Research Guides: Media & Design at UCBA: ARTH 1011

Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online is an authoritative¸ inclusive¸ and easily searchable online art resource. Through a single gateway users can access-and simultaneously cross-search-an expanding range of Oxford's art reference works: Grove Art Online¸ the Benezit Dictionary of Artists¸ the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics¸ The Oxford Companion to Western Art¸ and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms¸ as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies available exclusively online.

Searching, Finding and Requesting Books from the UCBA Library

The UC Libraries have a number of art books available in the 13 UC Libraries. The tutorial below covers searching for books in the Library Catalog, requesting items from other UC Libraries and having them sent to UCBA and finding a book on the shelf.

ArtStory - A Basic Introduction

ARTstor
ARTstor is a non-profit initiative¸ founded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation¸ with a mission to use digital technology to enhance scholarship¸ teaching and learning in the arts and associated fields. It is a searchable database of more than 2.5 million digital images and related data. Combinations of images¸ data and text provides comprehensive art-related teaching¸ learning and researching capabilities. Images can be viewed and analyzed through features such as zooming and panning.