Art
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Subject Specialist
Suzy Westenkirchner suzywest@auburn.edu 334-844-2817
RBD Library
Reference Offices - Second Floor
ReferenceTools
- The Dictionary of Art
- Ref N 31 .D5 1996
- A multi-volume dictionary of artists, works, terms, movements, countries throughout the world with both short and extensive entries.
- Beyond the Dictionary of Art
- http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/humweb/beyondda.html
- The Harper Collins Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques
- Ref N 33 .M37 1992
- ArtLex: Dictionary of Visual Art
- http://www.artlex.com/
- Basic definitions of more than 2600 terms in all areas of art as well as illustrations, quotations, and pronunciation notes.
- Artcyclopedia: "The fastest way to find fine art on the Internet."
- http://www.artcyclopedia.com
- Search by movement, medium, subject, nationality, artist's name, and more.
- AskArt: An Index to Information About Artists.
- http://www.askart.com/Artists/C.asp
- Search by artist's name.
- World Painting Index
- Ref ND 45 .H38
- An index to reproductions of art works in books by title and author.
- Indexes to Reproductions of Art Works
- American Art Directory
- Ref N 50 .A54
- A directory of art organizations, schools, museum, periodicals, scholarships,and exhibitions.
- Artists' & Graphic Designers' Market
- Ref NC 999 .A7 2000
- A directory of places where artists can sell their art.
- Munsell Book of Color
- Ref Folio ND 1493 .M8 M85 1976
- Color charts organized by hue showing degrees of value and saturation. Corresponding Munsell Color Tree at 1st floor Service Desk
- Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
- Ref N7560 .E53 1998
- Major Themes in art and the works that address them.
| N | Art |
| NA | Architecture |
| NB | Sculpture |
| NC | Drawing and Graphic Arts |
| ND | Painting |
| NE | Prints and Printmaking |
| NK | Decorative Arts |
| NX | Arts (in general) |
| TR | Photography |
| TT | Handicrafts |
Indexes and Databases
All databases are available on campus and remotelyunlessotherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you willneed totype your library ID and last name. Your library ID is usually:two,zero, your Social Security Number, then zero. For example: A personwith the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567890Subject Databases
- Wilson Art Abstracts
- An index to journal articles, reviews and reproductions in art periodcals since 1984. Some include abstracts.
The earlier print version of this same basic index is: Art Index: A Cumulative Author and Subject Index to a Selected List of Fine Arts Periodicals and Museum Bulletins. 1929-1983. N 1 .A454
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
- An index to periodical articles in Architecture. Includes history of architecture and interior design
General Databases
- Academic Search Premier http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ASP
- Covers abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals and features full text articles for over 1,200 journals since1990.
- InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP http://www.lib.auburn.edu/searchbank
- Indexes journal titles in a variety of subject areas. Articles in over 500 journals are full text. 1980 – Present
- Ingenta UnCover Plus http://www.lib.auburn.edu/INGENTA
- A database of citations from over 18,000 journals beginning with Fall 1988 that allows faxing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Subsidized document delivery up to $46/article for AU faculty, graduate students and staff. The Reveal section is an automated alerting service that delivers journal table of contents information periodically through e-mail.
Image Sources
- The Picture Reference File (shelved at Reference desk, 2nd floor)
- Copyright free images.
- Encyclopedia of Source Illustrations AG 6 .H413 v.1-2
- Copyright free images.
- Dover Pictorial Archive series
- A series of books, each covering a different subject, with copyright free images.
- Hart Picture Archive series
- A series of books, each covering a specific subject, with copyright free images.
- American Historical Images on File
- A series of individual titles, each covering a particular subject, with copyright free historical images.
- AP multimedia archive - http://ap.accuweather.com/
- Internet clip art sites:
http://images.google.com
http://www.fotosearch.com
http://www.ditto.com/
http://www.artville.com/
http://www.havanastreet.com/clipart.html/
SILS: Art Image Browser - ArtNet.com
- http://www.artnet.com
- Access to artists, galleries, and exhibitions, with views of works for sale.
- Ceramics Web
- http://art.sdsu.edu/ceramicsweb
- Annotated links to other ceramics websites.
- Artsource
- http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/
- Diverse, networked resources in art and architecture
- Artists Index
- http://wwar.com/artists1.html
- Access to information about contemporary artists by category
- Mother of All Art History Links
- http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/mother/index.html
- Includes links to other art history departments, research resources, visual resources, image collections, art museums, and online collections.
- International Print Center
- http://www.ipcny.org
- The only non-profit institution devoted solely to the exhibition and understandingof both historical and contemporary fine prints
- Artchive
- http://www.artchive.com/
- A site distinguished by art criticism on selected master artists as well as other branches with limited links
- Analysis of Visual Images
- http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fad/fi/woodrow/analysis.htm A site to assist in interpreting visual images.
- Resources for Art and Design
- http://www.lib.ncsu.edu
- Part of the North Carolina library system, this site provides high quality links for design resources in architecture, art and design, graphic design, industrial design, landscape architecture, North Carolina and image sites.
- Sculptor.org
- http://www.sculptor.org
- A comprehensive site for sculptors, which provides both educational and marketing information.
- American Institute for Graphic Artists
- http://www.aiga.org/
College Art Association
- http://www.collegeart.org/
Graphic Artists Guild
- http://www.gag.org/
- http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/
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DiscussionLists
General - Electronic Mailing Lists at Auburn University
- Contains links to help sites for all varieties of mailing lists.
- http://www.julecollinssmithmuseum.com/
If you have any comments about this information page, please contact:
suzywest@auburn.edu
http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/
Corbis: the Place for Pictures on the internet
http://www.corbis.com/
Microsoft's online gallery of art and photographic images.
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Web Sites
Guides
Art Information and the Internet: How to Find it, How to Get itRef N 59 .J66 1999Art Videos
Associations and Societies
National Association of Schools of Art and Design