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Making Connections!

Remember it is all about making connections for this class. You have a unique perspective on the world and you get to use that lens to explore!
Library Search is a great place to start because it offers a broad array of resource types: books, ebooks, e-reference books, articles, streaming videos, and more.

Using Library Search for Art Topics

Library Search
Use Library Search to find materials you have access to as a UNW student, including books, ebooks, streaming video, reference entries, news and academic articles, conference proceedings, and more.

Tips and tricks for searching more efficiently in Library Search and other Databases.

If you are searching for a phrase, use quotes in the search. (i.e. "industrial revolution" )
You can also include multiple terms with capital AND (i.e. "industrial revolution" AND painters)
Using just an artist's last name can broaden searches.
Make sure to look at the subjects in great sources to find others on the same subject.

Worth a Trip to the Library

The Dictionary of Art
Call Number: REFERENCE 703 D561
Encyclopedia of World Art
Call Number: REFERENCE 703 En1
ISBN: 9780070194663
Publication Date: 1959
Modern Arts Criticism by Joann R. Prosyniuk (Editor)
Call Number: REFERENCE 709.2 M72
ISBN: 081037689x
Publication Date: 1991

Art books are shelved in the 700's in the Dewey decimal system.

710 Civic and Landscape art
720 Architecture
730 Sculpture
740 Drawing and Decorative arts
750 Paintings and Painters
760 Graphic arts (Printmaking and Prints)
770 Photography
780 Music
790 Recreational and Performing Arts
800's :Literature

General Art E-Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics

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Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
You can use The Oxford English Dictionary to find word definitions and trace the evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last 1,500 years using 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources. This source is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world.