Washington and Lee University
| Producer: | Wilson/Ebsco | |
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| Description: | Offers full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications. The database covers fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture, and also includes a database-specific thesaurus. | |
| Usage Tips: |
You may search for variations on a term by entering a minimum of the first three letters of the term followed by an asterisk (*). Example: exhibit* finds exhibit, exhibits, exhibition, exhibitions, etc. | |
| Tutorial: | http://support.ebsco.com/help/?int=ehost&lang=en&feature_id=none&TOC_ID=Always&SI=0&BU=0&GU=1&PS=0&ver=live&dbs= | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General | |
Art Index Retrospective (Info)
Connect to: Art Index Retrospective
| Producer: | Wilson/Ebsco | |
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| Description: | ArtIndex Retrospective is the backfile (1929-1984) to the Art Full Text database. | |
| Tutorial: | http://support.ebsco.com/help/?int=ehost&lang=en&feature_id=none&TOC_ID=Always&SI=0&BU=0&GU=1&PS=0&ver=live&dbs= | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture | |
Bibliography Of The History Of Art (BHA) (Info)
Connect to: Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
| Producer: | AHIP/J. Paul Getty Trust & INIST/CNRS | |
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| Description: | BHA is the most comprehensive art bibliography available worldwide, covering European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present.
Dates of coverage: 1975-2009 (this is a closed database, with no new records being added) BHA on the Getty Web site offers both basic and advanced search modules, and can be searched easily by subject, artist, author, article or journal title, and other elements. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture | |
Connect to: Historical Abstracts
| Producer: | EBSCOhost | |
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| Description: | HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS is the most comprehensive database to literature on history outside of North America. Comprised of about 700,000 citations of articles (from about 1,700 journals of history and social science), books, book reviews, dissertations, and other materials in 40 languages on history since about 1450 of areas outside the United States and Canada. Most cited items have been published since the 1960s. The database is updated monthly. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching may be done in all fields at once or limited by specific fields. Searching may be limited by historical period, language, type of publication or year of publication. You may also limit searches to entries with full text only. Output may be e-mailed or printed. | |
| Librarian: | Vaughan Stanley | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General African-American Studies Medieval and Renaissance Studies Poverty Studies History -- Outside U.S. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies East Asian Studies | |
| Producer: | Associated Press / Ebsco | |
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| Description: | This database is used primarily for finding photographs from the Associated Press, but other information formats (audio, text, etc.) are accessible via the "More Media" options, near the top of the screen. The photography archive includes over 6 million photographs from the U.S. and elsewhere, all available moments after they move on the AP's spot photo system. | |
| Usage Tips: | Important: There are copyright-related limits to your uses of these photos. See this detailed statement.
Two Search options are displayed at the top of each screen. Please note that each search option applies only to the collection currently displayed on the screen. So, for example, if you want to search through older photographs, you must select the "Historical Photos" collection. The basic search option -- the box at the top of the page -- enables you to search for one or more terms or names, as well as to stipulate when an image was added to the database (not the date of an event). The Advanced search option (upper right) allows you to stipulate when and where a photo was taken, as well as other categories of information. To find entries containing two or more terms, simply enter the terms. For example, alabama selma finds entries containing both of those terms. To find entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the search terms within quotation marks. For example, "selma alabama" finds only entries containing that multi-word phrase. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Journalism and Mass Communications | |
| Producer: | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | |
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| Description: | ARTstor is a continually growing library of art images, including data. Currently, ARTstor contains over a million art images. | |
| Usage Tips: |
To learn how to use ARTStor to its fullest advantage, go to ARTStor's Help menu. YouTube has various short instructional videos that are excellent. You must REGISTER first if you want to save image groups or use ARTstor off-campus. Downloading the Offline Image Viewer(OIV) is necessary to create presentations.
Saving images For Technical Help, contact the Instructional Technology Services at x8098 or contact Yolanda Merrill in the library at x8662. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Music Art and Architecture Classics History -- United States Humanities - General Literature and Language Religion Theater Medieval and Renaissance Studies History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies East Asian Studies | |
Art History: The Key Concepts (Info)
Connect to: Art History: The Key Concepts
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | 2006 volume contains entries on over 200 terms integral to the historical and theoretical study of art, design and culture in general, covering the development, present status and future direction of art history. | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and a copy of the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. To see the list of entries, click on the plus-sign (+) above "The Key Concepts" and then click on the entry you want. You also can browse the book's Index by clicking on "Index" in the left-hand column and then clicking on the appropriate page number. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. If that icon does not appear, point your cursor in the blank green space above the book text and right-click on your mouse to display the "Print" option to be able to print the page on the screen. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture | |
Design: The Key Concepts (Info)
Connect to: Design: The Key Concepts
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | 2007 guide to practice, theory, and history of design. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
Click on the tiny plus-sign [+] immediately beneath "Introduction" in the table of contents to open the alphabetical listing of entries. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture | |
Dictionary Of Architecture And Landscape Architecture (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
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| Description: | Revised edition (2006) of James Stevens Curl's 1999 Dictionary of Architecture, now with over 6,000 entries. | |
| Usage Tips: | The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the " Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "venetian blind". To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) as a wild-card term. Example: friend* will find friend, friends, friendship, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Art & Architecture"). | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture | |
Dictionary Of Art Historians (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of Art Historians
| Producer: | Duke University | |
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| Description: | This database is designed to give researchers a beginning point to learning the background of major art historians of western art history. The Dictionary of Art Historians is a work in progress. Entries which contain an historian's name and little else are yet to be completed. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General | |
Greenwood Encyclopedia Of Clothing Through World History (Info)
Connect to: Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through World History
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Three volume-set (2007) contains essays covering the history of clothing throughout the world from pre-historic times to 2006. Coverage is chronological and the above link takes you to Volume 1. Links to each volume:
Volume 1, Pre-History to 1500; Volume 2, 1500 to 1800; Volume 3, 1800 to the present. | |
| Usage Tips: | Click on "Contents" (left column) in each volume for a listing of sections and links to opening pages.
Each volume has its own alphabetically-arranged index (left column). For further help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture History -- United States Anthropology and Archaeology Theater History -- Outside U.S. | |
Greenwood Encyclopedia Of Homes Through American History (Info)
Connect to: Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through American History
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Four-volume set (2008) is divided into ten historical periods, placed in context by brief historical overviews of each period, covering styles of domestic architecture, home design, building materials, landscaping, furniture and decoration, and more. You may view a form of the table of contents.
The link above takes you only to Volume 1. Here are links to each volume: Volume 1 -- 1492-1820 Volume 2 -- 1821-1900 Volume 3 -- 1901-1945 Volume 4 -- 1946-Present | |
| Usage Tips: | There is no index covering all four volumes and the "Search" option at the top of screen searches only the volume you are currently viewing. Each of the four volumes includes its own index, listed at the bottom of that volume's table of contents (lower left).
For further help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture History -- United States | |
Grove Encyclopedia Of Decorative Arts (Info)
Connect to: Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
| Producer: | Oxford | |
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| Description: | Contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures. | |
| Usage Tips: | Click on HELP for detailed search tips. | |
| Librarian: | Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture | |
Grove Encyclopedia Of Islamic Art And Architecture (Info)
Connect to: Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
| Producer: | Oxford University Press, 2009 | |
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| Description: | This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, the Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art. Edited by Jonathan M. Bloom and Sheila S. Blair. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may search this encyclopedia by putting keywords into the Search box. You can also browse the entry listing by clicking on the Browse button. For images of Islamic art, go to our main image database ARTstor | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Religion Medieval and Renaissance Studies History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies | |
| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
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| Description: | One-stop searching of four major art encyclopedias and dictionaries.
The Oxford Companion to Western Art Encyclopedia of Aesthetics The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms | |
| Usage Tips: | To learn how to best search Oxford Art Online, consult the Help menu at the top right of the database's pages. | |
| Tutorial: | http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/page/guided_tour | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Classics | |
Oxford Dictionary Of American Art And Artists (Info)
Connect to: Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | One volume (2007) contains over 900 alphabetically-arranged entries on artists, sculptors, photographers, institutions, schools, events, techniques, styles, and movements important to American art from colonial times to contemporary postmodernism. | |
| Usage Tips: | The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database.
If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the "Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) as a wild-card term. Example: photograph* will find photograph, photographs, photographer, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Art & Architecture"). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture | |
Routledge Religion Online (Info)
Connect to: Routledge Religion Online
| Producer: | Routledge | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Consists of the contents of about 30 reference works (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical sources) on many aspects of religious studies. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may search the entire database or any individual works. The default search covers the complete text of the database.
To search for entries containing two or more words, simply type the two words. Example: dance ghost finds entries containing both words. To search for entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "ghost dance" To find only entries whose titles contain your search terms, click on the "Headings" option. To limit your search to only one or several individual works, click on "Deselect All" (bottom of search page) and then click on the desired titles. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General Physics and Engineering Religion Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology | |
Who's Who In American Art (Info)
Connect to: Who's Who in American Art
| Producer: | Marquis | |
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| Description: | Who's Who in American Art has over 14,000 biographies of the most noteworthy men and women in today's art world - including notable artists from the past. Use this unique database to quickly locate artists, critics, curators, administrators, librarians, historians, collectors, conservators, educators, dealers - everyone that's anyone in the visual arts in North America. Search from among today's leading artists using any combination of the following criteria: name, profession, media, gender, birth information and keyword. Biographies are displayed in an easy-to-read format with subject headings that include classification, media, birth information, education, exhibitions, business and professional positions, honors and awards, and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | NOTE: The link does not go directly to Who's Who in American Art, but is located in the left column on the Marquis Who's Who on the Web site. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture | |
| Producer: | OCLC | |
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| Description: | Database consisting of the records of hundreds of library catalogs, including records and location information for about 1.5 billion books, theses and dissertations, video and sound recordings, and other materials. (Multiple records may exist for any one title.)
A free "quick-and-dirty" form of the database is available as WorldCat.org. WorldCat Identities is a new service (2010) consisting of "profiles of the approximately 20 million personal or corporate authors" from the information in the database. | |
| Usage Tips: | Plurals To search for both the singular and plural forms of a word, type a plus-sign (+) at the end of the word. Example: congress+
Other truncation You may search for variations on a term by entering a minimum of the first three letters of the term followed by an asterisk (*). Example: congress* finds congress, congressman, congressional, etc. Combining Terms To search for citations containing two or more particular terms, simply type both words. Example: congress* reform* | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General | |
Connect to: p4A Antiques Reference
| Producer: | p4A.com | |
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| Description: | Access to this database has been graciously provided by Mr. Kent D. Anderson, Law Class of 1973, as a donation to the W&L Friends of the Library. The information in this database is drawn from about 50 leading regional auction house throughout the United States, plus other selected specialist auctions. It is routinely used to estimate the value of similar items for sale, for purchase, or for insurance purposes; to substantiate a formal appraisal; to assist in a family division of property, or to learn what was paid for a specific item listed in the database. All items are provided with zoomable pictures and reference information. | |
| Usage Tips: | Note: The Table of Contents shows a helpful classification of the items, indicating the breath and depth of the database. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General | |