Art Resources
Finding ARTICLES
Art and Art History in General
Humanities International Complete - Full text from hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Includes many art and art history sources. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
Academic Search Complete - A multidisciplinary index that includes many full text art titles. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
ProQuest Research Library - Covers a wide range of subject areas (including art) dating back to 1985. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 78k)
Academic OneFile - Another interdisciplinary index that indexes topics in art and has full text for art related journals. (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 75k)
Credo Reference - An electronic reference book collection.
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras (Gale Virtual Reference Library) - An electronic encyclopedia profiling milestones and movements in the arts (from Ancient Egypt through 1800).
Art Therapy
PsycINFO - comprehensive resources in Psychology. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 66k)
Art Education
ERIC - Comprehensive Education resources. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
ProQuest Education Journals - Full text education articles. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 78k)
Finding BOOKS
Edgewood's Catalog - Books, journal titles, videos, more. See also new books.
Course Reserves - Search by course number or instructor
U.W. catalog - Books, journal titles, videos, etc.
WorldCat - for books, videos, etc from libraries nationwide
Art WEBSITES
Local Info / Museums
Edgewood College Art Department
Edgewood Art Exhibitions Calendar
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Wisconsin Outsider Art
Roadside art online: Wisconsin
Anthony Petullo collection of self-taught and outsider art
Dreamtime Village - An artist colony located in West Lima, Wisconsin, about 90 miles from Madison.
Kohler Foundation's Wisconsin outsider art page
Meta Sites and Reference Sources
Art Websites - Comprehensive collection of links to museums, art periods and styles, photography, architecture, and art research.
Artcyclopedia - Search engine of art resources available on the web. Search by artist, artworks, or museums.
ArtLex - Dictionary of visual art.
Clay Art Web Guide - An extensive catalog of more than 1,500 web sites on ceramics.
Museums and Online Collections
Archives of American Art - A collection of roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, sketches, scrapbooks, and other documentation that supports the study of the history of the visual arts in America.
Museum of Modern Art - The foremost museum of modern art in the world.
Metropolitan Museum of Art - One of the world's largest and most important art museums.
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts - Museum exhibits plus an education selection organized by culture and theme.
National Gallery of Art - Includes on-line exhibitions, a listing of programs and events, and the gallery shop.
National Museum of Women in the Arts - An excellent source for information on art by women.
National Portrait Gallery - Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery in London was established to collect the likenesses of famous British men and women. Search the site for all portraits in the gallery and view over 28,000 online.
NYPL Digital Gallery - Access to over 360,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
Prints and photographs online catalog - From the Library of Congress, this site provides access to about one million images from the library's collection.
Single Collections
Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology - Dedicated to the study of the art and culture of ancient Egypt through teaching, research, exhibition and education.
The Saul Steinberg Foundation - This website "facilitates the study and appreciation of Saul Steinberg's contribution to 20th-centurt art."
Seattle Art Museum: Discovering Buddhist Art - Presents photographs, text, videos and slides of selected objects relating to Buddhism.
Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line - Features the paintings of Jacob Lawrence, along with photographs and a brief synopsis of his life.
PBS American Masters: Afred Stieglitz - Includes a feature essay on the artist, career timeline, and additional footage not included in the PBS documentary.
Typography
TypeBase.com - Links to fine quality typographic websites around the world.
TypeIndex.org - A searchable database of fonts (including freeware, shareware and commercial fonts) available throughout the world.