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- Academic OneFile
- Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles on the physical sciences, technology, medicine,
social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Integrated with Web of
Science for access to cited references.
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- Art Bibliographies Modern
- Covering art, including the theatre arts, since 1974, this database includes information about the period from the late nineteenth century through the present.
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- America: History and Life
- Complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada
from prehistory to the present, covering all key English-language historical
journals from 1964 to present
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- Bibliography of the History of Art
- Indexes and abstracts articles, art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs and covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present.
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- ERIC (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Provides extensive access to educational-related literature including coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs from 1966 to present.
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- Film & Television Literature Index
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This database covers a broad range of subjects in the television and film industries and is designed for film scholars, college students, and general viewers. Subjects covered include film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
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- Historical Abstracts
- Complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). In addition to including the key historical journals from virtually every major country, Historical Abstracts includes a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history.
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- Ingenta
- Offers access to research article summaries from over 25,000 publications.
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- InfoTrac OneFile
- One-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics, including history and containing many full-text articles, covering 1980 to present.
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- JSTOR
- Not-for-profit organization providing a fully searchable electronic database containing the archives of 117 major research journals covering 15 academic disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
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- LearningExpress Library
- Comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests.
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- Philosopher's Index
- Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Coverage began in 1940.
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- Wilson OmniFile Fullltext Mega Edition
- Multidisciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing,
abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases,
including Humanities Full Text. Some full text articles from Art
Full Text are also included. Coverage begins in 1982 for indexing,
in 1984 for abstracting, and in 1994
for full text.
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Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition
- WorldCat
- Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide; contains more than 62 million records.
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Selected Web Sites
- Art History WWW Resources.
- A general art history portal.
- http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/chart/duffy2.html
- Artifact
- An internet resource catalog providing searchable access to a collection of high quality online resources and web sites. Each site has been chosen by subject specialists for its relevance to further and higher education teaching, learning and research in the arts and creative industries.
- http://www.artifact.ac.uk/index.php
- ArtSource
- A gathering point for networked resources on art and architecture. The content is diverse and includes pointers to resources around the net as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc. This site is intended to be selective, rather than comprehensive.
- http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html
- Mother of All Art History Link Page
- The site name says it all!
- http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/
- Voice of the Shuttle
- Index to vetted web sites in architecture, art (modern and contemporary), art history and photography.
- http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp
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ETSU Departmental Web Sites
- Art and Design
- http://art.etsu.edu/
- Design Graphics, Digital Media
- http://avl.etsu.edu/
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Selected Bibliography
- American art annual. Who's who in American art. Who was who in American art : compiled from the original thirty-four volumes of American art annual--Who's who in art, biographies of American artists active from 1898-1947.
- Falk, Peter H.
- Madison, Conn: Sound View Press, 1985.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) N6512 .F26 1985.
- Fine and applied arts terms index.
- Urdang, Laurence.
- Detroit, Mich: Gale Research Co, 1983.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) N34 .U72 1983.
- McGraw-Hill dictionary of art.
- New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) N33 .M23.
- On creativity.
- Bohm, David.
- London ; New York: Routledge, 2003.
- E-Books from NetLibrary
- http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=93072
- The Oxford companion to art.
- Oxford: Clarendon P, 1970.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) N33 .O9.
- The Oxford companion to twentieth-century art.
- Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) N6490 .O94.
- The Thames and Hudson dictionary of art terms.
- Lucie-Smith, Edward.
- London ; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1984.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) N33 .L75 1984.
- World artists, 1950-1980 : an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary.
- Marks, Claude.
- New York: H.W. Wilson, 1984.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) N6489 .M37 1984.
