Finding Images

• Campus Library website - explore it!
• Activate your Library Account/Card and Create a PIN
• Connecting from Home - read about how to connect to UW restricted databases from off campus - or just click on the off-campus access link at the top of this page and enter your UW NetID
• Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan
• Electronic Reserves - your UW NetID provides access to these readings
• Research Guides - browse by subject
• Online subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, and more

Research Links

• About scholarly journals - search the database Ulrich's Periodicals Directory UW restricted for more information about specific journals
• Reading Scholarly Sources
• Evaluating Sources
• Citing Sources & Academic Integrity Guide
• Writing Center
• Research 101 - work through this online tutorial if you would like to
  review or update your research skills. You can also make an appointment with me: sleadley@uwb.edu

• Books on Reserve for this class: find images and art historical context
• MDID: your class slides are here
• Bridgeman Art Library: excellent advanced search features!
• The Web Gallery of Art: European art, 12th to mid-19th centuries
• 18th Century Artists
• World Images
• The WebMuseum, Paris
• Grove Art Image Links UW restricted
• CAMIO RLG Image database UW restricted
• Google Image Search / Advanced & Google Search Tips
• Corbis Images UW restricted Not highly recommend
• More Search Tips
• How to access your student network space: Hermes

• Grove Dictionary of Art UW restricted
• Gale Virtual Reference Library UW restricted
  From the opening page, click on the "View Publications" link by "Arts" to find online access to the following reference book:
  Arts and Humanities Through the Eras 5v, 2005
• Oxford Reference Online: Art and Architecture UW restricted
  
• More Art Reference Sources

Books: highly recommended!

• UW Libraries Catalog - Contains over 6 million titles held by more than 20 branches of the UW Libraries. Requested items arrive in 2-5 business days.
• Summit Catalog - A library catalog of regional universities and colleges. Search over 22 million books, sound recordings, films, video tapes, and more. Items take about 3-5 business days to arrive.
• Books on Reserve for this class - Review this extensive list of books prepared by Prof. Edwards

Articles - the databases below should help you find popular and scholarly articles on your topic. Tips on how to find articles.

For both books and articles - you may want to limit your searches to english only! This is usually in the 'advanced search' mode

• Art Databases: finding articles on your artist or theme
  • Art Abstracts UW restricted - articles from art journals and magazines. Change one of the drop-down boxes to 'Language of document' and type in english
  • Bibliography of the History of Art - UW restricted - click on Advanced Search to limit to english
  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index: The Web of Science UW restricted - A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities, with cited references.
  • Complete list of art databases

• General and Multidisciplinary Databases: finding articles on your artist, theme, or the historical context

  • Expanded Academic Index UW restricted - scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers
  • JSTOR search UW restricted - scholarly journals, multidisciplinary
  • Project MUSE Search UW restricted - scholarly journals, multidisciplinary
  • ProQuest Research Library UW restricted - scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers
  • Historical Abtracts UW restricted - scholarly journals in European history
  • America History & Life UW restricted - scholarly sources in U.S. history
    
• Websites
  • Voice of the Shuttle Art & Art History Page
  • Google Advanced Search , Google Scholar, and Google Search Tips
    • keep in mind that the sources you find on the "wider web" may not be scholarly or peer reviewed - the responsibility is yours to verify the credibility/authority of these sources (you can see if the author is recognized in their field as an expert, review their publishing record, etc.)
      

 

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The Visual Resources Curator, Denise Hattwig, is also available to help patrons with image research.