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Article Databases (19 items)
Use these searching tools to identify articles in journals, newspapers, and other sources. All the databases provide citations to the material, many provide abstracts and many provide access to the full-text of the articles.
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All links below lead to external sites.
Web Sites (33 items)
All links below lead to external sites.
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African American Art on the Internet
- hosted by Long Island University, this site includes weblinks to premier US museums with African American Art Collections as well as history pages on African American Art.
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AICT - Art Images for College Teaching
- Large database of free-use images for the educational uses by students and teachers.
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Art Education K-12
- Very well organized site for art education ranging from lesson plans to professional organizations and art history resources.
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Art History Resources on the Web
- Very comprehensive site broken down into geographic regions and time periods. Research links include online art journals and museum gallery links.
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Art Renewal Center
- Survey of art images and related documents for many pre-20th century artists. Because of its philosophy on 20th Century Art, coverage for that era is limited.
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Artchive.com
- Designed for educational use, includes links for artists, galleries, and a library of over 2000 images of the works of 200 artists.
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Artcyclopedia
- Large database of information on over 7,500 artists. The database can be searched by artist name, artwork title, or nationality.
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Artlex Art Dictionary
- Combination database of art terms along with discussions of movements, famous artists, and quotations.
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ArtSchools.com
- Over 2,000 listings for professional educational programs for art students. Searchable database includes information on scholarships and other financial aid opportunities.
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ARTSEDGE: The National Arts and Education Network
- The mission of ARTSEDGE is to help artists, teachers, and students
gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that
support the arts as a core subject area in the K12 curriculum.
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ArtsEdNet
- Very accessible database of lessons plans for art educators from elementary through secondary school levels.
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Artserve: Art and Architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin, Japan and now India
- Extensive site of resources and images from the Department of Art History of the Australian National University.
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Ask Art - The Artists' Bluebook
- Very extensive biographical information on over 30,000 American artists, professional organizations and more.
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CGFA - A Virtual Art Museum
- Non-profit site with very large scanned images of artwork by major artists from around the world.
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EDSITEment - Best of Humanities on the Web - Arts and Culture
- Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, contains detailed lesson plans for art teachers and is searchable by grade level (K-12) and subtopic.
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GalleryGuide.org
- Very up to date listing of current exhibits, gallery shows, and events across the country.
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International Poster Collection
- From Colorado State University this database includes posters from around the world that have been entered in the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition.
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Maryland State Arts Council
- Local site with information about art galleries, performance venues, grant programs and more. Included are arts calendars for events throughout the state of Maryland.
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Metropolitan Musem of Art
- Timeline of Art History - interactive timeline beginning in 2000 BCE through the present. Special topics are also included as well as video presentations.
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National Art Education Association
- Listing of national and state web sites, as well as reports on the state of art education in the United States
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National Endowment for the Arts
- This site contains information about the Endowment's programs and print or online publications.
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National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Located in Washington, D.C., this museum is devoted to the works of over 800 women artists. Website includes reproduced images and some biographical data.
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New York Public Library - Best of the Web - Art and Architecture
- Well organized set of web listings ranging from an online art history tutorial to art reproductions.
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Picsearch
- Contains thumbnail sketches for thousands of images from a large variety of subjects on the web. A link will take users to the orginal source of the image on the web.
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President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
- Reports and publications on the development of education in the arts and humanities.
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Smithsonian Institution
- Comprised of 16 museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and 11 research centers. Its website features historical, cultural, and scientific information.
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Univ. of Michigan - Mother of All Art History Links
- Well organized and annotated links that range from online exhibitions to art history on the web to video art.
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WebMuseum, Paris
- Part encyclopedia, part online gallery, this site contains narrative entires for schools and genres of art with links for online illustration of key artists in each entry
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Wonderful World of Music, Theatre Arts, and Art Resources available at the Albert S. Cook Library
- A guide to resources available specifically at Cook Library together with class documents, pathfinders for research and more.
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Words of Art
- Comprehensive online art dictionary from OKanagan University, complete with hypertext links for related terms mentioned within an entry
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World Art Treasures
- Online database of information on artists from around the world, throughout history. Slide libraries are arranged by artist, country, or time period.
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World Wide Arts Resources
- A compendium of art news, contemporary artist information, and art publications.
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World Wide Web Virtual Library Museum Pages
- Arranged geographically by country and heavily represented by art institutions, this site presents an organized list of all types of museums on every conceiveable topic, including non-art subjects.
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Selected Journals (8 items)
Off-campus access to these resources will require you to validate with your 14-digit library bar code.
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Don't have your 14-digit library bar code handy? Click the button below, then enter your TU username and password
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All links below lead to external sites.
| · | American Art |
| · | American Art Journal |
| · | American Artist |
| · | Art Bulletin |
| · | Artforum International |
| · | Burlington Magazine |
| · | Leonardo |
| · | New Art Examiner |
To identify other journals available at Cook Library, you may search our list of print and electronic journals.
Subject Guide: Art / Albert S. Cook Library
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/getResourcesBySubject.cfm?subjectID=16
Last revised:
September 15, 2009
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