OCC Libraries - Subject: Art

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General Databases

Academic Search Elite(EBSCOhost) 1980s - present. Full-text, abstracts, or indexing for mostly scholarly periodicals. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study.

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) 1980s - present. Articles are either full-text or citations/abstracts. Wide variety of subjects including social sciences, humanities, education, science, and technology.

OmniFile Full Text Select
(formerly WilsonSelectPlus) (WilsonWeb) 1994 - present. All articles have full-text. Includes U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines on a wide variety of subjects.

Specialized Databases

Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (CAMIO)Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (CAMIO) Images of art from leading art museums worldwide. Each work of art has a description and many have sound, video, and curatorial notes.

ARTstorA repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images from the arts, humanities, and architecture, along with descriptive information.

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture Pendergast, Sara, and Tom Pendergast, Eds. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. This is a full-text reference title from the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Print Sources

To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:: art, modern -- 20th century; ceramics; human figure in art; Picasso, Pablo; photography -- digital techniques

Selected Reference Books

Kleiner, Fred S. and Christin J. Mamiya, Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005.
AH, HL, RO Reference N 5300 .G25 2005

Turner, Jane, ed. Dictionary of Art. New York: Grove, 2002.
AH, HL, OR, RO Reference N 31 .D5

Encyclopedia of World Art. New York: McGraw Hill, 1959-1987.
AH, HL, OR, RO Reference N 31 .E4833

Eastman Kodak Company, ed. Encyclopedia of Practical Photography. Garden City, NY: Amphoto, 1977-1979.
HL, OR Reference TR 9 .A46 1977

Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification): NC Drawing, Design, Illustration; ND Painting; NK 3700 - 4695 Ceramics, Pottery, Porcelain; TR Photography

OCC Departmental Web Pages

Ceramics Departments at OCC

Kegham Tazian World of Art

OR Fine and Performing Arts Department

See also: Architecture | Interior Design

This page is maintained by Joan Black and was last updated on 8/26/08.