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Guide to Research Online
Looking For Printed Books And Articles
(compiling a bibliography)
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Use the following databases and online catalogs
to compile your bibliography. If a library nearby does not have the
book or journal you want, submit an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request
for it. Check with your library about resources labeled Subscribers
Only below.
• Databases available through FirstSearch
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY (ask your institution about access):
• WorldCat: A general database of books and other
materials in libraries worldwide. It includes records of any type
of material, even manuscripts written as early as the 12th century,
catalogued by Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) member libraries.
Items can be searched by author name, title, subject, publisher,
place, etc.
• ArticleFirst: An index of articles from nearly
12,500 journals.
• AHSearch: Arts & Humanities search. Records
referencing many of the world's leading arts and humanities
journals.
• ArtAbstracts: Key international English-language
arts publications. Includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins,
competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews,
film reviews, and more.
• Searching Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs)
Many libraries worldwide provide free access to their catalogs.
Select large libraries for your initial search. Also search the
catalogs of specialized libraries. Here are some selected examples:
• Library
of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• IRIS:
Online Catalog for the Research Library of the Getty Research
Institute
• Thomas
J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York
• CATNYP:
The Research Libraries Online Catalog of the New York Public
Library
• The
British Library
• National
Art Library Catalogue, London
• Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Paris
To locate art libraries in particular, use Yahoo's list of university
libraries:
• Arts
Libraries
Besides FirstSearch
(see above), articles can be searched for using:
• Art
Index and Art Abstracts, which include a total
of 378 periodicals with the full text of 93 journals back to
January 1997, are available through H. W. Wilson - SUBSCRIPTION
ONLY.
Additional book searches can be conducted using:
• Books
in Print - SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
• Amazon.com
Specific bibliographic references and abstracts:
• The
Grove Dictionary of Art - SUBSCRIBERS ONLY; includes
a bibliography of sources with each article.
• Britannica
Online - SUBSCRIBERS ONLY; includes a bibliography of sources with the
longer entries.
• Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is the
most comprehensive art history bibliography available worldwide,
covering European and American art from late antiquity to the
present. BHA includes and extends the coverage of two predecessor
art indexes, RAA (Répertoire d'Art et d'Archéologie)
from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature
of Art) from 1975 to 1989. At present BHA is NOT available online,
but see the Research
Libraries Group for more in formation.
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