Art Print Resources - The University Libraries

Print Resources in Art History in Jackson Library

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks

The Dictionary of Art, 34 volumes.
New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996. also online
location: ref N31 .D5
- The definitive starting point for the foreseeable future.

The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
location: ref N33 .O93

Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design,
Engineering and Construction, 5 volumes.
New York: Wiley, 1989.
location: ref NA31 .E59

Fielding, Mantle.
Dictionary of American Painters,
Sculptors and Engravers.
Poughkeepsie, NY: Apollo, 1986.
location: ref N6536 .F5

Encyclopedia of World Art, 15 volumes.
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1959. Supplement 1983.
location: ref N31 .E533
- Older, still useful set with many illustrations.

Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists
London; New York: Penguin Books, 1997.
location: ref N31 .M8

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects, 4 volumes.
New York: Free Press; London, 1982.
location: ref NA40 .M25

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Bibliographic Guides

Ehresmann, Donald L.
Fine Arts: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories and Handbooks.
Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1979.
location: ref 7425 .E4520

Arntzen, Etta.
Guide to the Literature of Art History.
Chicago : American Library Association, 1980.
location: ref N380 .A750

Indexes and Abstracts

Specialized

Book Stacks -- N1.A1 A68 -- 4th floor, Tower
Art Index.
1929 - . Quarterly.

Book Stacks -- N1 .A1 B530 -- 4th floor, Tower (1991-1999)
BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art.
Formerly: RILA: International Repertory
of the Literature of Art.
(1973) 1975 - 1990. Semiannual.

General

Book Stacks
Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
1975-97 . No longer received.

Book Case A
Essay and General Literature Index.
1900 - 1999

Table 1
Humanities Index.
Formerly: Social Sciences and Humanities index and International Index.
(1900 - 1974) 1974 - Quarterly.

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Biography

Bénézit, E.
Dictionary of Artists. 14 volumes
Paris: Gründ,2006
location: ref N40 .B 5213 2006

Contemporary Architects, 3rd ed.
Chicago; London: St. James Press, 1994.
location: ref NA680 .C625

Contemporary Photographers, 3rd ed.
New York: St. James Press, 1995.
location: ref TR139 .C66

Contemporary American Women Sculptors.
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1986.
location: ref NB212 .W37

Who's Who in American Art, biennial.
New York: R. R. Bowker.
location: ref N6536 .W5

Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers.
5 volumes
London, G. Bell, 1903-05.
location: ref N40 B94

Contemporary Artists.
London: St. James Press, 2002. (2 vols.)
location: ref N6490 .C6567

A Biographical Dictionary of Artists.
New York, NY: Facts on File, 1995.
location: ref N40 .B53

Who's Who in Architecture: from 1400 to the Present.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.
location: ref NA40 .W48

Table 2
Biography Index. Quarterly.
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1947 - .
location: Abstracts & Indexes: ref Z5301 .B5

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Directories

American Art Directory. Biennial.
New York: Jaques Cattell Press, R. R. Bowker.
location: ref N50 .A54

Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market. Annual.
Cincinnati, Ohio: F&W Publications.
location: ref N8600 .A76

International Directory of Arts, 2volumes. Biennial
Berlin: Deutsche Zentraldruckerei AG.
location: ref N50 .I6

Museums

American Association of Museums.
Official Museum Directory. Annual.
Washington, DC: American Association of Museums.
location: ref AM10 .A2O4

North Carolina Museum of Art.
Catalogue of Paintings.
Vol. I: American Paintings to 1900.
Vol. II: British Paintings to 1900.
Raleigh, 1966 - .
location: ref ND235 .R3N62

Great Museums of the World, 8 volumes.
New York: Newsweek. Various dates.
location: stacks, each volume classed separately.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center
Catalogue of the Collection.
Vol. I: Paintings and Selected Sculpture.
Chapel Hill, 1971 - .
location: ref N529 .C2A52

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Sources of Reproductions

Munro, I. S. and K. M. Munro.
Index to Reproductions of European Paintings.
New York: Wilson, 1956.
location: ref ND45 .M6

Havlice, P. P.
World Painting Index, 2 volumes.
Metuchen, N J: Scarecrow Press, 1977. (plus two supplements)
location: ref ND45 .H38

Clapp, Jane.
Sculpture Index, 3 volumes.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1970.
location: ref NB36 .C55

Smith, Lyn W.
Index to Reproductions of American Paintings
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
location: ref ND205 .S575

Parry, P. J.
Contemporary Art and Artists: An Index to Reproductions.
Westpost, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
location: ref N6490 .P3234

Appel, Marsha.
Illustration Index VII: 1987-1991.
New York: Scarecrow Press, 1957-.
location: ref N7525 .I450, vol. 7

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Histories

Pelican History of Art, approximately 30 volumes.
New Haven: Yale University Press, various dates.
location: ref and stacks, each volume classed separately.

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