [REF N7525 K67] Citations for reproductions of works of art.
Artists’ and Illustrators’ Encyclopedia [REF N33 Q5] Covers technical aspects of the arts including tools and techniques employed by artists.
The Oxford Dictionary of 20th Century Art [REF N 6490 C5317] Information about movements, styles, techniques, terms, schools, galleries, writers and critics.
The Oxford Companion to 20th Century Art [REF N 6490 094] Contemporary art.
Contemporary Artists [REF N 6490 C 6567] Entries on approximately 800 contemporary artists including biographical notes and chronologies.
Contemporary Photographers [REF TR 139 C664] Selection of international photographers including biographical notes and chronologies.
Oxford Companion to the Photograph [REF TR9 O94] Wide range of technical information and recent scholarship on photography as a social and artistic practice.
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists [REF N 6536 C8] Biographical information for 900 American artists.
Contemporary American Women Sculptors [REF NB 212 W37] Biographical and autobiographical information about women sculptors.
Dictionary of the Avant Gardes [REF NX 456 K67] Identifies and explains various movements in the 20th century.
Who’s Who in American Art [REF N6536 W5] Biographical listing of artists active today including lesser-known figures.
Guide to Literature of Art History 2 [REF N 380 M374] Annotated bibliography of the best art and architecture books and journals published worldwide in the last two decades of the twentieth century.
A Short Guide to Writing about Art [REF/RESERVE N 7476 B37 2003] A guide to writing about art including architecture.
1000 Symbols: What shapes mean in art & myth [REF N 7740 .S54] Historical and cultural significance of commonly recognized symbols.
Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It [REF N59 J66] Research on the Web.
Web Sources
See Katz Library Internet Resources for a list of Web directories @
http://www.uma.maine.edu/Libraries/pages/intres.html
Mother of all Art and Art History Links http://art-design.umich.edu/mother/ Directory of 400+ sites.
Voice of the Shuttle http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp University of California at Santa Barbara Web
collection including extensive art and art history Web sources.
National Gallery Web Site http://www.nga.gov/collection Large, well-organized, information rich site.
National Gallery, London http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ European painting.
Artlex (http://www.artlex.com/) Online dictionary of art terms.
Adam: The Art, Design Architecture & Media Information Gateway http://adam.ac.uk/index.shtml Searchable catalog of Internet resources with British and European focus.
Yahoo’s List of Artists http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/artists Also see Yahoo’s Arts listings for other arts
directories http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/.