This guide presents a select list of print and Internet resources for research in the field of art.

Indexes and Databases for journal and specialized literature:

Art Full Text
      indexes journal articles in all fields of art; online coverage is available 1983/84 - to date
      Art Index       (compact) N 1 .A65x         Hldgs: v.1 (1929/1932)-v.43 (1994/1995)

Artbibliographies modern
      (compact) N 1 .A81x         Hldgs: v.1 (1971)-v.38/1 (2007)

Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals
      indexes architecture and interior design journals; indexing covers the 1930's - to date

Bibliography of the History of Art
      indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and
      dealer's catalogs; indexing covers the mid 1970's - to date (title varies)

Dissertations & Theses
      indexes doctoral dissertations and many master's theses from universities throughout the United States, and
      many non-US institutions, 1851 - to date
      UWM Theses and Dissertations
      a list of theses and dissertations done at UWM, by department, and held by UWM Libraries

Humanities Full Text
      indexes journal articles in archaeology, art, folklore, the performing arts, and other humanities; online
      coverage is available for 1983/84 - to date
      Humanities Index       (REF annex) AI 3 .R4912x         Hldgs: 1907/1915-v.21 (1994/1995) (title varies)

Index to nineteenth century American art periodicals
      (REF) N 1 .A649x 1999

IngentaConnect
      an index covering over 29,000 scholarly journals, predominately science, but covers almost all
      academic fields

JSTOR
      a database offering full text with basic keyword searching for journals in the social sciences, humanities,
      and sciences, many as far back as 1800; does not include the latest 5 years

Web of Science
      search for citations to specific, known, articles
      Arts and Humanities Citation Index
      (compact) NX 1 .A7x         Hldgs: 1976-1999

Anthropological Literature
      indexes journals in anthropology, including cultural items, archaeology, etc.; covers journal articles
      from the late 19th Century - to date

ACLS Humanities E-Books
      full text of books in the broad humanities field
      all titles are listed in Panthercat, or search here

American art directory		(REF) N 50 .A54
Art galleries of the world		(REF) N 410 .L36x 2002
Art History Resources: (Artists, Art Movements, Biographies, Artwork) biographical information and images from museums of over 22,000 artists		http://wwar.com/artists/
Art History Resources on the Web wide variety of geographically arranged sites		http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Art information and the internet: how to find it, how to use it		N 59 .J66 1999
Artchive a commercial source giving an alphabetical list of 200 artists with examples of their works		http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
Artcyclopedia a guide to "museum" art available on the internet; includes some biographical information		http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Artist Index brief biographical information on a variety of artists, from WebMuseum (Paris, 2002)		http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/
ARTLex Art Dictionary covers art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education		http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Intro.html
AskART.com: Art Glossary a basic dictionary of art related terms		http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx
Dictionary of art		(REF) N 31 .D5 1996
Encyclopedia of sculpture		(REF) NB 198 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of world art		N 31 .E533
Everyman's dictionary of pictorial art		N 31 .G3
Facts on File encyclopedia of art		(REF) N 31 .F33 2005
Fine arts: a bibliographic guide to basic reference works, histories, and handbooks		N 5300 .E37x 1990
Glossary of Painting Styles brief descriptive terms, from WebMuseum (Paris, 2002)		http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/
Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architecture		(REF) N 5610 .G76 2007
Harcourt's Quick Guide to Researching Art History Using the Internet tips for searching using online resources, from Thomson/Wadsworth publishers (undated)		http://www.wadsworth.com/art_d/ special_features/research/index.html
International directory of arts		(REF) N 50 .I6 (2008)
National Endowment for the Arts a guide to NEA funding opportunities, publications, etc.		http://arts.endow.gov/
Oxford dictionary of art		(REF) N 33 .O93 2004
Reinhold color atlas		ND 1285 .K6 1962
Schirmer encyclopedia of art		(REF) N 31 .L3 2002
Who's who in American art		(REF) N 6536 .W5 Resources A-Z: Marquis Who's Who
Who's who in art		(REF) N 40 .W6
UWM Libraries: Art and Architecture Resources		Resources by Subject/Major

Comprehensive sites covering a broad spectrum of art subjects and resources:

AskART, the Artists BluebookTM http://www.askart.com/	a comprehensive source about American artists
History of Art Virtual Library http://www.chart.ac.uk/vlib/	collection of links relating to art history and computer applications in art history (2008)
Mother of all Art and Art History Links http://www.umich.edu/~motherha/	a comphrehensive list from the University of Michigan, School of Art and Design
Voice of the Shuttle: Art History http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3404	links to a wide variety of art history resources
World Wide Arts Resources http://wwar.com/	one of the most extensive gateways to WWW sources in fine arts, art history, exhibtions, etc.

Specialties:

Art History Resources on the Web http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html	This extensive collection of links is maintained by Dr. Christopher Witcombe.
Arts Resources, Searchable Databases http://www.artsnet.org/databases/	Search this site, from the Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises, for visual arts sites: arts resources, art sites, public art, and art news.
ArtServe http://rubens.anu.edu.au/	Search 1000's of art-historical images of art and architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin, Japan, India & Cambodia. Some fees/registration may be required.
Education at the Getty http://www.getty.edu/education/	"From the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, this site is designed specifically for K-12 arts educators and general classroom teachers who incorporate the arts into their curriculum."
InformeDesign http://www.informedesign.umn.edu/	InformeDesign is a research and communication tool for designers, predominately architecturally related. Registration is required.
Interior Design http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/interiordesign	This good list of links is offered from UW-Madison Steenbock Memorial Library.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Art and Architecture http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/ artarch.html	This is a standard for K-12 art education, "useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth."

Collections and Images:

ArtStor: Images for Education and Scholarship Resources A-Z	This major collection of images is available to UWM faculty, staff, and students. Browse, download, and use the images for research and teaching.
Art and Culture Online http://www.artpromote.com/	Allows access to online free art image resources.
Can Stock Photo http://www.canstockphoto.com/	A source for many moderately priced images.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco http://www.famsf.org/	Through this site, search for images from the Museums' collections.
Foto Search Stock Photos http://www.fotosearch.com/	A commercial firm offering over 2 million images, including clipart, photographs, video clips, and other image formats.
Frick Collection http://collections.frick.org/	This offers a searchable databse of over 120 artworks from the Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Collection; the home page is available at http://www.frick.org/.
Imagesite http://www.imagesite.com/	Imagesite is a commercial web site dedicated to the fine, commercial, and structural arts.
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) http://www.moma.org/	MoMA offers general information and a search option to view items from the collection.
National Gallery of Art http://www.nga.gov/collection/	National Gallery of Art's collection has resources illustrating painting, sculpture, decorative arts, etc., from the Middle Ages to the present. More than 5,600 objects are available online: search by artist, title, or a combination of criteria.
NYPL Digital Gallery http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm	This provides access to over 400,000 images from the New York Public Library, including, manuscripts, historical maps, posters, rare prints, and other art works.
Smithsonian American Art Museum http://americanart.si.edu/index3.cfm	A major resource with images and other resources listed.
Smithsonian Archives of American Art http://www.aaa.si.edu/	Look for information on the Archives and from it's collections.
Tate Gallery http://www.tate.org.uk/	The website links to thousands of online images from the collection, and includes a glossary of terms.
UW Digital Collections: Arts Collection http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Arts/	This collection "brings together primary and secondary materials relating to the creative arts as broadly defined: visual, literary, musical, and performing."
UW Digital Collections: Decorative Arts and Material Culture http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu/	This is a searchable image collection with virtual exhibits of items of "material culture" including furniture, ceramics, etc.
UWM Digital Collections http://www4.uwm.edu/Libraries/digilib/	This is directory of collections digitized by the UWM Libraries.
Virtual Library museums pages http://archives.icom.museum/vlmp/	This directory links to online sites for international museums, including art museums.
Web Gallery of Art http://www.wga.hu/index.html	This virtual museum is a searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 14.500 reproductions.

What is wanted?
Check for sources in subject specific for images and other information:

• medical images? - check MEDLINE and other medical resources
• images of medieval life? - check International Medieval Bibliography and other historical resources
• religious or mythological symbolism and images? - check books and periodical indexes for studies in religion, philosophy and related subjects
• technical studies of paints, etc. - check Applied Science and Technology Index and other technical resources, including handbooks {many online through Knovel Scientific and Engineering Online References (e.g., ceramics or textiles)}
• images of wildlife? - check dictionaries of animals; there are many online animal and plant image sites
• online images of anything? - check Google Image Search http://images.google.com/

Evaluating websites?
Evaluating websites is important to find the value of all the material available through via the Internet. Many resources with evaluation criteria and hints can be found; selected sources include:

• How to Evaluate a Web Page
  http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/evalweb.html
• Internet Detective
  http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/