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vFind Books

Here is a sampling of subject headings which may be used to search COAST. For a more complete list of headings relevant to ART, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes located in Reference or near the COAST computers in the lobby of the Library. Click on any of the following subjects now to retrieve records from COAST.   

 

vUse Bibliographies to Find Books

Subject bibliographies are books that offer an organized, comprehensive list of published and unpublished materials on a specific subject.  Bibliographies are useful when you are searching a general topic and need to find a lot of information.  Search COAST by LC subject heading with the added word -- Bibliography or do a keyword search with the word Bibliography and your search term. A few examples of helpful bibliographies are listed below:


vElectronic Reference Sources

These resources are relevant to research in ART. They are available in Reference area of the Library. For a complete list (with descriptions) of all ELECTRONIC REFERENCE SOURCES at the CSULB Library, please click HERE.
Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective
Citations and abstracts from nearly 300 journals worldwide about all aspects of art and artists; includes articles published 1984 to date. Art Index Retrospective covers 1929-1983.
Anthropology Plus
Worldwide coverage of the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and related interdisciplinary studies. 1880 to present.
BHA -- Bibliography of the History of Art
A web-based index to over 2500 journals, books, conference proceedings, exhibition catalogs, and other sources dealing with Western Art from 4th century B.C. to present.
Getty Research Tools
A collection of databases offered by the Getty Research Institute relating to the visual arts, architecture, and related fields. Databases include: Photo Study Collection Database, Provenance Index Databases (art collecting), and Vocabulary Databases.
Grove Art Online 
Grove Art Online contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography from prehistory to the present day. Ongoing updates.
Humanities Abstracts
More than 400 periodicals on archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature from 1984 to date.
IIDA Knowledge Center
This is the research database of the International Interior Design Association. Includes articles about interior design, conference papers, industry reports and more. It also includes a calendar of interior design-related events.

In addition, there are many interdisciplinary databases with information on art. Choose Find Articles and try some of the databases in such categories as Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies and Humanities.


vDictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides


vArt on the Web


Meta-sites

Art History Resources on the web
ArtSource
AskART.com
Mother
of all Art and Art History Links
MuseumLink
Researching Your Art - Smithsonian American Art Museum


Images

For places to find images please go to the Graphics and Sounds page.

Local links

Art Department - CSULB
Autry Museum of Western Heritage
the Getty
Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Images from the Fine Art Collection - University Library, Special Collections - CSULB
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach Museum of Art Online Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA)
Norton Simon Museum
University Art Museum - CSULB 

Other Links

Archivos Virtuales - Papers of Latino and Latin American Artists
Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
Art Historians' Guide to the Movies
ArtsJournal

ArtLex Art Dictionary
artnet
Art Museum Network
Bridgeman Art Library: A Fine Art Photographic Archive
Contemporary Artists Index-Cleveland Institute of Art
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Louvre Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
National Gallery of Art
Print Council of America
Smithsonian Institution
Timeline of Art History - Met Museum
WebExhibits


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This page created by 
Leslie Andersen, Arts Librarian 
University Library, California State University, Long Beach

  Last Updated 1/18/08