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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

In addition to the following resources, reproductions can be found in indexes such as Art Index or Bibliography of the History of Art.

The 20th Century Art Book
REF. N6490. T9 1996
Over 500 color plates.
Sculpture Index
REF. NB36. C6 S3 v.1-2
A guide to illustrations of sculpture in about 950 publications.

World Painting Index
REF. ND45. H38
Reproductions in books and catalogs published between 1940 and 1980. Supplements Index to Reproductions of European Paintings (REF. ND45. M6 I6) and Index to Reproductions of American Paintings (REF. ND205. S575).
Print Index: A Guide to Reproductions
REF. NE90. P17 1983
A guide to prints in books and catalogs.
World Architecture Index
REF. NA202 .T4 1991
Find images of approximately 7,200 architectural works reproduced in more than 100 books. International coverage with access by site, architect, type of work, and name of work.
Photography Index: A Guide to Reproductions
REF. TR199. P37
Covers about 90 books which have reproductions of photographs made from 1820-1920; with photographer, subject, and title indices.

Web Sites

Selection of artists from the history of art since Ancient times to the present. Includes biographical information (sometimes taken directly from cited sources); bibliographies; and links to images found on the web.
1200 Years of Sculpture: This resource has hundreds of images of Italian sculpture. Search for images by the artist's name, or choose from a list of cities to search for images based on their geographic location. Includes sculpture from the medieval, romantic, gothic, renaissan ce, baroque and modern periods.
Artcyclopedia: Search engine/guide to museum quality art on the internet.
Classical Images on the Web: Annotated links to images related to ancient cultures.
The Age of Enlightenment: Images from France's "Age of Enlightenment" which lasted from 1715-1799. This site gives some historical background information on the period. Search for images using the alphabetical or chronological list of artists. An additional list is available b ased on the artist's country of origin.
Perseus Art & Archeology: A massive library of art objects, sites, and buildings. The library's catalogs document 523 coins, 1548 vases, over 1400 sculptures, 179 sites and 381 buildings. Each catalog entry has a description of the object and its context; most have images.
Thinker ImageBase: Image database from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Over 75,000 objects representing some 12,000 artists.
Image of France Index: An online index of all of the printed imagery (engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, etc.) authorized for publication in France, pursuant to legislation of 5 February 1810, 14 October 1811, 8 October 1817, etc. These listings are transcribed from 19,000 notices printed in the Bibliographie de la France on the dates indicated, beginning in November 1811.
National Gallery of Art: Searchable database. Locate works of art by artist, title, subject, or other criteria. Images of more than 4,700 objects in the National Gallery's collection and approximately 10,600 related details are available. New images are added continually.
Collage: Collage, or Corporation of London Library & Art Gallery Electronic, is a collection of over 20,000 works from Guildhall Library and Guildhall Art Gallery London. Search the collection using subject headings such as politics, religion, and history. Most of the images pertain to London Culture from the fifteenth century to the present. This resource allows searchers to view prints, drawings, maps, sculptures and watercolors.
American Memory: Library of Congress' collection of images from American history. The collection contains documents, maps, motion pictures, photographs, and prints as well as sou nd recordings that fall under forty-four specific topics.
UCSD Art and Architecture Library Visual Resources Collection: Annotated list of image databases available on the WWW.
Web Gallery of Art: The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800), currently containing over 10,100 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available.

DIGITAL LIBRARIAN**: Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the Web; (also) http://www.digital-librarian.com/art.html