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Online Reference Sources

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Contains the 34-volume reference set, The Grove Dictionary of Art, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and more.

Oxford Reference Online : Art & Architecture
Contains the complete texts of Oxford University Press dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference titles. Includes The Oxford Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists, The Oxford Companion to Western Art.

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The academic alternative to Wikipedia! Provides access to nearly 500 encyclopedias and dictionaries. Search by concept map. Includes thousands of searchable images.

Reference Titles

Here is just a selection of some of the print reference resources we have at the library. Use the library catalog to find more specific items on your topic and to find books in the circulating collection.

Materials and Techniques in the Decorative Arts by Lucy Trench
ISBN: 0226812006
Publication Date: 2000
In our industrialized society, it is often difficult to Devoted to the fascinating materials and techniques used in the decorative arts. Each core material,(glass, ceramics, textiles, paper, plastics, leather, metal, stone, wood, and paint) is covered from its raw state through any processing or preparation to various craft stages and finally, to any surface finishing.
The Grove Dictionary of Art by Jane Turner
ISBN: 1884446000
Publication Date: 2003
34 Volumes- The electronic version is available in Oxford Art Online.
Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists by Chuck Rosenak & Jan Rosenak
ISBN: 1558590412
Publication Date: 1991

Guides to individual artists or cultures

Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists in the 20th Century by Wieland Schmied & Frank Whitford
ISBN: 3791323253
Publication Date: 2000
One-volume dictionary provides a guide through the maze of twentieth-century art. Including artists, movements, photographers, techniques, styles..."--BOOK JACKET
Women Artists
Dictionary of Women Artists -- REF N8354. D5.3 1997
Contemporary Women Artists -- REF N8354 .C66 1999
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century -- REF N6503. N6.7 1995
Country/Ethnic Group
Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art -- REF N6502 .E53 1999
St. James Guide to Native North American Artists -- REF E98.A7 S8 1998
St. James Guide to Black Artists -- REF N40. S7.8 1997
St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists -- REF N6538. H58 S7 2002