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art resources @ CSC library
Databases | Primary Sources |Websites | Books
online databases
Art Abstracts provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts for more than 450 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Indexing spans from 1984 to the present. NO FULL TEXT
Project Muse Access to full text of selected scholarly journals.
American National Biography Full Text biographies of prominent Americans
Oxford Online Reference A collection of online Reference Books
Credo Reference A collection of online Reference Books
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)cover-to-cover full text for 25 national & international newspapers. Full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
Access World News The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources; includes world map
netLibrary e-books
EJS E-Journals (EBSCO) articles
SearchAll search all these databases at the same time
primary sources
Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives at Colby-Sawyer College
Historical New York Times Full text 1851 to 2005.
art websites
Ad Age Advertising Century Features an introductory essay, lists of top 100 advertising campaigns (such as Volkswagen's 1959 "Think Small" and the 1955 Marlboro Man), top 100 industry players, and top 10 jingles, slogans, and ad icons. Also includes a timeline back to the 1700s. From Advertising Age
AIGA American Institute of Graphic Arts, professional association for design.
American Landscape and Architectural Design 1850-1920 Library of Congress American Memory Collection
Art Cyclopedia Searches a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources
Intute Arts and Humanities Collection of Web resources for education and research created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select, evaluate, and annotate the websites
Mother of all Art and Art History Links page A group of internet art links based at the University of Michigan
Museum of Online Museums Links to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests including classical art and architecture, design, advertising. Links to museum and gallery web pages.
Voice of the Shuttle A dynamic database that offers a wide range of links to scholarly resources on Art and Art History
Ceramics Today Extensive resource on ceramics and pottery, including the web's largest up-to-date links database and hundreds of articles
Voice of the Shuttle A dynamic database that offers a wide range of links to scholarly resources on Photography
books
Use the CSC Library catalog to find books about art:
Search with subject browse or subject keyword using any of these words: art, artists, graphic arts, drawing, painting, ceramics, photography, music or try your own words in a general keyword search. Find journals about art with subject keyword search art - periodicals
Many art books are classified under N (Fine Arts) and NC (Graphic Arts) and can be found on the main level of the barn; TR (Photography), TT (Ceramics) are on the lower level. Oversize books are also on the lower level and the Reference Collection is on the library's main level.
