Welcome!

Blackwell Library is ready to help students with their information needs in the Arts. 
 
This guide will direct you to the physical resources Blackwell Library owns (Books and Journal subscriptions) and the electronic resources (Article Databases & Selected Web Sites) available through a computer.
 

If you don't find what you need, or if you would like some assistance in using any of these resources, stop by the Research Help Desk during our service hours, call 410-548-5988, e-mail
reflib@salisbury.edu or contact the library liaison listed below.

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       ASSIGNMENT CALCULATOR - check out this helpful planning guide for completing your
       assignments on time (University of Maryland College Park).
 

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Books

CIRCULATING BOOKS
  
  SU Blackwell Library
  Search our Library Catalog for books, on all Art topics, that you may check out of the
  library.  These (Stacks) books are located on the second floor of the library.
 
  USMAI Combined Libraries (16 University System of Maryland campuses)
  Search the USMAI Combined Library Catalog for books, on all Art topics, that you may
  electronically request be sent to Blackwell Library for you.
  
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
  
  SU Blackwell Library
  Search our Library Catalog or Ebsco eBooks database for e-books on Art topics that you
  may view, in full, on your computer monitor.  Gull Card required for off-campus access.
 
  Google Book Search
  Browse full-text Art books available online from Google's Book Search.
  
REFERENCE BOOKS
  
  The following selection of books can be found in the library's first floor Reference Collection.
  These reference books are for use only in the library.  They contain discipline-specific
  dictionaries, encyclopedias and other material useful for conducting research in Art.
 
  Grove Dictionary of Art (33 vols.)
  Ref. N 31 .D5 1996 
 
  Encyclopedia of World Art (15 vols.)
  Ref. N 31 .E533
  
  The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
  Ref. N 33 .C59 2003
 
  McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art (5 vols.)
  Ref. N 33 .M23
 
  From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History
  Ref. N 33 .P5 1998 
 
  American Art Directory
  Ref. N 50 .A54
  
  Guide to the Literature of Art History 2
  Ref. N 380 .M374 2005
   
  Looking at Art: A Visitor's Guide to Museum Collections
  Ref. N 5200 .G4 1983 
 
  ArtSpeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords
  Ref. N 6490 .A87 1990 
 
  African Americans in the Visual Arts
  Ref. N 6538 .N5 O86 2003
   
  Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art
  Ref. N 7740 .C29 1995
  
  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (4 vols.)
  Ref. NA 40 .M25 1982
  
  Architecture of the United States (3 vols.)
  Ref. NA 705 .S578
 
  The Encyclopedia of Sculpture (3 vols.)
  Ref. NB 198 .E53 2004
 
  Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
  Ref. NK 805 .E6 2004
 

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Databases

To find a particular topic in art periodicals, use one or more of the following indexes:

Art Abstracts	an electronic index to major art periodicals (1984-present); the Print version, Art Index (1975-1999) available in the reference area of the library
ARTstor	an electronic index to art images from museums and other institutions
CAMIO	OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, currently representing the collections of 24 prominent North American museums, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms. CAMIO contains about 95,000 art images including photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture, plus audio, video and mixed media.
Bibliography of the History of Art	an external searchable database covering material published between 1975 and 2007 and including articles from over 1,200 journals
JSTOR OR JSTOR	collections for Arts & Sciences I, II, III
Humanities International	an electronic index to a selected group of scholarly journals, with many articles in full text
Academic Search Complete	an interdisciplinary index to journal and magazine articles; includes some arts periodicals in full text
SU Dissertations & Theses	dissertations from SU students

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Journals

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Class Guides

ART 302

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Websites

Art Webliographies (Collections of Web Links)
Art History Resources on the Web
Art on the Web - Art & Architecture
Artcyclopedia
Digital Librarian: Art
History of Art Virtual Library
The Mother of All Art and Art History Links
Voice of the Shuttle: Art (Modern & Contemporary)

Art Image Collections
Finding Images on the Web Tutorial (Boston University Libraries)
 
African Sculpture (University of Pennsylvania Museum, USA)
Artcyclopedia
Art Image Browser (University of Michigan SIL, USA) - art, photography and objects
ARTstor (via login through USMAI ResearchPort) - hundreds of thousands of digital images
Bildarchiv Image Index of Art and Architecture (Germany) - index of 1.9 million pictures
The British Museum (London) - search by culture, people, place or material
Digital Imaging Project (Bluffton College, USA) - sculpture and architecture
Frick Collection (New York)
ImageBase (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) - 110,000+ image & text database
Joconde (France) - museum collections of France
Library of Congress American Memory (USA)
The Louvre (Paris)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) (New York)
NARA (Nathional Archives & Records Administration, USA) - images from primary sources
National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
National Portrait Gallery (London)
New York Public Library Digital Gallery (New York)
SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information System, USA) - image catalog
Tate Gallery (London) - British art from 1500, international modern and contemporary
Uffizi Gallery (Italy) - Italian masterpieces in high-resolution, free online
Vatican Museums Online (Rome)
Web Gallery of Art (Hungary) - European painting and sculpture, circa 1100-1850
World Art Treasures (Berger Foundation, Lausanne, France)

Art History
Smithsonian Archives of American Art - digital access to vast primary source materials
Art History Resources on the Web (Sweet Briar College, USA)
Dictionary of Art Historians (Duke University, USA)
Digital Librarian: Art
History of Art Virtual Library
The Mother of All Art and Art History Links
The Getty Center Museum
Digital Archive of Art (Boston College, USA)
Voice of the Shuttle: Art History
WebMuseum: Theme Index (Paris)

Artists
WebMuseum: Artist Index (Paris)
World Art Treasures (Berger Foundation, Lausanne, France)

Architecture
Digital Archive of American Architecture
Digital Imaging Project (Bluffton College) - sculpture and architecture
Great Buildings Online
Vitruvio.ch - architecture database with images
Voice of the Shuttle: Architecture

Photography
American Museum of Photography
International Center of Photography
Voice of the Shuttle: Photography 

Graphic Arts
Graphic Arts Dictionary

Art in the Schools
Kinder Art
Crayola Creativity Central
Electronic Media and On-Line Arts Resource Center
ArtsEdNet
National Art Education Association (NAEA)

Art and the Law
Artists Rights Society (New York)
United States Copyright Office

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