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Online Catalog: Holdings for the George Mason University Libraries.

Aladin Catalog: Holdings for WRLC libraries.

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WorldCat: Holdings records for OCLC member libraries.

ARTstor Digital Library: A comprehensive scholarly resource for digital images, including collections of worldwide art, sculpture and graphic design.

ARTBibliographies Modern: Database provides abstracts of English language and worldwide literature on art and design, photography and its history, art trends, and individual artists from the late nineteenth century to the present day.

Art Abstracts: Indexes and abstracts key international English-language arts publications.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index: Citation index for the arts and humanities.

Arts and Humanities Search: Indexes arts and humanities journals.

Bibliography of the History of Art: European and American art from late antiquity to the present.

Dissertation Abstracts: Dissertations accepted at accredited institutions.

International Index to the Performing Arts: Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry. Selected full-text coverage.

Dow Jones Interactive: Covers today's top newspapers (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post and more) with full-text articles and exhibition reviews.

Expanded Academic ASAP: Full-text journal articles in the humanities.

Grove Dictonary of Art: Covers 45,000 articles, with selected images, on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present.

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Library Resources

Call numbers refer to items in the Fenwick Library Reference Collection; items marked with an "*" can also be found in the Johnson Center Library Reference Collection.

Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture
REF. NA31. B83 1998
Covers antiquity to the present. Over 5,000 definitions and 2,000 illustrations.
*Encyclopedia of Architecture
REF. NA31. E59
Excellent introduction to many topics, especially those a materials science nature.
*International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture
REF. NA40 .I48 1993 v.1-2
Biographical and bibliographic information about each architect. Critical essays included. Architecture is listed alphabetically by time periods and country.
The Dictionary of Art
REF. N33. D5 1996 v.1-34
New, scholarly and comprehensive guide covering antiquity to the present. Includes illustrations and bibliographies. A standard source, excellent starting point.
Encyclopedia of World Art
REF. N31. E6 v.1-17
Older scholarly work, yet still important. Covers artists, movements, movements, and all forms of art from all periods. Numerous plates and extensive bibliographies.
*Gardner's Art Through the Ages
FENWICK AND JCL STACKS
N500. G25 1991
An art history standard, referred to as "Gardner."
History of Art
REF. N5300. J3 1997
Widely used, standard textbook referred to as "Janson." Survey of world art from antiquity to the twentieth century.
*McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art
REF. N33. M3 v.1-5
15,000 short entries covering techniques, styles, artists, and museums. Extensive illustrations.
*Oxford Companion to Art
REF. N33. O9
Encyclopedia for general information. Short articles on styles, techniques, movements, artists. Includes bibliographies.
Oxford Dictionary of Art
REF. N33. O93 1997
Updated version of the Oxford Companion, yet both remain useful.

Web Sites

More than 800 great buildings from around the world and across history are listed below and illustrated at this web site; with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, architect info, and live 3D walkthrough computer models. You can search by location, architect, building, or style. Entries also include links to web sites where available, and to books about the architect available at Amazon.com

Digital Archive of European Architecture: Online archive of images scanned from the collection of Professor Jeffery Howe at Boston College. Arranged by period/types of buildings.

Digital Archive of American Architecture: Online archive of images scanned from the collection of Professor Jeffery Howe at Boston College to accompany his course, FA 267 From Saltbox to Skyscraper: Architecture in America. Collection can be accessed by location, architect, building type, and style. Some links to other sites on the WWW.

WWW Virtual Library: Architecture: WWW Virtual Library collection of annotated links to sites with information about the history of architecture. Other topic areas are available via the menu bar on the left side of the page.
Architecture Web Resources: Mostly annotated collection of links arranged by topic areas, which include architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture.

Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Provides visitors with a simple overview of art styles and access to artists well-known for developing or working within a particular movement. There is a general discription of each movement with a chronological listing of the artists associated with that movement. Sources are given for direct quotes.
Art History Resources on the Web: Maintained by Chris Witcombe, Professor of Art History Sweet Briar College, this metasite is a directory of art history resources on the web arranged by movements/periods. Some of the entries have brief descriptions. There is also a page called "Research Resources" which lists indexes and databases, periodicals, image finders, general art history resources, etc.
NetSERF: Annotated links to web resources on Medieval architecture.

Digital Librarian: Links on Architecture and Historic Preservation

Voice of the Shuttle: Architecture