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 Online Databases
and Websites in Art 
Citation Guides - correct
format for proper documentation
Databases - scholarly
materials, citation indexes and full text
E Books - use free electronic texts when
you can't find the printed book
Museum Sites - great visual
resources and educational materials
Quick Reference -
quality, credible, and timely reference
resources -mostly all are free
Web Directories - subject guides
to selective and carefully chosen sites on the Web
Web Resources - selected list of free
sites,
gateway sites specialized search engines
Web Search in a Nutshell -
getting started in library research
Subscription Databases Available
Only to the WSC Community
Search Grove Art Online, Oxford Companion to
Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms at
the newly re-designed
Oxford Art Online.
Comprehensive, reliable coverage of all aspects of the
visual arts world from prehistory to present.
Contains a new image search engine.
Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
 An
indispensable biographical and critical guide to American art from
colonial times to the present, including essential overviews and
descriptions of major American art styles, movements, techniques,
events, landmarks and institutions.
Academic
Search Complete
Indexes both popular and academic periodicals in all subject areas,
including art and art education. You can also search ERIC,
an index to educational journals and documents produced by the U.S. Dept. of
Education.
Search Tips (PDF)
Academic
One File.
indexes
peer-reviewed, full text articles available in HTML or PDF formats from
the world's leading journals and reference sources. Also has full text
New York Times content back to 1995, hundreds of podcasts and
transcripts from radio and television broadcasts. Search
Tips (PDF)
Access to this database is made possible by funding
from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the six Massachusetts Regional Library Systems.
Biography
Resource Center
Includes full
text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search by nationality, birth or
death year, ethnicity, occupation, gender - or combine criteria for a highly
customized search. Also included is the
full text of entries from
Contemporary Artists
and the
International Dictionary of Art and Artists.
Don't forget to check two
print resources: We own the ART
Index from 1953 to present, and The
Humanities Index from 1974 to present. While the Web is a great
resource, not everything is available online, especially in the visual arts.
Other Web
Resources - selective list of free sites
- The
Internet Art Database [DART] - search fine art on the web
- Art
Cyclopedia - fine
arts search engine. An artist search brings up links to online museums,
image archives, articles. Can also browse by movement or medium.
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Ask ART - complete
resource for information on 52,000 American artists
- ArtLex
- definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing visual culture,
along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great
quotations and cross-references.
- Art Net
- Source for art market and contemporary art information. Provides
up-to-date and searchable databases of auction records, gallery exhibitions
and artists' portfolios.
- Timeline
of Art History - a Metropolitan Museum of Art website. Wonderful maps, depictions
of artwork, and reliable descriptions of the times and places.
- Museums.com
- Museums of the world
- Words
of Art - an online glossary of theory and criticism
- National
Center for Educational Statistics -
Search Engines - Meta Sites
These are "gateway" sites: they
don't have art information, but link you to sites that do. Less exciting
than The Da Vinci Code, but more practical.
- Art
History Resources on the Web - from Sweet Briar College. Very well organized;
broken down into significant periods of art history, geographical regions,
links to museums and research resources.
- World Wide Art
Resources - The largest site for contemporary art, art news, art
history, contemporary artist and gallery portfolios, online since 1995. A
site by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Art
Source - started in 1994 when the Web was just beginning. A selective
source for networked resources on Art and Architecture.
- Internet
Art Resources - "Your
gateway to art and artists, galleries and exhibitions. Up-to-date
information on current and future art shows, emerging artists and
world-renowned masters in the fine arts as well as modern artisans working
in every imaginable medium, including wood, glass, metal and stone."
- ADAM
- gateway to art, design, architecture and media information on the
Internet; compiled and selected by librarians in the UK for use in higher
education. Currently being transitioned to another hub (Arts and Creative
Industries) but still searchable during the changeover.
Selected Museum Sites
- American
Art Museum - part of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
- Art
Institute of Chicago - Online resources of interest to teachers,
students, and parents, including classroom lessons plans and at home
projects
- British
Museum - over 5,000 artifacts in high quality images, 50 tours, wealth
of links
- Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco -
- The J. Paul
Getty Museum - Opened in 1978, collection includes artifacts from
medieval manuscripts to modern sculptures
- The
Kennedy Center's Arts Edge - The Curriculum Studio has lesson plans and
the For Students page offers links to research and student artwork sites
- The
Louvre (Paris) - versions available in either English or French
- Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art - New York City
- Museum of
Modern Art (MOMA) - New York City
- National
Gallery of Art - Includes Education Resources, Teaching Resources,
information about distance learning, and a wealth of detail about the
Gallery's collections in Washington, D.C.
- Smithsonian
Institute - The individual galleries and exhibitions associated with the
Smithsonian are available from the Institution's homepage
- Vatican
Museums Online - Four online tours through the
collections in the Vatican Museums; access to collections which can often be
viewed with a "zoom in" feature.
- Worcester
Art Museum
- Museum
Stuff - links to museums worldwide and 8,000 other museum related links
Web
Directories
There are excellent subject directories on the web. that can point you
to the best online resources in specific areas of art and art education.
These human guides to the Internet are a great way to find the best of
the Web, and often find sites that can't be accessed by search engines.
The best ones
to use in the visual arts for scholarly material are:
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Librarians
Internet Index - Provides
a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy,
librarian-selected Internet resources. Covers a broad range of
subjects, has both a topical directory arrangement and search capabilities.
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InfoMine - Virtual library of
scholarly Internet resources. Features
well organized access; notable for its
collection of annotated and indexed links.
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Academic Info -
gateway
to freely available academic resources on the web,
with annotated entries. General links, related topics, in
the news sections.
More
subject directories on the web
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