Art/Art History

From textbook publishers:
Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition
Gardner's Art through the Ages

Highly recommended
Chris Witcombe's Art History resources, from a professor at Sweetbriar College
The Art History Research Centre
Artcyclopedia
Vitruvio.ch, an interesting Italian language site with excellent visual resources
The Catholic Encyclopedia, with academically-sound written material for historical and religious background
ArtShow.it, an electronic listing of art events and museum exhibitions in the region, including Lugano, Milano and other parts of Italy
British Council's Visual Arts collection, search by artist's name; occasional photos of work
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection -- http://content.lib.washington.edu/index.html, with an interesting collection of archeological and international photos. Be sure to cite correctly!
Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Getty List of Artists' Names
Guide to Art Resources on the Internet -- www.lib.umich.edu/chouse/tree/artent.html
History of Costume & Clothing -- http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/, from Kent State Univ.
Magazine covers -- MagazineArt.org, a free collection of American magazine covers, most from the early 20th century
Mother of All Art History Link Pages -- www.umich.edu/~hartspc/mother
Renaissance Art -- www.christusrex.org/www1/sistine/0-Tour.html
UK-based tutorial on using the Internet for Art & Design resources -- http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/media, free
Timeline of Art History, a free net resource from the Metropolitan Museum on Art in New York

To locate books on Art History, you will need to use the Franklin College catalog.
To find books on Art History, look under ART -- HISTORY.
To find books on a certain period or region or type, look under, for example:

ART -- TWENTIETH CENTURY or ART -- GREEK, etc.

These are books that are not in the Reference or Reserve collections. You may check these items out at the Circulation Desk.

These items are to be used in the Library only. In the card catalogs, these items have call numbers that begin with Ref. All Reference books are located on the ground floor of the Library.
EX: Ref/703/En1b....This is the call number for the Encyclopedia of Art.

Many books have been placed on reserve by professors. To determine whether a book has been placed on reserve, check with the Library staff. Reserve items are arranged by the professor’s name. Also, if a book you have located in the card catalog is not found on the shelf, check to see if it has been placed on reserve.

Art Index - Shelved in the index section of the Reference Collection. Look up the topic you are interested in, and then verify that the Library has the magazine or journal by checking the Electronic Resources. Each database can be searched by Periodical.
Art Bulletin (1949-1973) - This index will provide topic access to the Art Bulletin journal.
Electronic Resources in the Grace Library include ProQuest's Academic Research Library and EBSCO's Academic Search Elite.