Art 111- Pierce

To find out more about art periods and/or artists:

Reference

1. 34 Volumn Print Set
The dictionary of art /Publisher: Grove's Dictionaries
Call Number: N31 .D5 1996
Location: Reference
(This set is very comprehensive, including biographies and subject entries. The last volumn is the index.)

2. Oxford Reference Online Art & Architecture Set
(Search 14 art reference books online at once with Oxford Reference Online. You need the quarterly password to access this database from home.)

• The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
• The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
• A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
• The Oxford Dictionary of Art
• A Dictionary of Modern Design      
• The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
• The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
• A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art
• The Oxford Companion to the Garden
• The Oxford Companion to the Photograph
• The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
• The Oxford Companion to Western Art

3. Use CBC Library Catalog to find more books

• Do a quick keyword search in the catalog, e.g. dadaism
• Look through the results, note the Location and Call Number of the books
• e.g. Inner Visions: German Prints from the age of expressionism Location: Main Collection Call Number: N6868.5 .E9P7 1992
• To find more, you can click on a relevant title to view its Subject(s)
• Then click on the Subject links to find more books on the subject. For example,
• Subject(s): Dadaism
• There are two books on reserve for this class
• Title 1: Foundations of Art & Design (Ask circulation staff)

Title 2: History of modern design /Raizman, David Seth.
Call Number:NK1175 .R35 2004
Temporarily Shelved at Reserve, Reference (Ask reference librarian)

4. Use EBSCOhost to find articles

1. Do a quick keyword search, e.g. constructivism AND art (limited to Full Text and CBC Title Collection). You can also search by artists' names and find articles about them and/or their works.
2. You can then further "Narrow Results by Subject" using links (e.g. "CONSTRUCTIVISM (Art)", "Art Movements", etc.) shown to the left of the Result List
3. How to save Citations in MLA Style - EBSCOhost

Web Resource

ArtLex online dictionary("more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images...")

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Search Collection and Biographies (Artist Search Tips)

Use Interlibrary Loan for books & articles that CBC Library does not own

1. Talk to a reference librarian in person or over the phone (509-542-4890)
2. Fill out an online form to Request a book/book chapter
3. Fill out an online form to Request a journal/magazine article
4. Allow at least one to two weeks
   

To browse specific journals/magazines:

1. Use CBC Journal Finder
2. Use the second box to "Browse e-journals by subject": "Art, Arthitecture & Applied Arts"
3. Or search for a specific title such as "Woman's art journal"
4. Follow the links to browse periodicals online or request at circulation for those that says "CBC Pasco Paper Copies"
   

To find images:

• CAMIO : Digital art from world museums.
• Google Image Search
• Ask.com (Click on the Image tab)
  
• You can scan images found in the books using the color scanner in the library and print them out using the library's color printer (25 cent/pg)
  

updated by y.y. 2/2/2012