Current Information
Use Google for artist's webpages and artist's statements. Search newspapers for current information and exhibitions.
Biographical Information: Historical and Contemporary
Contemporary Artists. by Call Number: N6490 .C6567 2002ISBN: 9781558624887Publication Date: 2002.'Contemporary Artists' features comprehensive profiles of nearly 850 of the most significant artists woring in the contemporary era, with the vast majority of artists featured having produced their most significant work in the years after 1960.
Contemporary Women Artists. by Call Number: N8354 .C66 1999ISBN: 9781558623729Publication Date: 1999.
The Grove Encyclopedia of American ArtCall Number: N6505 .G76 2011v. 1. Aalto - Cutrone -- v. 2. Dada - Judson -- v. 3. Kabakov - Ozette -- v. 4. Pach - Sze -- v. 5. Taaffe - Zucker ; Index.
Online Resources: A Reference e-Text and Databases
- Art Full Text [EBSCO]A database of full-text articles and citations to publications covering all types of art, including commercial art, photography, film, and architecture.
- EBSCO Multi-Database SearchSearch all EBSCO databases at once, or click "choose databases" to customize the databases included in your search.
- JSTOR [ITHAKA]A multi-disciplinary full-text database of articles from many scholarly journals. Content available is usually 1-5 years behind the most recently published journal article. Also contains some current journals and books.
- BHA and RILA [Getty Research Institute]An index of citations to European and American visual art-history texts and articles published between 1975 and 2007. A fusion of the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and the International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA).
- ArtstorA repository of artwork and images from around the world. Includes images relating to architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
- Newspaper Source Plus [EBSCO]A database that searches the full-text of more than 850 national and international newspapers as well as radio and television news transcripts.
- Global Newsstream [ProQuest]A database providing access to newspapers, news websites, and blogs from leading publishers throughout the world.
- Ethnic Newswatch [ProQuest]A database of over 2.5 million articles and more than 340 publications from ethnic and minority presses.
- GenderWatch [ProQuest]A database covering historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles and their effects on all people.
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