CNW 102-70

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American Illustration and Illustrators

I. Book Sources:
Books in Miller Library: Reference: Online: ARTstor Encyclopaedia Britannica Grove Dictionary of Art Online The Oxford Companion to United States History Print: The Britannica Encyclopedia Of American Art Dictionary of American Biography Dictionary Of American Painters, Sculptors, And Engravers Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 Dictionary Of Contemporary American Artists Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art Encyclopedia Of World Art Who Was Who In American Art Who's Who in American Art Books in the main collection: Subject search uses Library of Congress subject headings Fine Arts = N's , particularly NC start with major headings and then skim the subheadings, e.g.: Artists -- United States Illustration of books -- United States Illustrators -- United States Cartoonists -- United States Caricatures and cartoons -- United States Painters -- United States Political cartoons and individual artists as subjects, e.g., Wyeth, N. C. (1 entry found) keyWord search in the title, contents, series, etc., e.g.: Wyeth, N. C. (8 entries found) Author search, e.g.: Wyeth, N. C. (7 entries found) 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, order through Interlibrary Loan free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks back to top
II. Scholarly and General Interest Sources:
Academic Search Premier 4,500+ general and academic journals coverage 1985+ mostly full-text America: History and Life the professional index for US and Canadian history historical coverage of the US and Canada from prehistory to the present indexes 2,000+ scholarly journals abstracts; some links to full-text coverage from 1954+ Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch) indexes 1,300+ arts and humanities journals indexes articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more mostly citation; some full-text coverage from 1980+ JSTOR 440+ scholarly journals complete run of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years full-text Project MUSE 250+ scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities coverage from 1983+ mostly full-text WilsonWeb 3,500+ general and academic journals 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 Check journal titles in Journal Finder, 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 back to top
III. Government Sources:
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (Library of Congress) Cabinet of American Illustration (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog) National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution) National Gallery of Art back to top
IV. Newspaper Sources:
New York Times (1851-2001) the complete newspaper (text, graphs, photos, etc.) in digital form back to top
V. Web Sites:
American Illustrators Gallery American Studies at the University of Virginia: Current Exhibits National Museum of American Illustration America in Caricature 1765-1865 Society of Illustrators Google Directory's Illustration links Yahoo! Directory's Illustration links back to top
VI. How to Cite:
Hacker Online formatting examples back to top

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