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

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).

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.

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

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

Books and Periodicals on Art and Architecture are shelved under "N" in the Library of Congress Classification System.

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.