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Spencer Art Reference Library—Online Resources

Find artist biographies, journal articles, art sales information, archival collections, images and more…

Located in the Bloch Building, the Spencer Art Reference Library has four public access computer terminals where library researchers can search the library’s collections in the catalog. In addition to searching the library’s physical holdings the library catalog also provides seamless access to online resources.

LibraryOneSearch – Discover books, digital collections and articles from the library’s physical and online holdings

Basic Catalog – Search the library’s physical collections of books, journal holdings and auctions catalogs

These specialized online subscription databases are available in the library reading room:

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Oxford Art Online
Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Encyclopedia of Islam *In Library Use
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Articles: Indexes and Full-Text
Accessible Archives (Godey’s Lady’s Book, 19th Century African American Newspapers & more)
America: History and Life
APS Online (American Periodical Series)
Art Abstracts & Art Index Retrospective
Art Bibliographies Modern
ArticleFirst (OCLC)
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Bibliography of the History of Art
Clase and Periódica: Index of Latin American Journals
International Bibliography of Art
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
Dyabola: Classical Studies databases
Firstsearch (OCLC Worldcat, ArticleFirst, and other sources)
Historical Abstracts: Index of academic historical journals from outside the United States and Canada
Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
JSTOR: Archive of full-text scholarly articles

Images
CAMIO: Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Collection Search

Newspapers
Accessible Archives: African-American Newspapers of the 19th century
Accessible Archives: Civil War: A Newspaper Retrospective
New York Times Online (1851-2009): Proquest Historical Newspapers
Accessible Archives: The Liberator (1831-1865)
Accessible Archives: The Pennsylvania Newspapers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Art Sales
Art Sales Index
Artfact
ARTNET
ArtPrice
AskArt
Leonard’s Combined Price Index of Art Auctions
Lugt’s Répertoire des Catalogue de Ventes
Prices4Antiques

Specialized Resources
Archives Grid (OCLC): Index of archival collections
AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
CAMEO: Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online
OAIster (OCLC): Digital Resources
SCIPIO: Art and rare book sales/ auction catalogs
World Almanac

Library staff can provide reference assistance to individuals and class groups in using the online catalog and the online resources. 

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