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Art Research Guide


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Use this research guide as a starting point for finding books, articles, and Internet sites related to art.

Use the Books/Videos, Articles and Web sites tabs to find sources for general art. Use the Discipline tab to find books, journals and Web sites by area (architecture, graphic design, photography, sculpture/ceramics).

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Reference Books, Periodicals and Internet Sources by Area:
Architecture | Graphic Design | Photography | Sculpture/Ceramics

Architecture

Reference Books

All areas of Architecture – REF NA 1 - REF NA 9428
(To browse the books you can check out, look through the same call number range on the second floor.)

Periodicals

Click here for a list of the paper and electronic journals available to SCC users in architecture.

Internet Source

Librarian's Index to the Internet - Architecture
A comprehensive subject directory to Web sites in the area of Architecture.


Graphic Design and Communications

Reference Books

Design – REF NC 1 - REF NC 1940
Graphic communications in print media – REF Z 116 - REF Z 265.5
(To browse the books you can check out, look through the same call number ranges on the second floor.)

Periodicals

Click here for a list of the paper and electronic journals available to SCC users in graphic design.

The list below only reflects currently received paper journals, on the SCC shelves, and is only a small sampling of journals available to you. Click on the above link to view all available titles.

Communication Arts Nov 1995-present (back issues shelved at NC 997 .A1 C2
How Oct 1994-present
Step Inside Design Jul/Aug 2002-present


Internet Source

Librarian's Index to the Internet - Graphic Arts
Offers links to Web sites in the area of graphic arts and communications.


Photography

Reference Books

All areas of Photography – REF TR 1 - REF TR 1050
(To browse the books you can check out, look through the same call number range on the second floor.)

Periodicals

Click here for a list of the paper and electronic journals available to SCC users in photography.

The list below only reflects currently received paper journals, on the SCC shelves, and is only a small sampling of journals available to you. Click on the above link to view all available titles.

Aperture Winter 2001-present
Blind Spot Fall/Winter 2003-present
Communication Arts Nov 1995-present (back issues shelved at NC 997 .A1 C2)
Exposure 1996-present

Internet Sources

American Museum of Photography

History of Photography (beginning to 1920)

Prints and Photographs Reading Room
Access to 65% of the Library of Congress' print and photograph collection. Items are from many eras of US history.

 


Sculpture/Ceramics


Reference Books

All areas of Sculpture – REF NB 1 - REF NB 1952

Periodicals

Click here for a list of the paper and electronic journals available to SCC users in art.

The list below only reflects currently received paper journals, on the SCC shelves, and is only a small sampling of journals available to you. Click on the above link to view all available titles.

Ceramics Monthly Jan 1996-present
+ online Sept. 1996-present
Clay Times

Nov/Dec 2000-present

Sculpture Review Winter 1998-present

Internet Source

Librarian's Index to the Internet – Sculpture
Links to information about sculptors and sculpture. Browse through the list of recommended sites covering sculpture from multiple time periods.