Art Research Library Art Research Library Search the Library Catalog | Search Image Collections The National Gallery of Art Library is a major national art research center serving the Gallery's staff, members of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, visiting scholars, and the scholarly community at large. Reference staff responds to inquiries by telephone, mail, and e-mail. The library contains a wide-ranging collection of more than 400,000 books, periodicals, and documents on the history, theory, and criticism of art and architecture. Other strengths of the collection include monographs on individual artists as well as international exhibition, museum, and private collection catalogues. The department of image collections is recognized as one of the largest and most important visual archives in the world. Hours Monday, noon to 4:30 p.m. Further Information Reading Room Guidelines (PDF 80k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
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Corsair Welcome 100 Websites You Should Know and Use In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH. The National Portrait Gallery When Wikipedia Won't Cut It: 25 Online Sources for Reliable, Researched Facts Although Wikipedia is a great place to find information, it's subject to incomplete citations, biased views, and inaccuracies. And when you absolutely have to have undisputable facts, that's just not good enough. Fortunately, there are plenty of alternatives out there that can deliver with high quality accuracy, and we've listed 25 of the best here. Citizendium: This wiki focuses on credibility, using both the general public and credentialed experts.
Libraries and archives The Museum collection is available to researchers of all different levels through its galleries, libraries and study rooms, as well as online. Libraries catalogue online Catalogues for all of the Museum's libraries can be searched online – please note not all Museum libraries have their entire collection recorded in the online catalogue. Search the catalogue now Museum archive The Museum's Archive contains administrative records of the Museum dating back to its foundation in 1753, including minutes of meetings of the Museum’s Trustees, acquisitions reports and administration, policy and financial records. The Central Archive holds limited information on the Museum’s collection: these records are generally held by the Museum’s curatorial departments (with some exceptions). Archive material held by the British Museum Department of Manuscripts (usually with references beginning ‘Add’) and some other Museum records (before 1973) are now held by the British Library.
Find Dissertations and Theses-The Library-University of California The sources listed below help you identify master's theses and doctoral dissertations. The UC Berkeley Library does not systematically collect dissertations from other institutions, though it has a nearly complete collection of Berkeley doctoral dissertations, and large numbers of Berkeley masters' theses. Occasionally dissertations are printed later by a commercial publisher as a book. To determine if we own a printed copy of a specific dissertation or thesis, search the library catalogs OskiCat and Melvyl. OskiCat (UC Berkeley) OskiCat is the catalog of materials in UC Berkeley library collections, which are spread throughout the 20 campus libraries. Use "Quick Search" to search basic fields, like title and author. Melvyl (all UC campuses) Melvyl is the catalog of materials available from the libraries of the ten UC campuses, and other research collections in the state. Search "keywords" to find theses and dissertations on a theme or topic. Search Sitemap Contact webmaster
Library | Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Complementing the museum’s art collection, the research library offers an extensive range of materials on American art, photography, and history from the early nineteenth century to the present. The library provides support to researchers at all levels interested in deepening their understanding of the country’s artistic heritage. A librarian is available at the reading room reference desk during public hours to assist you.Photocopies, computer printouts, and microform copies cost fifteen cents per page beyond first ten (first ten copies are free). Digital scanning to email or flash drive is free (please bring your own drive).Two computers are available for public use.Free Wi-Fi is available.Bags 11-by-15 inches or larger must be checked at security. Library and archives material may not be checked out.Museum staff is not permitted to give monetary appraisals or opinions on works of art.Visitors should not bring original artwork into the museum.
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Wilbour Library:Recent Acquisitions These pages have been made available on the Newton server since 1995 to present the acqusitions lists of the Wilbour Library of Egyptology to as wide an audience as possible. News July 2005 The Wilbour Library of Egyptology of the Brooklyn Museum has added Reviews of Egyptological Literature to the Research page of the Library Online Catalog. Go to: Continuing the reviews that were previously contributed to BES, this list covers the years 2000 to 2004 and will be updated annually. Important news November 2004 After extensive renovation, the Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives are reopened to advanced researchers. www.brooklynmuseum.org To inquire about making an appointment please send an email to: library@brooklynmuseum.org In addition to books and periodicals, all pamphlets and offprints on Ancient Egypt are fully cataloged and represented in the online catalog. Deirdre E. Available files
Oriental Institute Research Archives: RABooks list | what's new | announcements | public programs | | website information & statistics | copyrights & permissions | comments | | website navigational aid | Oriental Institute Research Archives Acquisitions Lists RABooks List Information By Charles E. Jones Revised February 2002 The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute is one of the better libraries of ancient Near Eastern studies in North America. The Research Archives collections cover the languages and civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, Syria-Palestine, Anatolia, Iran, the Arabian Peninsula and related areas from the earliest periods to the Hellenistic period. For many years, lists of recent acquisitions in the Research Archives were produced periodically and distributed informally. The development of electronic media offers us new opportunities to distribute acquisitions lists widely and in a timely and inexpensive manner. The Acquisitions Lists are also available on-line:
Artforum Index The Artforum Index: Volume I, number 1, through volume VII, number 4 June 1962 through December 1968 1000 copies published 1 July 1970 as Artforum, 1962-1968: a cumulative index to the first six years by Laurence McGilvery, La Jolla, California. Corrections and new information about personal dates are welcome. This revised, free, on-line version published 1 November 2009. © 1970, 2002 & 2009 by Laurence McGilvery. All rights reserved. Download The Artforum Index The High Performance Index: A partial, interim version © 2002 & 2009 by Art in the Public Interest Numbers 1-32 | Numbers 33-40 | Numbers 58/9-70 Priced list of available runs, single issues, and Astro Artz books and tapes on pp. 112-115 Numbers 42-57 and 71-6 not available at present This free, on-line index to over two-thirds of the issues has three sources. Numbers 1-32 (vols. 1-8, February 1978-1985) Numbers 33-40 (vols. 9-10, 1986-87) The index for numbers 58/9-69/70 was prepared for the publishers' own internal use.