Art History Bibliography and Library Methods

Research Guides -- General guides to research, reading, and writing in the arts. Lists of Published Catalogs of Books -- International, national, and area library catalogs in print.

General and Topical Bibliographies -- Ranging from art general to topical, medium, period, movement, artist, architect, art historian, and specialized; plus a listing of art library catalogs in print.

Art Periodical Indexes and Abstracting Services -- Commercial and institutional guides to articles, essays within collected works, and festschriften, including art general, medium, and topical indexes.

Non-Art Periodical and Literature Indexes -- General, discipline-specific, newspaper, dissertation, and book review indexes.

Art Encyclopedias -- General, media-specific (Decorative Arts), geographic, or period (Early Christian).

Art Biographical Reference Sources -- General, media specific, geographical, or period; indexes to biographical sources; guides to artists'; signatures and monograms.

Dictionaries of Art Terms

Exhibition Records Arranged by Artist

Guides to Art Techniques

Bibliographies of Art Auction Catalogs

Indexes to Art Auction Catalogs

Biographical Reference Works - Collectors, Dealers

Significant Corpora

Catalogs of Paintings in a Geographic Region

Print Catalogs

Iconography

Archive Directories and Other Information

Commercial Picture Sources

Foreign Dissertations

Researching an Artwork

 

Research in Progress