Art History
111:
Ancient to Medieval Art
Research Resources
FINDING BOOKS
The Cat - Penn State University Libraries online catalog. Use the I Want It button to get books from other Penn State campus libraries.
FINDING SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES
The online resources listed below are available to Penn Staters only. They can also be accessed via the E-Resource List A-Z. Use the Get it! button to view or order the full article.
- Art Abstracts
- Art Index Retrospective
- Bibl. of the History of Art
- JStor - Titles link to full text for all articles
FINDING REFERENCE SOURCES
Reference works can be especially useful for identifying a topic and getting a broad overview of the subject.
- Grove
Art Online
includes the multi-volume Dictionary of Art and Oxford
Companion to Western Art
On the reference collection shelves: - Dictionary
of Art (The online version of this 31 vol. set is available
via Grove Art Online.)
REF N31.D5 1996 - Encyclopedia
of World Art
REF N31.E4833 14091025 - International
Dictionary of Art and Artists
REF N31.I58 1990 - Early
Christian and Byzantine Art
REF N7832.B3 - The
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art
REF N33.P68
FINDING ART IMAGES
- ARTstor (digital images of art, architecture, and visual culture)
- CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
- Grove Art Online has over 1,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings within the articles
- Metropolitan
Museum Image Library
Many reference works (listed above) are also excellent sources of images.
For more
information or research assistance contact:
Judy Sandt, Reference Librarian, jsandt@psu.edu
Penn State Lehigh Valley Library
Last updated:
November 2006