Created: March 2009
ARTH 324: Sixteenth-Century Italian Renaissance Art
Librarian: Kimberly Detterbeck
Course Instructor: Dr. Meredith J. Gill
SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION CLASS
Library research is a key component in learning. This class will provide students with an understanding of key research tools and teach basic skills for searching the Library's online catalog for books and exhibition catalogs, subject-specific electronic databases for journal articles and images, and significant and substantive Web sites. For your convenience this Web page will remain accessible through the end of the semester. For additional information or research assistance please contact:
Kimberly Detterbeck, Art and Architecture Libraries Graduate Assistant
Office Phone: (301) 314-0356
Office: Art Library
Email: kdetterb@umd.edu
Louise Green, interim Art History subject specialist
Office Phone: (301) 405-9064
Office: Art Library
Email: lwg@umd.edu
OUTLINE
Navigating the Library
Physical Library Navigation:
The University of Maryland Libraries comprise eight branches on the College Park campus. The College Park libraries are part of a larger state-wide consortium (USMAI) from which you may
borrow materials.
You will be conducting the bulk of your research at the Art Library. Consulting the Art Library Floor Plan will help you navigate the library and easily find what you need.
Remember: stacks (regular sized books) are located on the Library's mezzanine level and folios (large-sized books) can be found on the Library's main level.
A Selection of Useful Books in the Art Library:
- Butler's Lives of the Saints. Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Burns & Oates; Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1995-2000. Art Ref BX4654 .B8 1995
- Central Italian Painting: An Annotated Bibliography. Dunkelman, Martha. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1986. Art Stacks N6919.C46 D86 1986
- Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist Art. Turner, Jane. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 2000. Art Reference N6370 .E53 1999
- The Patron’s Payoff: Conspicuous Commissions in Italian Renaissance Art. Nelson, Jonathan K.and Richard J. Zeckhauser. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. Art Stacks N5273 .N45 2008
- Signs and Symbols in Christian Art. Ferguson, George. NY: Oxford University Press, 1961. Art Stacks N7830 .F37 1961
- Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources. Edited by Richardson, Carol M., et al. Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell Pub.; Milton Keynes, UK, 2007. Art Stacks N6370 .R375 2007
Current Periodicals (Journals) in the Art Library: These are located in the reading room on the mezzanine level, shelved alphabetically by title for browsing. Titles of particular interest for the study of Italian Renaissance art include: Apollo, The Art Bulletin, Burlington Magazine, Journal of the Warburg & Courtauld Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Mittelungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, and Storia dell'Arte. Note that older issues are cataloged and shelved by call number; search for the journal title in the online Catalog to find the call number. To search the contents of these and many other art journals, use the major art databases listed below.
Virtual Library Navigation:
Begin your research at the
UM Libraries home page (http://www.lib.umd.edu).
Getting oriented: How Do I . . . ? offers quick access to library resources, services and information by type.
Research Skills: Basic research skills include searching the Catalog for books and journal titles; reading Catalog records to locate books and journals in the library; identifying and searching databases in Research Port for journal articles; using Find It links to locate the texts of articles online and/or in print.
Visit the UM Libraries home page and click on Catalog. The Catalog allows you to search by keyword, author, title, subject and call number.
Tips for keyword searching:
- To search an exact phrase...use Quotes
"renaissance painting" - To search a particular artist, search under subject and use the last name first, followed by the first name (if known) or the first letter of the first name
Perugino or Buonarotti, Michelangelo - To narrow your search...use AND
renaissance and sculpture - To exclude certain words from your search...use NOT
(renaissance and art) not literature - To use various terms for similar concepts...use OR
(italian or roman) and renaissance - To search the root of a word...use truncation. Truncation is shortening a word to its root with a special symbol (e.g., *, $, ?) to return all the variants of that word in your search results. Art* will retrieve art, arts, and artist.
Art, Italian -- 16th century
Art, Renaissance -- Italy
Painting, Renaissance -- Italy
Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance
Drawing, Italian -- 16th century
Arts, Renaissance -- Italy
Sculpture, Renaissance -- Italy
[names of individual artists or buildings]
Architecture, Renaissance
More Basic Skills: Some Quick, Helpful Guides:
- Browser's Guide to the Art Library
- Evaluating Books and Periodicals
- Finding Library Items Using Call Numbers
- Identifying Periodical Types
- Integrating and Citing Sources
- Citation Style Guides Includes both MLA and Chicago Notes
- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources
Databases
UM Databases can be accessed through Research Port at any time. Begin your search for journal articles by selecting a database subject category such as Art and Art History or General/Multidisciplinary, then select a particular database by title; see databases linked below.
Be sure to click the Find It link on the item record for a list of options for locating the the text of the article in print and/or online!
- Art Abstracts / Art Index Retrospective
An index to English
and foreign-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins; includes book and exhibition reviews and reproductions of works of art; limited full-text.
- ARTstor
A repository of digital images from many periods and cultures representing architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, and other forms of visual culture. Remember to enable pop-ups.
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
This database offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design;limited full-text.
- Bibliography of the History of Art
An index to periodical articles 1973 to present, covering art of Late Antiquity to the present; European focus. Citations, but not full-text. Remember to use Find It button to locate citations.
- Digital Dissertations
The authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Includes authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full text is available from 1997 to the present.
- Historical Abstracts
Information on articles, books, and dissertations about non-U.S. and non-Canadian history from 1450 to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals in 50 languages. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.
- JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
- Oxford Art Online (Formerly Grove Art)
Includes the
full text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art with scholarly articles and links to images in museum collections worldwide.
Locating Known Citations, Journal Articles
When you already have a citation for a journal article, a quick way to locate the text is to use the Full Text Finder (from the homepage, using the left side search box, type in: full text finder). Be sure to search under the title of the JOURNAL/MAGAZINE NOT the title of the ARTICLE. Click on Find Article
Web Sites: A Sampling
Tips:
1. Investigate authority of site
2. Consider copyright
- Artcyclopedia
- Art History Resources on the Web
- The Art of Renaissance Europe /(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- The British Museum: Michelangelo: Money and Medals (exhibit)
- Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
- Google Images
- Learner.org: Renaissance [Annenberg Media]
- Medici Archive Project
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Renaissance Europe: Timelines / Special Topics
- National Gallery of Art: Italian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century
- Stanford University: The Digital Michelangelo Project
- University of Virginia: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102
- Walters Art Museum Renaissance Art Collection
- The Years of the Cupola: Digital Archives of the sources of Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore
- Art information and the internet: how to find it, how to use it. Jones, Loise Swan. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, c1999. Art Ref N59 .J66 1999.
Other UM Libraries Resources
- Interlibrary Loan
You can use the database WorldCat to locate books and journals beyond UM holdings. WorldCat contains records for materials found in research libraries worldwide.
Most items can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan (ILL), which means that libraries share items. If you find a book or a journal article that UMD doesn't have, request it via ILL. Books can take up to 14 days; articles about a week. Most articles now will be scanned and sent to you via PDF.
- DRUM: Digital Repository at UM
- Guides to Information Resources
Online guides to information resources, produced by librarian subject specialists. Art-related guides include:
Be sure to click the Find It link on the item record for a list of options for locating the the text of the article in print and/or online!
An index to English and foreign-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins; includes book and exhibition reviews and reproductions of works of art; limited full-text.
A repository of digital images from many periods and cultures representing architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, and other forms of visual culture. Remember to enable pop-ups.
This database offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design;limited full-text.
An index to periodical articles 1973 to present, covering art of Late Antiquity to the present; European focus. Citations, but not full-text. Remember to use Find It button to locate citations.
The authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Includes authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full text is available from 1997 to the present.
Information on articles, books, and dissertations about non-U.S. and non-Canadian history from 1450 to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals in 50 languages. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
Includes the full text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art with scholarly articles and links to images in museum collections worldwide.
When you already have a citation for a journal article, a quick way to locate the text is to use the Full Text Finder (from the homepage, using the left side search box, type in: full text finder). Be sure to search under the title of the JOURNAL/MAGAZINE NOT the title of the ARTICLE. Click on Find Article
Web Sites: A Sampling
Tips:1. Investigate authority of site
2. Consider copyright
- Artcyclopedia
- Art History Resources on the Web
- The Art of Renaissance Europe /(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- The British Museum: Michelangelo: Money and Medals (exhibit)
- Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
- Google Images
- Learner.org: Renaissance [Annenberg Media]
- Medici Archive Project
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Renaissance Europe: Timelines / Special Topics
- National Gallery of Art: Italian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century
- Stanford University: The Digital Michelangelo Project
- University of Virginia: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102
- Walters Art Museum Renaissance Art Collection
- The Years of the Cupola: Digital Archives of the sources of Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore
- Art information and the internet: how to find it, how to use it. Jones, Loise Swan. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, c1999. Art Ref N59 .J66 1999.
Other UM Libraries Resources
- Interlibrary Loan
- DRUM: Digital Repository at UM
- Guides to Information Resources
Online guides to information resources, produced by librarian subject specialists. Art-related guides include:
You can use the database WorldCat to locate books and journals beyond UM holdings. WorldCat contains records for materials found in research libraries worldwide.
Most items can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan (ILL), which means that libraries share items. If you find a book or a journal article that UMD doesn't have, request it via ILL. Books can take up to 14 days; articles about a week. Most articles now will be scanned and sent to you via PDF.
