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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 NetLibrary 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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The librarian liaison to Art is Stephen Ford,
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