General Information
- Staff contacts
- Locations of scanners, slide scanner, copystand and audiovisual equipment (vhs and laser disc players, turntables, etc.)
Reading Room and non-circulating art collections
- Location and Hours
- East Asian Art
- Semi-rare collection in Western Art
- Masters' Papers in Art History and Visual
Arts
- Max Epstein ImageArchive
Research guides
- How to find primary sources in the
library catalog
- Researching Chicago's architectural
history
- Tips on researching named and "ordinary" buildings
Course guides, Spring 2008
ARTH 10100 Introduction to Art (Kim Mims Instructor)
ARTH 17701
Europe in the 50's: Art and Reconstruction
(Professor Christine Mehring)
ARTH 28400 Art, Aesthetics and Productive Spectatorship (Lisa Zaher Instructor)
Course guides, Fall and Spring 2007-2008
ARTH15700 Introduction to the American Built Environment (Professor Victoria Solan, Winter 2008)
ARTH 48600 Art and Television (Professor Christine Mehring, Fall 2007)
ARTH 29600 Junior Seminar: Doing Art History (Professor Aden Kumler, Winter 2008)
Course guides from previous years
Campus-wide resources
Art History Department
and VRC's Image
Databases
Center for the Art of East Asia
Department of Visual Arts
Film Studies Center
Oriental Institute
Renaissance Society
Smart Museum of Art
Reference sources
Find books: Library
Catalog, Worldcat,
Multi-Library Catalogs, others
Find dissertations, A list of U.S. and international sources
Find
journal articles full list of articles
databases
- Art: Art
Abstracts, ARTbibliographies
Modern, etc.
- Architecture: Avery
Index, RIBA
Library Catalog
- E-journals in art and architecture
Find images Image
databases; print collections
Find auction information
- Results: Use Artnet to find prices for individual lots. Most records include some description and color images. For antiquarian book sales, see American Book Prices Current (on campus only)
- Auction catalogs: Identify and locate specific catalogs using Scipio:
art and rare books sales catalogs