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Book Browsing Guide

In general, most of the art-related books at the AFA Library are classified using the Library of Congress classification scheme for fine arts.

Book call numbers starting AM through MT are on the library's main floor:

Call #	Subject
AM1-501	Museums, collectors and collecting
M1-5000	Music
ML1-3930	Literature on music
MT1-960	Instruction and study of music

Followed by call numbers N through Z on the upstairs mezzannine:

Call #	Subject
N1-9211	Visual arts
NA1-9428	Architecture
NB1-1952	Sculpture
NC1-1940	Drawing, design, illustration
ND25-3416	Painting
NE1-3002	Print media
NK1-9990	Decorative arts
NX1-820	Arts in general (theory)
TR1-1050	Photography

Key Resources for Art & Art History

Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Covers fine, decorative, and commercial art, and some areas of architecture and architectural design. Over 600 full-text journals, more than 220 full-text books, and a collection of 63,0000+ images.

ARTstor
A digital library of over two million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching purposes.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 2,800 periodicals published worldwide on architecture, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage from 1930s-present (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s).
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) This link opens in a new window
The Getty provides access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art (RILA). These citation databases, searchable together, cover material published between 1975 and 2007.

Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
The only online index to 42 art periodicals published in the U.S. during the 1800s. Entire journal contents are indexed — including illustrations and advertisements.
JSTOR
Scholarly journal archive, going back to the first issue for many titles, covering Classical studies, area studies, anthropology, architecture, archaeology and art history.
Oxford Art Online
Contains Grove Art Online (encyclopedia), Oxford Companion to Western Art, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Oxford Bibliographies--Art History

Multidisciplinary Resources of Interest

Biography in Context
Search for current or historic biographical info based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.
Ebsco Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary, full text database for more than 4,500 journals, including peer-reviewed titles, some back to 1975.

Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, including some full-text.

Periodicals Index Online
A general database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Full-page-images and article images for newspapers from their beginning including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Atlanta Constitution and The Christian science Monitor.

WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window

Open Access Reference Sources

AAT
Getty's Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Artcyclopedia
Find artists' works and museums who collect them.
Classification Outline for Fine Arts
Lists Library of Congress call numbers for Fine Arts
CONA
Getty's Cultural Objects Name Authority
MetPublicaitons
Over five decades of Met publications available for download or reading
Multilingual Dictionary for Art Librarians
Indexes art terms in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish
TGN
Getty's Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Timeline of Art History
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
ULAN
Getty's Union List of Artist Names

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Director,, Architecture & Fine Arts Library
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201 Fine Arts Building A
PO Box 117017
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-273-2805