Contents:

Reference Materials
Find Books
Find Periodicals
Find Articles (Databases)
Web Sites

The books listed below are located the Reference Room, LRC 4th floor.

• American Art: History, Reference and Culture- N6505.C7 LRC-R
• The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters - N6536.L47 LRC-R
• The Bulfinch Guide to Art History - N380.B78 LRC-R
• Calendar of Creative Man - NX447.5.P38 LRC-R
• Dictionary of Abstract Painting - ND35.B4 LRC-R
• Dictionary of Modern Painting - ND30.D515 LRC-R
• A Dictionary of Symbols - BF1623.S9C513 LRC-R
• Dictionary of Symbols - BL603.L5413 LRC-R
• Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography - N7560.E53 LRC-R
• Encyclopedia of World Art - N31.E4833 LRC-R
• Index to Reproductions of American Paintings - ND205.S575 LRC-R
• The Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols - P99.B78 LRC-R
• International Dictionary of Art and Artists - N7425.I67 LRC-R
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art - N33.M23 LRC-R
• The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture - N7830.M87 LRC-R
• The Oxford Dictionary of Art - N33.O93 LRC-R
• Praeger Encyclopedia of Art - N33.P68 LRC-R
• Who’s Who in American Art - N6536.W5 LRC-R

Browse the Shelves

In addition to the above books, browse the "art" call number sections in the Reference Room and on the 5th floor, LRC.

See: How to Find Books

See also: ebrary's Fine Arts subject list. (Click the expand button in front of the subject to view the subcategories.)

Browse the Art, Architecture & Applied Arts subject list of full text periodical titles available at ORU. (Choose a subject, and then select a title.)
Or, try a title keyword search using a relevant term.
Example: Title contains all words   "art"

See: How to Find Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers)

See: How to Find Articles

Suggested ORU Databases Academic Search Premier     Humanities International Complete   MasterFile Premier

Try a "visual search" or subject search. Limit your results by selecting from the subjects in the yellow menu.

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/

Art History Research Centre (AHRC)

http://art-history.concordia.ca/AHRC/

The AHRC is the first and foremost tool for art historical research on the Internet." Includes links to university art history departments, articles indexes, art collections, and more.

Art Images for College Teachers (AICT) by Allan T. Kohl

http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/

Art categories include Ancient, Medieval Era, Renaissance & Baroque, and more.

Art Online: The Fine Art Directory

http://www.art-online.com/category.aspx?id=0

Art on the Net

http://www.art.net/welcome.html

The site represents over 100 artists from around the world. Includes "poets, musicians, painters, sculptors, digital artists, performance artists, animators and much more."

Coleccion Cisneros.org

http://www.coleccioncisneros.org/home.asp

A Program of the Foundation Cisneros. Explores the modern art of Latin America.

Cyburbia: Internet Resources for the Built Environment

http://www.cyburbia.org/
A large selection of Internet resources on architecture and other topics. Provided by Urban Insight and University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture

http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu/
Focuses on early American decorative arts and contains primary resource documents, image collections, virtual exhibits and more.

FindArticles.com: Arts & Entertainment

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/tn_arts
Browse full text articles in Art in America, Art Journal, Art Forum and more.

LACMA Collections Online

http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection online includes more than 66,800 artworks organized by artists, centers, department, special holdings and online exhibitions.

National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.)

http://www.nga.gov

National Museum of American Illustration

http://www.americanillustration.org

Photo Study Collection Database

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/psc/

Photographic Libraries

http://www.photographiclibraries.com

Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History

http://metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

Smithsonian American Art Museum

http://americanart.si.edu/index3.cfm

Web Gallery of Art

http://www.wga.hu/index.html
Contains more than "13,900 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800." Includes biographies of significant artists, guided tours, and more.

WebMuseum, Paris: Impressionism

http://www.ibiblio.org/louvre/paint/glo/impressionism/

World Art Treasures

http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/index.html
Includes a slide library with "100,000 slides belonging to the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation," with themes of main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, and Europe. Contains audio's, essays, and more.