ART 448: Special Topics: Teaching Assistant Guide (Fall 2020) : Home
Your Librarian
Anna Simon
Contact:
Kohler Art Library
160b Elvehjem Building
800 University Ave.
160b Elvehjem Building
800 University Ave.
608-263-2257
Online Art Reference Sources
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Grove Art Online (contained within Oxford Art Online)Online full-text version of a 34 volume encyclopedia with signed entry articles written by art historians.
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The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art HistoryAn overview of art history, the Heilbrunn Timeline pairs essays and works of art with chronologies,
telling the story of art and global culture
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Art21Open-source contemporary art content. Art21 offers information on contemporary artists through videos and interviews.
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ARTstorLarge collection of digital images in the areas of arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences from the world's museums, archives, libraries, scholars, and artists.
Access Digital Books
During COVID-19, digital books are often the preferred format. How do you know if the library has online access to a specific book? Follow these directions to locate UW-Library e-books.
- Go to the Library Catalog search page.
- Click the "Available Online" box beneath the search bar.
- Once you see your search results, "refine by" format and select "books"
Streaming Video
You can request that a film in the library's physical collection be digitized to stream in Canvas (via Kaltura). Fill out this form to make your request. Plan for the request to take up to a week.
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KanopyKanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. The Libraries have subscriptions to the Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation Collection and California Newsreel Collection.
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DocuseekStreaming documentary and social issue film database. Over 800 films cover all topics.
Artists' Books Collection
Major Art Research Databases (Articles)
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Art Full TextThorough coverage of arts of all periods and regions; includes citations or full text for 750+ art journals. Coverage from 1984-present
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ARTbibliographies ModernABM focuses on art from the late 19th century to the present.
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Bibliography of the History of ArtFocuses on European/American art from c. 400 A.D. to the present. Includes citations from 1975-2007. See International Bibliography of Art for continuation.
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JSTOR: the scholarly journal archiveContains full text of c. 120 art-related journals. Recent years are omitted.
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Art & Architecture ePortalOnline collection of key backlist and out-of-print scholarly works in the fields of art and architectural history published by: The Art Institute of Chicago, The MIT Press, Yale University Press, Harvard Art Museums, and the Yale University Art Gallery. The portal allows the user to browse all images (by artist, title, or date) and allows instructors to easily create custom course packs.