Dulaney-Browne Library: Art & Art History: Books

Book Catalogs

Use these links to get to the described catalogs to find books that can be checked out from the library, read online, or ordered through Interlibrary Loan.

eBook Academic Subscription Collection
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
Multi-disciplinary dissertation and theses database includes full text of most doctoral dissertations and master's theses from the U.S. and around the world published in recent years and descriptions dating back to 1861.
WorldCat Discovery
Catalog of books in libraries world wide plus electronic books, full text journal articles, and archival resources, with links to items accessible to our students, faculty, and staff

Interlibrary Loan

Request a Book or any Library Item
If … it is not included in the Dulaney-Browne Library catalog and it isn’t a course textbook

WorldCat Discovery
Catalog of books in libraries world wide plus electronic books, full text journal articles, and archival resources, with links to items accessible to our students, faculty, and staff

search and click on "Request Item through Interlibrary Loan" and add your contact information

Book ILL Request Form
ILL Book Request Form

fill in title, author, publisher, and date plus your contact information

Request a Journal Article

If ... it isn't available full text online or in the library's journals list.

EBSCOhost

search and click on "Request through ILL (arrives in 3 days to 3 weeks)"

Article ILL Request Form
ILL Journal Article Request Form

fill in article title and author, journal title, date, volume, issue, and page numbers plus your contact information

Reference Books

Reference books on art history are in the Reference Collection, First Floor, in the 700s. Use these books in the library to help jumpstart your research project.

The Dictionary of Art by Jane Turner (Editor)
Call Number: REF 703 D561
ISBN: 1884446000
Publication Date: 2003-02-11
Boasting well over 6,000 contributors from 12 countries, the Dictionary offers its readers authoritative and comprehensive global coverage. A resource for both art and cultural studies, the Dictionary serves as a unique guide to all the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, printmaking, as well as the decorative arts. The Dictionary ranges far both geographically and historically; it features unparalleled coverage of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Mongolia, China, India, the Islamic world, Japan, Korea, Native North America, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, and Ancient Rome. Providing depth as well as breadth, The Dictionary of Art examines important art forms and key issues of design, taste, function, and patronage, illuminating them in light of the cultural context in which they developed.

Browse the Shelves

Browsing the stacks is another way to find printed art books. Here's a basic outline for art topics:

700 - Overview of the arts.

See 701 for theory and philosophy, and
709 for overviews of art history.

720s - Architecture
730s - Sculpture
740s - Drawing
750s - Painting
760s - Printmaking
770s - Photography

Library Locations

Most Art books may be found in the 700s located on the third floor (fifth floor for oversized items; basement storage for circulating older titles).