The C. B. Newton Library

Research Guide - Art and Art History -

Altamira Cave, Spain
Picture by: theT.E.I. of Athens

The recommendations listed below represent some, but certainly not all, of the library resources worth exploring as you being a research assignment in this subject area. Please consult your teacher and/or a librarian for further suggestions.

Print Resources: Reference Collections

Begin with encyclopedias and reference works specific to your subject matter:

Call No. Title

N31 .D5 1996 Grove Dictionary of Art (34 v.)

N31 .E4833 Encyclopedia of World Art (15 v.)

N5300 .G25 1996 Art Through the Ages (Helen Gardner, revised edition)

N5300 .J3 1997 History of Art (Janson, 5^th edition)

N5300 .O946 2000 Oxford History of Western Art

N6370 .E53 1999 Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist Art (2 v.)

N6502 .F53 2000 Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art (2 v.)

Print Resources: Circulating Collections

Use the library Library Catalog (IPAC) to find additional resources from the circulating collections. Subject headings in library catalogs follow standardized formats, in Pingry's case Library of Congress Subject Headings. Plan your searches thinking about this organization.

Sample Subject Heading: Art, Ancient - Greece
Impressionism (art) - France--History

Keyword Search: "Italian Renaissance" as keywords will retrieve
records about he historical period as well as the art.

Subscription Databases: (From the Pingry Library Web Page

Ebscohost	Periodical articles and abstracts, especially Academic Search Elite
Encyclopedia Britannica	General background information
GaleNet	Discovering Collection - general background information History Resource Center: United States History Resource Center: Modern World
Grove Dictionary of Art	a comprehensive art history encyclopedia, with articles representing the work of over 6800 scholars from the art community. Also contains the Bridgeman Library, a rich resource for art images.
Proquest	Periodical articles and abstracts, including the New York Times and Proquest Historical Newspapers
SIRS Knowledge Source	The component entitled SIRS Renaissance contains full-text humanities periodical articles in the arts.
Wilson Web	Biography Reference Bank contains data on the artists and the Amico Library features images of many artworks.