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ART 420
History of Greek Art and Architecture

Statue of a kouros (youth), ca. 590 to 580 B.C.; Archaic Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dictionaries
keywords: art and dictionaries

The concise Oxford dictionary of art terms / Michael Clarke.
Location: REFRM N33 .C575 2001
From abacus to Zeus : a handbook of art history / James Smith Pierce.
Location: REFRM N33 .P5 2001
Yale dictionary of art and artists /Erika Langmuir.
Location: REFRM N33 .L353 2000

Encyclopedias    
keywords: art and encyclopedias

Oxford Dictionary of art (34 v.)
Location: REFRM N31.D5 1996 and online
Encyclopedia of architecture (5 v.)
Location: REFRM NA31 E59 1988.
Encyclopedia of world art (17 v. 1968)
Location: REFRM N31 E533
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Art (5 v.)
Location: FLOOR3 N33 M33

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Periodicals/Journals: 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
Arts and Humanities [Citation] Search (AHSearch) (FirstSearch 2)
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) Returns Nov. 1st 2008
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: REFRM Z5937 .B53 and online

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Periodicals/Journals: Full Text

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
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.
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-
Location: online
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.
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

Writing Guides

A short guide to writing about art/ Sylvan Barnet.
Location: Reserve Books 2HOUR N7476 .B37 2005
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

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