The University of St. Thomas

Art History: Selected Resources

Course specific Guides: Undergraduate:

ARTH 110 Introduction to Art History
ARTH284 Arts of the African Diaspora
ARTH335 Cathedrals, Monasteries, and Caliphates

General Guides:

Image Resources

Finding Books:

 Search the Library's catalog, CLICnet, to find books held by the 8 CLIC libraries.
 Search MNCat for the University of Minnesota Libraries catalog.
 Search WorldCat, a national catalog, for a comprehensive search of your subject.

Finding Articles: 

Primary Sites:

Secondary Sites:

Art Internet Sources

Biographical Information:

Biography Resource Center. (a large computer resource with biographical information)
Dictionary of Art. 34 v. (Ref N32 D5 1996)
Dictionary of National Biography.(a British resource giving access to 50,000+ people)
Dictionary of Women Artists. (Ref N8354 D53 1997. v. 1-2)
Encyclopedia of Artists. (Ref D40 B535 2005 5 v.)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975, 400 Years of Artists in America. (Ref N6536 W56)
CLICnet. (for books about an artist)

Dictionaries:
 

Artspeak: a Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to present. (Ref N6490 .A87 1997).
Artwords: a glossary of contemporary art theory. (Ref N71 .P32 1997)
A Dictionary of the Arts. (Ref NX80 .D53 1994)
A Dictionary of the Avant Gardes. (Ref NX 456 K67 2000)
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture. (electronic resource)

Encyclopedias:


A Dictionary of Architecture. (Ref NA 31 .P48)
Dictionary of Architecture & Construction. (Ref NA 31 .H32 2006)
Dictionary of Art. 34 v. (Ref N31 .D5 1996)
Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era. 2 v. (Ref NX452.5 .R64 E53 2004)
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World. 9Ref NA 208 .E53)
Encyclopedia of Visual Art. 10 v. (Ref N25 .E53 1983).
Encyclopedia of World Art. 17 v. 9Ref qN31 En19)
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. 2 v. (Ref NK 28 .G76 2006) 

Finding Images:

  • Bridgeman Art Library Archive. (masterpieces of national museums to hidden treasures of private collectors).
  • Dictionary of Art. 34 v. Ref N31 D5 1996 (Includes extensive articles about many)
  • Digital Scriptorium. (a fabulous image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts)
  • CLICnet (books about artists will include images)
  • Google Images (has billions of images)
  • Oxford Art Online
  • A Guide to Finding Images Online (handout from Lori Shimer)

Finding Dissertations and Theses:

Dissertations & Theses@UST (Full-text access to the University theses
Dissertations & Theses (a guide to the more than 2 million U.S. and some international theses and
 dissertations. For recent ones, the first 24 page can be viewed at no cost).

Sources, etc. 

RefWorks:

A web-based programs to create bibliographies and manage citations.

Extra Help:


Contact Susan Price, liaison to the Art History Dept, sdprice@stthomas.edu or 651-962-5011.

Last updated: May 23, 2008.