Research Guide (Art History) Santa Rosa Junior College

ART HISTORY: Locating Art Reproductions

Typical Research Flow
Reference	Books	Articles	Web	Associations	Citing

This research guide highlights some sources used for locating information. Consult with a Reference librarian for further assistance or for help in locating the information needed.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks
The following Reference Sources should be helpful in locating background information:

Art of Our Century

Mahoney REF/N/6490/.A8913/1989

A Biographical Dictionary of Artists

Mahoney REF/N/40/.B53/1995

General Editor, Sir Lawrence Gowing

Church Symbolism

Doyle REF/BV/150/.W4/1938

Explains the important symbols of the Old and New Testament.

A Dictionary of Pictorial Subjects from Classical Literature

Doyle REF/N/7760/.P68/1983

Lists objects and people that appear in classical works of art and gives the myth or legend with which they are associated.

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/7740/.H35

Explains many of the Judeo-Christian and classical symbols found in European art.

Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art

Mahoney REF/N/7740/.C29/1995

Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art

Mahoney REF/N/6490/.C5317/1998

Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/7560/.E53/1998 (2 vols.)

Themes depicted in works of art.

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance

Doyle REF/CB/361/.B43/1987

Identifies important Renaissance artists, their subjects and patrons. Includes some illustrations.

Encyclopedia of World Art

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/31/.E533

On the reference shelves, contains thousands of reproductions. Look up your artist or art work in the index volume. Note that the reproductions in this work appear in the back half of each volume.

Gods and Heroes in Art

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/7565/.I47/2003

Gods and Heroes of Classical Antiquity

Mahoney REF/N/7760/.A34/1996

Gospel Figures in Art

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/7565/.Z84/2003

Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/7740/.H35/1994

Medieval Art: A Tropical Dictionary

Mahoney REF/N/7850/.R67/1996

The Oxford Companion to Art

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/33/.O9/1970

Saints in Art

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/7565/.G56/2003

These volumes illustrate hundreds of art works and analyze them with useful information on both the works and their sources.

The Greek Myths

Mahoney REF/BL/781/.G65/1984

Who did what to whom, and why, in classical times.

A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art

Doyle REF/N/7760/.W3/1969

Primarily a retelling of the legends of the Christian saints as illustrated in particular European paintings.

Lives of the Saints

Doyle & Mahoney REF/BX/4654/.B8/1956

Legends of the Christian saints.

Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture

Doyle & Mahoney REF/N/7830/.M87/1996

The Christian tradition in western art.

Symbolism; a Comprehensive Dictionary

Doyle REF/CB/475/.O38/1986

Gives the meanings of many attributes and emblems as used in works of art.

Symbols; Our Universal Language

Doyle REF/CR/29/.H3

Gives the origins and meanings of Christian and pagan symbols.

Who's Who in the Bible

Doyle REF/BS/571/.C54/1981

Call Numbers to Browse:

N thru NK

The following Reference subscription Electronic Databases can also be helpful:

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
ARTstor	Grove Art Online

Access databases from: SRJC Articles & Databases http://www.santarosa.edu/library/ftdb. Off campus access requires a user name and PIN number. Apply for a PIN.

Books Top
The SRJC Library Catalog lists books under author, title and subject. Choose a subject option from the catalog menu and type in either the name of the art movement with which your artist is associated e.g., Surrealism, or type in the art genre and nationality that are appropriate for your art work, e.g., Sculpture-Greek, Painting-French. The following subject headings should contain useful information:

AESTHETICS	MODERNISM
ART	PAINTING
ART APPRECIATION	PAINTING-ABSTRACT
ART HISTORY	PAINTING, BAROQUE-ITALY
CHURCH BUILDINGS IN ART	PRIMITIVISM IN ART
GLASS BLOWING	SCULPTURE

Access the SRJC Library Catalog at:http://library.santarosa.edu Select the "Exact Subject Heading" Search Type and type in any of the subject headings.

Magazines and Newspaper Articles Top
The library subscribes to a variety of electronic databases to help you locate articles in popular magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers. The following databases should contain information on your subject:

Expanded Academic ASAP(Info Trac)	All ProQuest Databases
ProQuest Research Library	SIRS Researcher

Access databases from: SRJC Articles & Databases http://www.santarosa.edu/library/ftdb. OFF campus access requires a user name and PIN number. Apply for a Pin.

The library has print copies of the following magazines of particular interest:

African Arts	ArtNews
American Heritage	Arts and Architecture
American Indian Art Magazine	Artweek
Artforum	Leonardo
Art History	Smithsonian
Art International	Saudi Aramco World

To locate other titles subscribed to by the SRJC Libraries (in print and in electronic databases) go to the:
Library Periodicals List

Web Resources Top
The following selected websites should be helpful in finding information:

SRJC Internet Resources by Subject:

Art: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/Refs/art.shtml

Librarians' Internet Index:

Art
http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=Art&ss=1

The World Wide Web has no standards, quality and reliability of Information and can vary greatly.

Access How To Evaluate Information Resources: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/eval.shtml

Associations and Organizations Top
Use these websites to locate organizations and associations:

Associations on the Net http://www.ipl.org/div/aon

This guide offers access to many scholarly and trade organization/association websites. The directory lists broad categories allowing you to select more narrow subheadings.

Scholarly Societies Project http://www.scholarly-societies.org/subjects_soc.html

This website provides access by subject to national and international societies with scholarly, academic, or research goals. There are strict guidelines for resource inclusion and a URL stability ranking for each website.

Citing Sources Top
For assistance in using the citation style required by your instructor, check the following citation guides:

MLA (Modern Language Association)

APA (American Psychological Association

Other Styles:(Chicago, Turabian, CBE, and more.)

Access any of these guides from: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/Refs/cite.shtml

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Last updated: November 15, 2006	Questions and Comments: Phyllis Usina