Using Reference Materials
Reference materials, including encyclopedias and dictionaries, can be used when you are starting your research to get background information.
They are great for giving you keywords that you can use when you start searching for articles on your topic in the library databases or on the web.
Check Credo Reference or Oxford Reference or all of our E-Reference Sources at Alkek Library
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Directories/Indexes
American Art Directory - Z5937 .A78
- Bi-annual directory of art schools, art organizations, and art information center.
Artspeak: a guide to contemporary ideas, movements, and buzzwords, 1945 to the present - Ref N6490 .A87 1997
Dictionary of Women Artists — Ref N31 .G76
Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography -- Ref TR9 .E53 2008
The Encyclopedia of Sculpture — Ref NB198 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography -- Ref TR642 .E5 2006
Encyclopedia of World Art — Ref N31 .E4833
The Focal encyclopedia of photography: digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science -- Ref TR9 .F6 2007
From Abacus to Zeus — N33 .P5
- This is a dictionary of art related terms including processes, symbols, mythological Gods.
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art - eBook
Illustration Index 1977-1981 — N7525 .I44 1977-81
Illustration Index 1982-1986 — N7525 .I44 1982-86
- This is a secondary source. It gives dates and country, then refers you to the title that contains the biographical information.
- Please select Art & Architecture under "Subject Reference"
- This is a secondary source which lists by artist of title of their major works and where you can find a reproduction of the work.
