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[Indexes]
Online Catalog: Holdings for the George Mason University Libraries.
Aladin Catalog: Holdings for WRLC libraries.
[Restricted Access]
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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Questions, suggestions, problems? Contact
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Library Resources
Guides to art in Metropolitan Washington area museums are located in the reference collection. Books on the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) collections are located in the circulating collection under the call number N856. 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.
- Museums of the World
REF. AM1. M76 2000
- The Official Museum Directory
REF. AM11. O4 2002
- Art Across America: A Comprehensive Guide to American Art Museums and Exhibition Galleries
REF N510. A777 2000
- Finder's Guide to Prints and Drawings in the Smithsonian Institution
REF. N855.8. A56
- Descriptive Catalogue of Painting and Sculpture in the National Museum of American Art
REF. N857. A46X
- *Handbook of the Byzantine Collection
REF. N858. D8 A6
- The Artists of Washington, D.C., 1796-1996
REF. N6535. W3 M16 1995
- *AIA Guide to the Architecture
of Washington, D.C.
REF. NA735. W3 W44 1994
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Web Sites
MuseumNetwork
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- Authoriative in content, this site promotes 33,000 museums worldwide for educational and research objectives.
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- World Wide Arts Resources
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- The Commercial Arts subcategory features galleries, agents, dealers, arts suppliers, arts materials and more. It can be searched alphabetically or by sub category.
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WWW Virtual Library Museums-Washington D.C.
- Guide to museums in the Metropolitan DC area.
- WWW Virtual Library Museums-Virginia
- Guide to museums in Virginia
- WWW Virtual Library Museums-Maryland
- Guide to museums in Maryland
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WWW Virtual Library Museums-USA
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- Museums are listed by alphabetical order, by state, and by type.
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WWW Virtual Library Museums-World
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- The museums in this list are categorized by country/continent. Museums in some countries are listed on separate pages for space reasons. In general, information and exhibits are in English unless otherwise stated.
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- Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies (SCEMS)
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The mission of the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies (SCEMS) is to interpret the collective knowledge of the Smithsonian and serve as a gateway to the Institution's education resources. Through research, publishing, and staff development programs for the education and museum communities, the Center promotes the understanding and use of museums.
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- Art Museum Network
- The Art Museum Network is a media company serving the interests of the world's leading art museums. Ranked by Google as the Web's top resource for art museum news, it was founded in 1996 to provide the Association of Art Museum Directors with a platform for sharing collections and exhibitions information among the AAMD's almost 200 members.
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