Hillyer Art Library
Art Reference N59 .J66 1999
Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information and the Internet: How to Find it, How to Use It. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1999.
Art Reference N85.J64 1990
Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1990.
Art Reference N31.D5 1996 and Online 
The Dictionary of Art. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996.
Survey articles about the history of art in Spain, Italy, and other European countries and the Baroque and other art movements provide useful overviews as well as extensive bibliographies of reference works, surveys, and specialist studies. The dictionary also includes excellent articles on individual artists, most supplemented with bibliographies and on-line images. To access the electronic version of the dictionary, click on "Enter Site" in the upper right corner of the connection page. Useful articles covering topics addressed by this course are:
The Five College Library Catalog
The on-line catalog provides access to the combined library holdings of Smith, Amherst, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Some useful general subject headings for finding books and catalogs about topics addressed by this course are:
Art Abstracts
The articles and other features listed in Art Abstracts are culled from over 300 periodicals published throughout the world from 1984 to the present covering all aspects of the visual arts. It is updated monthly and includes abstracts for records added after 1994. On-line full-text articles are provided for selected titles. Some useful "subject phrases" are:
Examples of Online Museum Collection Catalogs
Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Collection." Online. Available:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/index.asp. October 9, 2000.
Brief descriptive records and images for about 3,500 objects in the museum's collections.
National Gallery of Art. "The Collection." Online. Available: http://www.nga.gov/collection/srchart.htm. October 9, 2000.
Text and/or descriptive data for the over 100,000 objects in the gallery's collection.
Citation Formats for Electronic Resources
Art Reference PN171.D37 L5 1996
Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. 2nd ed. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 1996.
Includes citation formats for full-text databases (individual works, books, monographs or full-length works, periodicals), bibliographic databases, electronic conferences (Interest Groups) or bulletin board services (BBS), electronic mail (personal), computer programs.
Art Reference PN171.F56 W35 1998
Walker, Janice R., and Taylor, Todd. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
"Presents a guide to locating, translating, and using
the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and
a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources." An abbreviated guide, Basic CGOS, is available at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html.
Alexander, Janet, and Marsha Tate (Eds.). Evaluating Web Resources. Established August 8, 1996, last revised July 21, 2000. Online. Widener Unversity. Available:
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm. October 9, 2000.
A series of teaching modules for helping students develop the critical skills to evaluate World Wide Web Resources, this site includes links to excellent examples of the resources that reflect a variety of viewpoints and purposes—advocacy for social causes, business and marketing, personal interests, and others.
Grassian, Eleanor. Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources. Established June 1995, last revised January 4, 1999. Online. UCLA College Library. Available:
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/web/critical.htm. October 9, 2000.
Useful checklist for evaluating the reliability and usefulness of information available on the Internet including content and evaluation, source and date, structure, and other criteria.