Practice of Art History

Course Number:

ARH 290

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Articles & eResources

Article indexes provide citations (e.g., author, title, a journal name, volume, issue, page numbers, etc.) to identify articles. Most indexes also include abstracts (summaries) and a small handful of online indexes provide selected full text of the actual article. The Library does not own every article cited in each index so remember to check the Library Catalog to verify if we own the journal the article was published in.

Academic Search Complete

The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887 and is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, providing access to more than 8,600 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,500 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, Academic Search™ Complete offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

Art Abstracts

Allows one user at a time. Provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts for more than 450 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Indexes 450 art journals, 1984-date.

Art & Architecture Complete

Offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books.

Bibliography of the History of Art

Citations to literature about European art since the 4th century and American art from the European discoveries to the present. 1991+

Using the Library Catalog

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Searching the Library Catalog will give you call numbers and locations for materials in the Library.

When you have found a record for an item you wish to locate, there are three important elements to note:

LOCATION - what collection the item is in determines the location and if the item can be checked out of the library. e.g., General Collection on the second floor can be checked out while the Reference Collection on the first floor can not be checked out.
CALL # - provides exact location of the item within the collection.
STATUS - "AVAILABLE" means item is on the shelf and "DUE" with the date it is due back to the library.

Books & Library Materials

REFERENCE MATERIALS
These resources can help you become familiar with a topic and identify the key terms related to your topic.

Dictionary of Art

A 34-volume encyclopedia about every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present.

Dictionary of Women Artists

Profiles of 600 artists selected to identify the accomplishments and struggles of women artists. 2 volumes.

Encyclopedia of World Art

Approximately half of each of the 16 volumes consists of illustrations related to the articles.

McGraw-Hill dictionary of art

Articles on artists' lives and careers, artistic styles, periods, buildings, museums and art terms. 5 volumes.

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Melissa Raymer

raymerm [at] uncw [dot] edu

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