Art, Art History & Architecture Research Guide

Type in keywords. Use quotation marks to search a phrase (ex: "abstract expressionist painting"). Books may be available in print or online format.

To find reference books, add the word reference to your search. 

To find ebooks, filter your results to Online (under 'Format' in the left hand column of the results page). 

These books are located in the Elihu Burritt Library's Reference Department (2nd floor)

Dictionary of Art (REF N31 D5 v.1-3)
NewYork: Grove, c1996, printing 1998

Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture (REF NA680 E495 v.1-3)
New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004

Encylopedia of World Art (REF N31 E56 v.1-10)
New York: McGraw-Hill, [1959-c1987]

Guide to the Literature of Art History 2 (REF N380 M374)
Chicago: American Library Association, 2005

Oxford Companion to 20th Century Art (REF N6490 O94)
Oxford: Oford University Press, 1981

Oxford Companion to Western Art (REF N33 O923)
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001

Random House Dictionary of Art and Artists  (REF N33 A17)
New York: Random House, 1990

World Atlas of Architecture (REF NA 200 W67)
Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1984

You will find most print books related to Art, Art History and/or Architecture on STACK 4 in the Library.

For browsing purposes, most books will be under the call numbers that begin with the following letters: 

NA -- Architecture

NB -- Sculpture

NC -- Drawing, Design, and Illustration

ND -- Painting

NE -- Print Media

NK -- Decorative Arts

NX -- Art (general)