Many of the online resources listed on this page are for UAkron students, faculty, and staff only.
For detailed information on connecting from off-campus, see: Connecting to Online Resources.
Finding books
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Finding articles and other materials
- Electronic databases
- Print indexes and abstracts
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- Art Index Bierce Z5937 .A78 1929-1998, Continued by Art Abstracts
- RILA, repertoire international de la litterature de l'art Bierce Index Z9531 .R5x 1975-1989
- Locating full-text journals
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- Academic Search Premier
- Electronic Journal Center Arts and Humanities Category
- JSTOR -- May be useful for some art history topics
- Browse UA Libraries Catalog for a list of electronic journals subscribed to by the University of Akron Libraries
- Browse UA Libraries Catalog for a list of OhioLINK electronic journals
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Finding Web resources
- Selected art Web directories
- Selected art museums and galleries
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- Akron Art Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Cleveland Institute of Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum of Modern Art -- MOMA
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- National Gallery of Art
- Smithsonian Institution
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Columbus Museum of Art
- Wexner Center for the Arts
- Albright Knox Art Gallery
- Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
- George Eastman House
- The Warhol
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Associations and professional organizations
- American Council for the Arts
- Art Libraries Society of North America
- Arts Wire
- Association for Art History
- College Art Association
- National Endowment for the Arts
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Electronic discussion groups
To subscribe to a discussion list send an e-mail to the listed address with the message: subscribe list name your first name your last name.
- ARTMETAL (metalsmithing) listproc@mail.wustl.edu
- AmArt-L (American art) listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu
- ARLIS-L (Art Libraries Society) listserv@ukcc.uky.edu
- CLAYART (ceramics) listserv@lsv.uky.edu
- DESIGN-L (applied design) listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
- GRAPHICS (graphic design) listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu
- JEWELRY (jewelry making) majordomo@fourthgen.fourthgen.com
- Mediev-L (Medieval art) listserv@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu
- PAINT-L (painting) majordomo@charliek.coe.edu
- PHOTO –L (photography) listproc@csuohio.edu
- PRINTS-L (printmaking) listserv@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu
- PSYART (psychology and art) listserv@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
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Image collections
- Digital Media Center
- Google Image Finder
- Corbis
- Einet Galaxy to Arts Online Resources
- The-Artists.Org
- Web Gallery of Art
- World Art Treasures
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Educational opportunities in art and art history
- CollegeSource Online
- Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Bierce Reference Desk REF LB2371.P4851
- Directory of MFA Programs in the Visual Arts, Bierce Reference REF N328 .D57 1999
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Reference resources
- Reproductions/illustrations
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- World Painting Index, Bierce Reference REF ND45 .H38
- Index to Art Reproductions in Books, Bierce Reference REF N7525 .H48 1974
- Index to Two-Dimensional Art Works, Bierce Reference REF N7525 .K67
- Contemporary Art and Artists: An Index to Reproductions, Bierce Reference REF N6490 .P3234
- Index to Reproductions of European Paintings, Bierce Reference REF ND45 .M6
- Sculpture Index, Bierce Reference REF NB36 .C55
- Photography Index: A Guide to Reproductions, Bierce Reference REF TR199 .P37
- Print Index: A Guide to Reproductions, Bierce Reference REF NE90 .P17 1983
- Illustration Index. 2nd Edition, Bierce Reference REF N7525 .V3 1966
- Illustration Index. 3rd Edition, Bierce Reference REF N7525 .G72 1973
- Illustration Index. 4th Edition, Bierce Reference REF N7525 .V3 1980
- Illustration Index, V, 1977-1981, Bierce Reference REF N7525 .A66 1984
- Illustration Index, VI, 1982-1986, Bierce Reference REF N7525 .A66 1988
- Illustration Index, VII, 1987-1991, Bierce Reference REF N7525 .A67 1993
- The Picture Reference File: Volume One, a Compendium, Bierce Reference REF N7560 .P5
- Bibliographies
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- Fine Arts: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories, and Handbooks. 3rd Edition, Bierce Reference REF N5300 .E374 1990
- Art Books: A Basic Bibliography of Monographs on Artists. 2nd Edition, Bierce Reference REF N40 .A763 1997
- Guide to Basic Information Sources in the Visual Arts, Bierce Reference REF N7425 .M88
- Arts in America: A Bibliography, Bierce Reference NX503 .A1 A77 1979
- Applied and Decorative Arts: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories, and Handbooks. 2nd Edition, Bierce Reference REF NK1110 .E47 1993
- Women Artists in the United States: A Selective Bibliography and Resource Guide on the Fine and Decorative Arts, 1750-1986, Bierce Reference REF Z7963 .A75 W67 1990
- Directories
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- International Directory of Design
- Directory of MFA Programs in the Visual Arts, Bierce Reference REF N328 .D57 1999
- Subject Collections: A Guide to Special Book Collections… 7th Edition, Bierce Reference REF Z731 .A78 1993
- American Art Directory, Bierce Reference REF N50 .A54
- Museums of the World, Bierce Reference REF AM1 .M76 2002
- The Official Museum Directory, Bierce Reference REFAM10 .A2 O4
- Biographical sources
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- Biography Index
- Biographical Dictionary of Art Historians
- Contemporary Artists, Bierce Reference REF N6490 .C6567 1989
- Contemporary Designers, Bierce Reference REF NK1166 .C66 1997
- Contemporary Photographers, Bierce Reference REF TR139 .C663 1988
- Contemporary Architects, Bierce Reference REF NA680 .C625 1994
- Encyclopedias
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- Artcyclopedia
- Encyclopedia of World Art, Bierce Reference REF N31 .E533
- Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture, Bierce Reference REF NA40 .I45 1991
- The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Bierce Reference REF BH56 .E53 1998
- Concise Encyclopedia of Interior Design, Bierce Reference REF NK1165 .D58 1988
- The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art, Bierce Reference REF N7560 .E53 1998
- An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West, Bierce Reference REF N8214.5 .U6 K68 1998
- The Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art, Bierce Reference REF E98 .A7 W49 2000
- Dictionaries
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- Words of Art
- ArtLex Art Dictionary
- Alexander Gallery Dictionary of Art Terms
- Grove Dictionary of Art Online
- Grove Dictionary of Art, Bierce Reference REF N31 .D5 1996
- McGraw Hill Dictionary of Art, Bierce Reference REF N33 .M23
- Dictionary of Subject and Symbols in Art, Bierce Reference REF N7560 .H34 1979
- The Painter’s Dictionary of Materials and Methods, Bierce Reference REF ND1505 .T38
- The Encyclopedia of Sculpture Techniques, Bierce Reference REF NB1170 .M528 1990
- Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, Bierce Reference REF N33 .O93 1997
- From Abacus to Zeus, Bierce Reference REF N33 .P5 2001
- Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists, Bierce Reference REF N31 .M8 1997
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Style Guides and Writing Manuals
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Also Bierce Reference Desk REF LB2369 .G53 1999
- The Chicago Manual of Style, Bierce Reference Desk REF Z253 .C572 1993
- A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, These, and Dissertations, Also Bierce Reference Desk REF LB2369 .T8 1996
- Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information, Bierce Reference REF PN171 D37 L5 1996
- Principles of Art History Writing, Bierce N380 C37 1991
- Short Guide to Writing About Art, Bierce N7476 B37 2000
- The Elements of Style, Bierce PE1408 S772 2000
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