Dissertation in Art History

It concentrates on the major resources you need, but must look at the specific
art history guides for the relevant core and elective subjects eg Asian, Indigenous etc

For any further help in finding or using these resources please come in to see or contact your Research Librarian for History, ph. 83033706
Margaret Hosking (Mon, Tues, Wed am) or her assistant,
Peter Jacobs (Wed pm, Thurs am, Fri am)

CONTENTS WWWsites Handbooks, encyclopaedias and dictionaries Finding journal articles: Indexes, Databases and Bibliographies Finding books Finding journals Finding theses Managing your information                                                               CONTENTS WWWsites Handbooks, encyclopaedias and dictionaries Finding journal articles: Indexes, Databases and Bibliographies Finding books Finding journals Finding theses Managing your information                                                           Last update Margaret Hosking March 2009

WWW sites General Art History Resources on the web. Chris Witcome's excellent guide. Mother of All Art History Resources. WWW virtual library - History of Art Intute: Visual arts. the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway (UK). A searchable catalogue of some 2500 evaluated  internet resources. Association of Art Historians Feminist aesthetics - a bibliography Australian women's art register Artnet - includes a research library with thousands of articles form the Grove Dictionary of Art Handbooks, encyclopaedias and dictionaries General The two largest encyclopedieas are: Dictionary of art. 1996. 34 volumes. (Grove) Reference collection 703 T948d Parts of this are available online via the research library at Artnet: 16,000 artists biographies, 130 articles on materials and techniques, 1000 articles on styles and movements. Encyclopedia of world art. 15 volumes. 1958. Reference collection 703 E56 Art terminology Thames and Hudson dictionary of art terms, E. Lucie-Smith, Edward 2003. Reference collection 703 L937t .2 The concise Oxford dictionary of art terms, Michael Clarke, 2002. Reference collection 703 C599c Nelson, R. Critical terms for art history 1996 Reference collection 701.18 N429c Artwords: a glossary of contemporary art theory. 1997. Reference collection 703 P298a Thames and Hudson dictionary of art terms. 1984. Reference collection 703 L937t Symbols and Iconography Encyclopedia of comparative iconography - themes depicted in works of art, ed. H. E. Roberts. 2 vols 1998 Very good - longer articles with bibliographies. Reference collection 704.903 R6442 Dictionary of symbols in art : the illustrated key to Western painting and sculpture. Sarah Carr-Gomm, 2000 Reference Collection 704.94603 C312d Continuum encyclopedia of animal symbolism in art, Hope B. Werness, 2004 Reference collection 398.369 W494c Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art, James Hall, 2nd ed. 2008 Reference collection 704.94 H177d.2 Encyclopaedia of themes and subjects in painting. 1971. Reference collection 750.3 D184 Finding journal articles: Indexes, Databases and Bibliographies Databases for Asian art, Austalian art Indigenous art etc will be found in the course guides for those topics. The general ones are listed here: Art Art index. 1929/32-1998 Reference collection 705 A778 continued by Art Abstracts 1984- Artbibliographies modern. 1969- NOT IN BSL State Library (1969-1987) and University of South Australia Library (1969-1996) A comprehensive coverage of art and design of the 19th and 20th centuries. BHA: bibliography of the history of art. 1991-1995. Reference collection 705 R425.2 Covers the current literature of European art and of American art; and of art anywhere in the world that reflects contact with the Western tradition. The material is arranged within broad periods by topic then by country. Use the Subject Index to locate all articles on an individual artist or specific theme. Interdisciplinary indexes and databases Academic OneFile 20 million peer-reviewed, articles, a large proportion of which are full-text. Coverage 1980- Academic Search Premier Full text for over 4000 of the 8000 journals aross all subject areas. JSTOR includes full text of older issues of journals, including: Art Bulletin, Art Journal, Burlington Magazine, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Coverage of journals from their first issue until 3-5 years ago. Project Muse full text of nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies etc etc. Not a great number of explicitly art titles but some useful ones such as: Modernism/modernity (1994-), Leonardo (2001-), Victorian studies 1999- Historical abstracts 1967- Covers history 1450-, not medieval history, North America. Web of science 1980- Includes the Arts & humanities citation index. Can search by keywords or citation. Artists are cited. SI current contents connect 1993- Indexes approximately 8,000 journals across arts and humanities, science and the social sciences. Current awareness service. Periodicals index online A database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years. Links to full text in PAO Periodicals archive online An archive of hundreds of digitised journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. This is a useful source for finding contemporary articles about art in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the older journals are held either in the BSL or State Library - check catalogues. For Australian articles search APA-FT: Australian public affairs - full text Citations 1978- and full text for selected articles 1995 Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre This database covers current events, business and popular culture with access to the full-text of some Australasian and international magazines, newspapers and some scholarly journals. If you need newspaper coverage of recent art exhibitions and news, use Factiva, an index to Australian and international newspapers with full text. Finding Books The Barr Smith Library holds a more than adequate collection of books, journals and reference tools on art, but for in-depth research it may be necessary to consult the libraries of Flinders university and University of South Australia (City West campus), both of which have very good art collections. You can use your University of Adelaide card at those libraries. The State Library also often holds useful titles. All their catalogues can be consulted individually from here. The Library of the Art Gallery of South Australia should be consulted as a last resort. You can also rearch for titles and/or subjects Australia-wide by using Libraries Australia (Kinetica) Finding journals Journals not held by the BSL can be located on the database Serials in Australian Libraries (SIAL), where any location beginning with an S is a South Australian location. You are also entitled to use the library's document delivery service to obtain items from other libraries. Finding theses Theses (dissertations) are not usually included in regular indexing services hence the need for the following databases. There is no current index to Australian theses, but some are beginning to appear on the Australian Digital Theses Program. You can also search for theses Australia-wide by using Libraries Australia (Kinetica). Search using keywords for your topic and include the keyword thesis. ProQuest dissertations and theses Index to doctoral dissertations from North American institutions with some international coverage. Index the theses doctoral theses from the UK & Ireland. Managing your information As you assemble your references and other bibliographic information you will need to use Endnote to organise and format your citations. It is worth spending the time to learn this software as it will save you hours of work later on. Training and manuals are available.