Getting
Started
The majority of art resources are located in the Richard
J. Daley Library.
If you need assistance in the Daley Library, stop by the Reference
Desk on the 2nd floor, or call (312) 996-2726.
To ask a librarian a question online, click
here.
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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Contemporary Artists, 4th ed. Joanne Cerrito, ed.
New York: St. James Press, 1996.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N6490 .C6567 1996b
Contemporary Masterworks. Colin Naylor, ed. Chicago:
St. James Press, 1991.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) *N6490 .C65675 1991
The Dictionary of Art. Jane Turner, ed. New York:
Grove, 1996.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N31 .D5 1996
An online version is also available from the Library's Web pages. To
access it from the Library's homepage, select "Electronic
Resources-Alphabetical List" from the "QUICK LINKS/ShortCuts" pull-down
menu. Choose the Grove
Dictionary of Art Online from the list.
Dictionary of Women Artists. Delia Gaze, ed. London:
Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N8354 .D53 1997
Encyclopedia of World Art. Bernard Samuel Meyers, ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) *N31 .E533
International Dictionary of Art and Artists. James
Vinson, ed. Chicago: St. James Press, 1990.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N40 .I55 1990
The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Hugh Brigstocke,
ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N5300 .O942 2001
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Digitized Art Image Database
The
AMICA Library Note: some versions/configurations
of browsers and operating systems are currently incompatible
The AMICA Library image database contains more than 114,000 digitized
images of works of art from around the world. Broad coverage of media
(paintings, textiles, decorative art, etc.), time periods (6000 B.C.E.
to the present), and cultures (Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas).
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Directories
American Art Directory. New York: R.R. Bowker.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N50 .A54
Latest edition is located in Reference; earlier editions are located in the
Book Stacks on the 4th floor south.
International Directory of Arts. Berlin: Deutsche
Zentraldruckerei.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N50 .I6
Latest edition is located in Reference; earlier editions are located in the
Book Stacks on the 4th floor south.
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Research Guides
Art Research Methods and Resources: a Guide to Finding Art
Information, 2nd ed. Lois Swan Jones. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt,
1984.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N85 .J64 1984
Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to
Use It. Lois Swan Jones. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1999.
Daley Library - Reference / 2nd floor (non-circulating) N59 .J66 1999
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Finding Books
Use UICCAT,
the online catalog, to locate books in the UIC Libraries on a particular art
topic. Search by the following methods:
Any Word Anywhere
Do NOT use and, or, not between search terms. To search phrases, use quotes.
Results are ranked by relevancy. For example:
history sculpture italy
"baroque painting"
Boolean Search
Use and, or, not between your terms to combine. To search phrases, use quotes.
For example:
collage or "found objects"
"Renaissance art" and sculpture
Browse Subject
Use Library of Congress Subject Headings. *You must know the subject headings
in order to search by them.* For example:
Art, American 20th century
Outsider art
Da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1519
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Books and Periodicals on Art and Architecture are shelved
under "N" in the Library of Congress Classification
System.
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Finding Articles
To find journal articles on an art topic, use an index. Electronic
indexes are available on the Library's Web pages. From the Library's homepage, select "Electronic Resources-Alphabetical List" from the "QUICK LINKS/ShortCuts" pull-down menu.
Art
Abstracts
This database provides comprehensive abstracting and indexing of more than 370 international
art publications. It is also available in print as Art Index. New York:
H.W. Wilson Co.
Daley Library Reference, Index tables Z5937 .A78
ARTbibliographies
Modern
This database provides abstracts of articles and other materials on modern and
contemporary art.
Humanities
Abstracts
This database indexes more than 500 periodicals covering art and
the performing arts, as well as other humanities.
In addition, these print indexes are available:
RILA. New York: College Art Association of America.
Daley Library Reference Z5937 .R16
Bibliography of the History of Art: BHA. Santa Monica:
J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Art History Information Program.
Daley Library reference Z5937 .B53
Please note that UIC Libraries do not own every journal listed
in these indexes. Consult UICCAT to verify our holdings.
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Internet Resources
Architecture
and the Arts: UIC University Library
UIC School of Art
& Design
UIC Department of Art History
ADAM, the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway
The Art Institute of Chicago
Artcyclopedia
CAMEO Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online
Getty
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Getty
Union List of Artist Names
Getty
Provenance Index Databases
National Endowment for the
Arts (NEA)
Metropolitan
Museum of Art - Educational Resources: Online resources
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