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ART 404: History of African and Oceania Art

Face Mask Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. No. 1996.12.12.

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Reference Resources

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Art Collections on the Web 

 

IMAGE Project (CSU)

IMAGE provides access to CSU collections of images used for education and research. The collections currently available include CIELO (3,000 art and architecture images for 1st year courses), and the World Art Database (24,000 images of art and culture from around the world).

ArtStor

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Encyclopedias    

Grove's Dictionary of art (34 v.)

Location: Reference Room N31.D5 1996 and online

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Location: Reference Room ML100 .N48 2001 and online

Encyclopedia of architecture (5 v.)

Location: Reference Room NA31 E59 1988.

Encyclopedia of world art (17 v. 1968)

Location: Reference Room N31 E533

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Art (5 v.)

Location: FLOOR3 N33 M33

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Editors, David Levinson, Melvin Ember. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1996.

Location: Reference Room GN307 .E52 1996 4 v.

Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life.

Location: Reference Room GN 333 W67 1996 v.2

Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture / Barbara A. Tenenbaum, editor in chief. New York : London : C. Scribner's Sons ; Simon & Schuster : Prentice Hall International, c1996.

Location: Reference Room: F1406 .E53 1996 4 v.

Encyclopedia of World Cultures. David Levinson, editor in chief. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-

Location: Reference Room GN307 .E53 1991 v. 7-8

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Search for books: Topic Subject: Masks or Subject drums or
broader terms: music art; or Ceremonial objects or subtopic material culture or Rites and ceremonies
Combined with geographical area (country) or Oceania or Africa

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Indexes

L'Année philologique

Indexes publications covering prehistoric to medieval and includes classical studies literature, including classical authors, linguistics, papyrology, art, archaeology, history, and philosophy. It indexes about 1,000 journals as well as congresses and Festschriften and book reviews. Continues the title Dix Années de Bibliographie Classique (1914-1923). Arranged first by subject headings and subheadings, and then alphabetically by author. v.1 (1924)- Holdings incomplete.

Location: . FLOOR3 REFSER Z7016.M35A, v. 41 (1970- current). Volumes 1-40 in Reserve Book Room and Online

Anthropological Index (Late 1960's-)

Index to anthropological articles/ RAI. European focus

Location: Online and print Anthropological Index REF 4th Floor Z 5111 .R67)

Anthropological Literature Plus (RLG)

Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index combined

Location: Internet

Arts and Humanities [Citation] Search (AHSearch)

Indexes articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more from over 1,3000 journals. Provides searches for "cited" authors. Search author names: Last name, First Initial. Names as subjects, Search author names: Last name, FirstName

Location: Online

The Bibliography of the History of Art (1991-) (RLG)

Bibliography of the History of Art. (BHA) abstracts and indexes current publications in the history of art. BHA is the successor to RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art, File 191) and RAA (Répertoire d'art et d'archéologie). BHA covers the current literature of European art from late Antiquity (4th c. AD) to the present and American art from the European discoveries to the present.The database corresponds to the print bibliography of the same name. Inclusive coverage: RAA: 1973-1989; RILA: 1975-1989. Search author names: Last name FirstInitial,

Location: Reference Room Z5937 .B53 and online

Repertoire d'art et d'archeologie (RAA)

Abstracts feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs. Search author names: Last name, FirstName,

Location: FLOOR3 Z5937 .R4 Incomplete holdings. 1910-1937,1960-1964;1967-1989.

Full-Text

Art Index with Full Text

Corresponds to the Art Index (print). Contains articles and reproductions of works of art that appear in 400+ indexed periodicals 1984 to the present. Indexes major English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as European periodicals in a number of different languages. Provides access to a wide range of bibliographies, notices of competitions and awards, reports of conferences, exhibition listings, review articles, interviews, and film reviews. Limited to 12 users at one time.

AcademicSearch Elite (EbscoHost)

Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals

OneFile (InfoTrac)

Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals

Humanities Abstracts with Full Text

Abstracts 400 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature, 1984- Limited to 12 users at one time.

Human Relations Area Files

Data and publications on a variety of cultures world-wide.

Location: Microfiche 4th Floor; Partially available on line through eHRAF.

JStor Journal Storage Project

Archival collection of scholarly articles from various academic displines, including Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology, the most recent articles are at least 2-5 years old. Use the Advance screen and search terms in title, abstract in articles. If the result is not sufficient, search the entire article not just the title and abstract. However, double with the ethnic group or time period or geographic region.

Project Muse

A full-text resource of journal articles. It includes 167 full-text titles of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics from over 20 not-for-profit scholarly presses.

Writing Guides

A short guide to writing about art/ Sylvan Barnet.

Location: Reserve Books 2HOUR N7476 .B37 2003

Writing about art / Henry M. Sayre

Location: FLOOR3 BOOK N7476 .S29 2002

Writing for the visual arts / Mashey Maurice Bernstein.

Location: FLOOR3 PE479.A76 B47 2001

 

For more information, contact Mary S. Woodley at 677-6302 mary.woodley@csun.edu