• Books in Miller Library:
  
  
  • Reference:
    
    
    • Online:
      
      
      • ARTstor
        • image library covering art, architecture and archeology
        • 300,000 high-definition images dating from 3000 BC to the present
          
          
      • Grove Dictionary of Art Online
        • most authoritative art reference source
          
          
      • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
      • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
      • A Dictionary of Architecture
      • A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
      • Encyclopedia Britannica
      • The Oxford Companion to Western Art
      • The Oxford Dictionary of Art
        
        
    • Print:
      
      
      • Atlas of World Art
      • Art In The Modern Era : A Guide To Styles, Schools & Movements 1860 To The Present
      • Encyclopedia Of Latin American & Caribbean Art
      • Encyclopedia of World Art
      • The Prestel Dictionary Of Art And Artists Of The 20th Century
      • Encyclopedia Of Comparative Iconography : Themes Depicted In Works Of Art
      • Dutch Art : An Encyclopedia
      • Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art
      • The Oxford Guide To Classical Mythology In The Arts, 1300-1990s
      • The Thames And Hudson Encyclopaedia Of Impressionism
         
      
      
• Books in the main collection:
  
  
  • Subject search (Library of Congress classification system):
    
    
    • Fine Arts = N's
    • start with major headings and then skim the subheadings
      
      
    • suggested subject headings:
      
      
      • Art History (search "art history" in general)
      • Art -- United States (search "art" followed by country or location)
      • Impressionism (search by art movement)
        
        
    • and individual artists as subjects, e.g., Vermeer (24 entries)
      
      
  • keyWord search (searches the title, contents, series, etc.):
    • Vermeer as keyword search (28 entries)
      
      
  • Author search: Vermeer as author (6 entries)
    
    
    
• Books outside Miller Library:
  
  
  • Other libraries:
    
    
    • U of MD libraries
    • U of DE
    • Library of Congress
      
      
  • WorldCat
    • most distinguished database of catalogued books in the world
    • searches over 52 million records held by academic libraries worldwide
      
      
  • For books not in the library, please order through Interlibrary Loan
    • free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks

• Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ general and academic journals, including art history
  • coverage from 1985+
  • mostly full-text
  • direct export to RefWorks
    
    
• Art Abstracts
  • indexes and abstracts 450+ international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins
  • focuses on a broad range of art topics, including advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film, architecture and art history
  • coverage from 1984+
  • direct export to RefWorks
    
    
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch)
  • indexes 1,300+ leading arts and humanities journals
  • indexes articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more
  • coverage from 1980+
  • mostly citation; some full-text
  • direct export to RefWorks
    
    
• JSTOR
  • indexes 440+ of the most prestigious scholarly journals, including 37 in art and art history
  • list of indexed art journals
  • provides all years of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years
  • full-text
  • direct export to RefWorks
    
    
• Project MUSE
  • 250+ scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities
  • coverage from 1983+
  • mostly full-text
  • direct export to RefWorks
  
  
• WilsonWeb
  • 3,500+ general and academic journals, including art history
  • two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega; Humanities & Social Sci Retro
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega: indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text in 1994
  • Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984
  • 1,750 journals are full-text
  • direct export to RefWorks
    
    
• Check journal titles in E-Journal Holdings , the library's list of full-text electronic periodicals
  
  
• For articles not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan
  • free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks

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• Lexis-Nexis Academic
  • 5,900+ national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
  • full-text
    
    
• New York Times (1851-2004)
  • all issues of the NYT from 1851-2004 (for more recent years please consult Lexis-Nexis Academic or the library's current print subscription)
  • includes all news articles, illustrations, editorials, and advertising
  • provides PDF reproductions and ASCII text versions of the original pages
  • text is fully searchable
  • full-text
    
    
• Washington Post (1877-1991)
  • all issues of the NYT from 1877-1991 (for more recent years please consult Lexis-Nexis Academic or the library's current print subscription)
  • includes all news articles, illustrations, editorials, and advertising
  • provides PDF reproductions and ASCII text versions of the original pages
  • text is fully searchable
  • full-text

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• Art Museum Network
  
  
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Louvre Museum
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• National Gallery of Art
• National Museum of American Art
• Museum d'Orsay
• Rijksmuseum
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• State Hermitage Museum
• Virtual Uffizi Gallery
• Whitney Museum of American Art
  
  
• Art History Resources on the Web (Sweet Briar College)
• Mother of all Art and Art History Links Page (U. Michigan)
  

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• Hacker Online
  • examples
    
    
• RefWorks
  • online research management and writing tool