Quick Link Index: Reference Titles & Online Books Selected Writing Tools & Resources  | Selected Art Sites Digital Libraries & Subject Guides

 

Reference Titles & Online Books


A Web of Online Global Language Resources
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: A collection of dictionaries, for English and a wide range of other languages, as well as a thesaurus. URL:http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Information Please (Almanac+)
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: A quick facts and information source.  An almanac browsable by category.  Keyword search tool provided.  Arranged in topical section for: World, Sports, Entertainment, People, Money, Living, Society, Science & Technology and the United States. Additional links to an online encyclopedia and dictionary.  URL:http://www.infoplease.com/

Gallery Guide
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: The online version of Gallery Guide magazine, which consists of seven regional gallery guides distributed 10 times a year, plus special editions published yearly. URL:http://www.galleryguide.com

Bartleby.com
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: A literary resource for online books. A  selection of reference, verse, fiction and nonfiction works made available on the web.   Includes dictionaries, thesaurus, writing style guides, fact books, compilations of quotations and much more.  URL:http://www.bartleby.com/

Connecticut Law & Legislative Reference
Site affiliation
: Educational Description: Click on the link and then scroll to the bottom of the linked page for a quick link list to CT state general statutes, acts and legislation, compiled by Connecticut State Library.  URL:http://www.cslib.org/law.htm

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Site affiliation: Government Description: A biannual government publication that describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations, including careers in the Visual Arts.   URL:http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Artists Rights Society
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: Artists Rights Society (ARS) is the preeminent copyright, licensing, and monitoring organization for visual artists in the United States. Founded in 1987, ARS represents the intellectual property rights interests of over 30,000 visual artists and estates of visual artists from around the world (painters, sculptors, photographers, architects and others).   URL: http://www.arsny.com/basics.html

 

Selected Writing Tools & Resources 


How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
Site affiliation: Educational Description: Guidelines for preparing an annotated bibliography from Cornell University Library Reference Department, IRIS; used with permission. URL:http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm

Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Site affiliation: Educational Description: Guidelines for preparing an annotated bibliography from the University of Toronto. URL:http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/annotatebib.html

 

Selected Art Reference Tools & Resources 


Art Images for College Teaching
Site affiliation: Educational  Description: Links to images of Western and Non-Western art. A free-use image resource for the educational community. URL: http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/

Art in Context
Site affiliation: Non-profit organization Description: An online reference library for the publication and dissemination of information about artists and where to find their work.  Browsable index for: museums, galleries & dealers, artists, current exhibitions and links to images. URL: http://www.artincontext.org/

ArtLex
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: A visual art dictionary for artists, students and educators in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education. URL: http://www.artlex.com/

Artnet
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: Website provides information to buy, sell and research fine art online. Links to over 1,300 galleries, 36,000 works and 13,000 artists from around the globe. URL:http://www.artnet.com/

AskArt
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: "the artist blue book".  Provides information about thousands of American artists and related links to museums, auction houses and much more. URL:http://www.askart.com/AskART/index.aspx

CAMEO- Conservation & Art Material Online
Site affiliation: Educational Description: CAMEO is a searchable encyclopedia and contains chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the conservation, preservation, and production of artistic, architectural, and archaeological materials. URL:http://www.mfa.org/cameo/frontend/

Dan Gheno's Recommended Art Links Page
Site affiliation: Personal /educational website Description: Dan's links list for: Artist Resources & Indexes, Art History, Technical Information Online for Artists, Art Journals, Print Resources Online, Anatomy Links, Museums, Artists and Places to find Art. Also provides a return link  to Dan's Painting & Drawing home page. URL:http://www.dangheno.net/links.htm

Art History Resources on the Web
Site affiliation: Academic Description: Chris Witcombe's Award winning site.  Links for Pre-History to 20th C. Art, research resources and more.  URL:http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

ADAM
Site affiliation: Educational Description: The Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway a searchable catalogue describing Internet resources. Browse under the subject headings: Architecture, Fine Art, or Museum Studies.  Try a search with the terms "sculpture", "Francis Bacon", or "figures"... URL:http://adam.ac.uk/sindex.html

The Mother of All Art History Links
Site affiliation: Academic Description: Art History Departments, Research Resources, Visual collections, Online Images, Fine Arts Schools, Art Museums, and other useful resources.  URL:http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/mother/

Connecticut Artists Project
Site affiliation: Academic Description: This searchable database aims to provide information about the visual artists who have lived or worked in Connecticut from early times to the present. 
URL:http://webapps.lib.uconn.edu/ConnArt/
 
Web Gallery of Art
Site affiliation: Educational Description: The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 13,900 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available. Guided tours, free postcard and other services are provided for the visitors. 
URL:http://www.wga.hu/
 
NY Public Library Digital Gallery
Site affiliation: Educational Description: The Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library. Subjects include the applied sciences, book arts, fine and decorative arts, history, performing arts, and social sciences.
URL:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
 

Digital Libraries & Internet Subject Guides


Argus Clearinghouse
Site affiliation: Academic Description: An Internet Research library with a selected collection of descriptive topical guides to aid in identifying and evaluating Internet-based information resources in a wide range of subject categories including the Arts, Humanities and Sciences. URL: http://www.clearinghouse.net/

Historical Anatomies on the Web
Site affiliation: Government/Research Description: An Internet listing of anatomical atlases in the National Library of Medicine's collection. Each atlas is linked to a brief Author & Title Description, which offers an historical discussion of the work, its author, the artists, and the illustration technique. Selected images from each title are made accessible and additional links to other historical anatomies on the Internet are provided. URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/browse.html

 

Revised: 07/12/2007