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Finding your materials, part
6:
............Consult Bibliographies
Bibliographies will point
you toward "standard" works in the field you're researching. And skimming
through a good bibliography will also give you a sense of who
are reputable publishers--so you'll be better able to evaluate
books you encounter outside of the context of a bibliography..
- Gardner's
Art Through the Ages
a well-known art history
survey textbook, has in its last pages a splendid bibliography
that's organized by chapter / period. You may be confident that
any work listed in this bibliography is a solid source. Especially
if you're an art major, note that this book is long-term resource
that's well worth getting in hard copy: E-book subscriptions
expire rather quickly. If you don't have your own copy, check
the Library--especially books put on reserve by art history faculty.
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- Most art history textbooks
have a bibliography in
their final pages, and--once again--you may be confident that
the works listed are solid. Be sure to check this as well.
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- Use the annotated bibliographies
in our Library collection,
being sure to check more than one so that you'll cover a wide
date range. And note that the Marmor bibliography is a continuation
of the Arntzen / Rainwater one. Inevitably these will not list
the most recent books, but you'll be able to find the recent
ones easily.
Arntzen, Etta and Robert Rainwater.
Guide to the Literature of Art History 1.
Chicago: American Library Association, 1980
Ehresmann, Donald L. Fine arts: a bibliographic guide
Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1975
Marmor, Max. Guide to the Literature of Art History 2.
Chicago: American Library Association, ca. 2005. Covers works
published from around 1985.
- Another useful bibliography (not in our Library) is:
Tobey, Jeremy. History of Ideas: A Bibliographical Introduction, 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: Clio Books,
c. 1975.
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