Art & Art History: Home
Welcome
Welcome to the Art & Art History guide. Use this guide to get oriented to Library resources and services, find information, or get help with your research questions.
As the Liaison Librarian for the Art & Art History, I can provide a wide range of library services to students and faculty, including library instruction, research assistance / consultations, selecting print and online resources, promoting information literacy, developing instructional support, etc.
Need help with something else? Please feel welcome to contact me and I will do my best to assist you.
Image credit: David Thauberger, Summer Drift, 2018, acrulic on canvas, 91.4 x 116.8 cm, The McCreath Canoe Collection. https://shop.remaimodern.org/products/summer-drift-by-david-thauberger-greeting-card
Key Resources
Find articles
- Art Full Text and Art Index RetrospectiveArt Full Text (AFT) and Art Index Retrospective (AIR) databases index articles, art reproductions, and article abstracts for periodicals and art dissertations, including peer-reviewed journals. You can search AFT and AIR separately, or together in a single search, by clicking on Choose Databases from the EBSCOhost interface search screen and selecting your database choices.
Find background information to help shape and define your research
- Oxford Art Online: OAOFull access to Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, as well as the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Browse by field, medium, era, region, place type or occupation.
Find images
- ARTStorDigital images and associated catalogue data from museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. There are 3 levels of access to ARTstor:
Unregistered (Walk-in) users: No registration is required. Able to search, browse, and analyze images and data.
Registered users: can save Image Groups, add personal notes to images, and download the Offline Image Viewer. You must register with an email address to access these services. Once registered, you can log in to your account.
Instructor-Level users This is currently restricted to faculty and staff.
