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The Research Guides have been developed by librarians to serve as starting points in helping students select appropriate resources for research projects.

Evaluating Sources

How to Evaluate Information Sources

Citing Sources

General Citation Guides
APA Style
ASA Style
MLA Style
Chicago Manual of Style
Turabian
Turabian Citation Guide
Provided by Ohio State University Libraries


CSE Style
American Anthropological Association Style
Citing Specific Databases

Tutorials
Google Guide
"An online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between."


Reading Scientific Papers, Flash Tutorial
Provided by Purdue University


Study Skills - How to Study
A free study skills resource site provided by Mangrum-Strichart Learning Resources


Library Research Tools
Databases A - Z
Online Databases available to Albion College faculty, students and staff. To access databases from off-campus, see Access to Electronic Resources from Off-Campus


EndNote FAQ
Addresses common questions regarding the use of EndNote


Find books, videos, and other materials


Find Journal Articles


Find Newspapers


Google Scholar
"Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research."


Recent Acquisitions of the Albion College Library
Recent acquisitions listed by subject. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds to stay updated.


Library Services
Archives Reference Request


Checking Out Library Materials and More FAQ
Circulation Services encompasses the circulation of library materials, wireless laptops, stack management, course reserves, audio-visual services, student employment, and classroom reservation


Government Documents Information


Information for Faculty


Interlibrary Loan Information


Need Research Help?


Software Installation CDs
List of available software includes Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, FrontPage and Publisher), GroupWise and Microsoft XP (for faculty/staff checkout only)


Special Collections (Rare Books and Archives) Information


Art and Art History Research Guide

For research assistance, contact

John Kondelik
or Cheryl Blackwell
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Find Books & Videos
Albion College Library Online Catalog
The Albion College Library Online Catalog - your one-stop spot to search for books, periodicals, government documents, videos, electronic materials and more!
MeLCat Online Catalog
MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form.
WorldCat
Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Find Journal Articles & More
Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page
Provides links to more than 2,000 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library.
ArtAbstracts
One of the most prominent indexes to journal and magazine articles in the visual arts.
Article1st (FirstSearch)
Article1st indexes approximately 12,500 journals and magazines, across all subject areas. This database indicates which journal and magazine articles are available in the Albion College Library.
Arts and Humanities Search
Indexes 1300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage begins in 1980.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
"Covering European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present. Encompasses the fine arts as well as decorative and applied arts."
Biography Index
Indexes biographical materials in books, magazines, and journals.
CAMIO: Catalog of Art Images Online
"CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms."
Essay and General Literature Index
Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences
Expanded Academic ASAP
Balanced coverage is available through 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, etc.
Full Text Finder
Many journals, magazines, and newspapers are available in full text through online databases. To search for availability of full text articles from a particular source, look for the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper by following the appropriate links.
Humanities Abstracts
Indexes 400 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature. Coverage begins in 1984.
JSTOR
Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.
LexisNexis Academic Universe
"Provides customers access to 5 billion searchable documents from more than 32,000 legal, news and business sources."
Online Databases - Complete List
A comprehensive list of all online databases.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
This resource lists journal and magazine articles published between 1890-1982, and covers a wide variety of subjects, including African-Americans, Aging, Archeology, Astronomy, Biographies, Business, Education, Environment, Film, Fine Arts, Foreign Affairs, Health, History, Literature, Medicine, Music, News, Politics, Popular Culture, Religion, Science, Sports, and Technology.
SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs
Art and Rare Book Auction Catalogs
SIRS Renaissance
Full text journal articles from architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts
WilsonSelectPlus (FirstSearch)
WilsonSelectPlus Full Text contains indexed and abstracted articles from over 1300 periodicals, all with ASCII full text online.
Online Resources
Alphabetical Index to Fine Art Galleries and Museums
Ancient History Sourcebook
The Ancient History Sourcebook is a collection of online etexts useful in the study of ancient history. The Sourcebook is organized in a number of sections, including Human Origins, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, Hellenistic World, Rome, Late Antiquity, and Christian Origins. The Ancient History Sourcebook also includes links to visual and aural material.
Art Planet: The Internet Fine Art Directory
Art Search
Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
ArtLex Art Dictionary
artlibraries.net - Virtual Catalogue for Art History
A mea search interface for a number of web catalogs including the Frick Art Reference Library, the Getty Research Institute Library and the Metropolitan Museum.
artnet.com
AskART.com
BUBL LINK
Catalogue of Internet Resources using the Dewey Decimal System as the primary organisation structure.. Selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
This site was designed to enable users to find fully digitized manuscripts currently available on the web. You can use the search box to quickly search on specific terms, or use the "Search Manuscripts" link to search on particular fields, such as date, or provenance information. You can also browse the Catalogue by the Location of an archive or library, the shelfmark of an item, by the author of a text (where that information is available), or by the language of a text (again, where available).
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
"INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information." Provided by University of California Riverside
International Directory of Art Libraries
Internet for the Fine Arts
Journal of Contemporary Art
E-journal featuring transcripts of interviews with contemporary artists and photos of their projects.
Medieval Sourcebook
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook provides links to etexts covering Medieval history.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
An online dictionary and thesaurus
National Gallery of Art
New York Foundation for the Arts
NYC Galleries
NYFA Current - Art News for Artists
Perseus Project - Perseus Digital Library
The Perseus Project functions as a digital library of works from the Greek and Roman classical world. The collection contains primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as dictionaries and other reference works.
Photo Study Collection Database - Getty Research Library
the-artists.org
Modern & contemporary artists and art
Virtual Tour of the Louvre
World Wide Arts Resources
"The largest site for contemporary art, art news, art history, contemporary artist and gallery portfolios, online since 1995."
Reference Sources
Biographical dictionary of women artists in Europe and America since 1850
REFERENCE - N 6757 .D86
Contemporary artists
REFERENCE COLLECTION - N 6490 .C6567 1989
Dictionary of art
REFERENCE COLLECTION - N 31 .D5 (34 volumes)
Dictionary of contemporary American artists
REFERENCE COLLECTION - N 6536 .C8 1988
Encyclopedia of American Art
REFERENCE COLLECTION - N6505 .B73
Encyclopedia of Visual Art
REFERENCE COLLECTION - N31 .E55 (10 volumes)
Illustrated dictionary of symbols in eastern and western art
REFERENCE COLLECTION - N 7740 .H35 1996
Oxford Dictionary of Art
REFERENCE COLLECTION - N33 .O93
Suggested Subject Headings
Neoclassicism

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