Art Resources

Find Books | Find Journals | Indexes & Abstracts  Find Full Text Articles | Reference Books and Printed Indexes  Grammar and Style Guides | Recommended Websites Find Books Framingham State College Library Catalog Owned by FSC and 40+ area libraries, FSC online library catalog provides access to information about books and other materials. World Cat                                                   Off-campus World Catalog indexes books and electronic resources owned by over 10,000 libraries worldwide, including Internet sites, by name and subject via FirstSearch. FirstSearch provides online access to more than 30 databases.   Find Journals Full-Text Electronic Journal Finder The Full Text Electronic Journal Finder helps you locate full text journals by title that are in the online periodical databases held by FSC's Whittemore Library. Use this if you know the name of a particular journal and want to see if the library has full-text access online.  Indexes & Abstracts   [top of page] If you are off-campus, please choose the off-campus button to access a database. You will be directed to the login page and then the database list.  Please login using your campus network username and password. Art Abstracts (1984 - present)                                 Off-campus Through FirstSearch. Some abstracts and citations of articles in international publications on topics including art history, architecture, photography, the decorative arts, film, and video.  Dissertation Abstracts (1861 - present)               Off-campus Through FirstSearch.  Abstracts from 1980.  US, Canadian, British, and other European theses and dissertations.  Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1980 - present)  Off-campus Through FirstSearch.   Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals.    Find Full Text Articles    [top of page] Academic Search Premier  (1965 - present)             Off-campus Full text reference database. Includes about 4700 journals of which 3600 are peer reviewed journals. Full text art journals include Art Bulletin and Art History.   Expanded Academic ASAP  (1980 - present)            Off-campus Full-text and citation reference database.  Art Journal and Art in America full text online.    Reference Books and Printed Indexes    [top of page]                                                          The Grove Dictionary of Art,  34 Vols.  (Ref N 31 .D5 1996)    Location: Reference Room Art Index, 1929+     Location: Index Area BHA, (Bibliography of the History of Art) v. 2 1992-1998, Continues RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of the History of Art) 1975-1989  Location: Index Area   Grammar & Style Guides      [top of page] Cite a Source Provides examples for bibliography lists for the APA, Chicago, and MLA style formats.   Bibliographies & Works Cited Pages A list of websites that contain rules and examples for bibliography lists in the APA, CBE, Chicago, MLA, Turabian, and other styles.     Recommended Websites   [top of page] Art sites on Del.icio.us Websites recommended by the Framingham State Community  Voice of the Shuttle Site with links to both modern and contemporary art as well as museums and auctions. The Mother of All Art History Links Links to art history departments, research collections, and images. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History World art by time period along with special topics categories. ArtLex Art Dictionary Definitions for terms used in discussing art. Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend Real lives of individual saints. Catholic Encyclopedia Full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action, and doctrine. Art Source Networked resources on art and architecture.   Artcyclopedia A guide to great art on the Internet, includes images. Artchive Online art museum with several galleries and many images. National Gallery of Art Information on National Gallery of Art including exhibitions, programs, events and images. Institute of Museum and Library Services    Hundreds of good digital collections can be searched.   Art Images for College Teaching This site is created by art historian, Allan T. Kohl of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.  It includes a wide range of images available for free use in the public domain including sculpture, and architecture with an emphasis on the ancient, medieval, and the Renaissance in Europe.  Images are downloadable from the Web site.     Library Home Page | FSC Home Page Art and Music Department Home Page | E-Resources by Subject   Created by Sandra Rothenberg, Henry Whittemore Library, Framingham State College Comments and feedback to: srothenberg@frc.mass.edu