Resources for Art and Art Education

Subject Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Reference

• The Bulfinch Guide to Art History: A Comprehensive Survey and Dictionary of Western Art and Architecture Reference 703 B9338 1996  
• Contemporary Artists Reference 709.2 C76 2001
• The Dictionary of Art Reference 703 D5548 1996
• Encyclopedia of American Architecture Reference 720.973 P119e 1995 
• Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics Reference 170 E562 1998
• Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering & Construction 
  Reference 720.3 E568  
• Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art Reference 709.803 E568 2000
• The Encyclopedia of Visual Art Reference 703 E568
• The HarperCollins Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques Reference 703 M468h
• Modern Arts Criticism: A Biographical and Critical Guide to Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, and Architects from the Beginning of the Modern Era to the Present Reference 709.04 M689
• The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of Graphic Design and Designers 
  Reference 760.03 L786t 1992  
• The World's Master Paintings Reference 750.74 W948w 1992

Journals

• American Craft Indexed in FirstSearch:  Art Index and Periodical Abstracts..
• American Journal of Art Therapy Indexed in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection.
• Architectural Record Indexed in InfoTrac and the following in FirstSearch: Art Index and Humanities Index.
• The Art Bulletin Indexed in InfoTrac and the following in FirstSearch: Art Index and Humanities Index.
• Art Journal Indexed in InfoTrac and the following in FirstSearch: Art Index and Humanities Index.
• Artforum Indexed in InfoTrac and the following in FirstSearch: Art Index.
• ARTnews Indexed in InfoTrac.
• Arts and Activities Indexed in InfoTrac.
• Arts Education Policy Review Indexed in InfoTrac and ERIC.
• Fiberarts Indexed in FirstSearch: Art Abstracts and also in Art Index.
• The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Indexed in JSTOR.
• Petersen's Photographic indexed in InfoTrac.
• Preservation Indexed in FirstSearch: Art Index.
• Sculpture Indexed in FirstSearch: Art Index.
• Step-by-Step Graphics.

Check the journal listing available from reference for more titles applicable to Art and Art Education.

 Other Sources of Relevant Information

• FirstSearch: Art Abstracts and A & H Search
• Atlas of Western Art History Ref 700.223 S814a 1992
• American Art Directory 1993-94 Ref 706 A51 1993-94
• ERIC
• Art Index Ref 016.7 A78

Selected Library of Congress Subject Heading

• Art...
• Art, American
• Artists...
• Arts...
• See also NT (narrower terms) under "Art," "Artists," and "Arts" in Library of Congress Subject Headings

WWW Resources 

• Art Images for College Teaching http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/index.html
• ArtLex: Art Dictionary http:// www.artlex.com  
• Art Museum Network http://www.amn.org 
• A History of Photography http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/  
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art http://www.lacma.org 
• Mother of All Art and Art History Links http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/
• National Gallery of Art--the Collection http://www.nga.gov/collection  
• Smithsonian Archives of American Art http://artarchives.si.edu

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