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4. Find Sources

Once you've narrowed your topic and thought about keywords, try searching the databases below for potential sources you can use for your paper. Try to find sources that provide evidence to support your thesis. If your keywords aren't working, ask a librarian for help!

Databases / Articles

The following databases are the best place to start.

Credo Reference
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Articles from almost 600 reference books, including many reference books on art.
Gale in Context: World History
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Full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, primary sources, images, maps and charts.
Gale in Context: Biography
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Look up information on specific people. Find biographical essays, magazine/newspaper/journal articles, images and websites for people.
EBSCO General Databases
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Has articles from the art journal Art in America that may be useful for finding out more about your artist.

Art in Time: A World History of Styles and Movements by Gauvin Alexander Bailey (Contribution by); Matthew McKelway (Contribution by); The Editors of Phaidon Press
Call Number: Giles Ref N5303 .A755 2014
ISBN: 0714867373
Publication Date: 2014-09-22
Art: A Visual History by Robert Cumming
Call Number: Giles & Cherokee Stacks N31 .C85 2015
ISBN: 1465436618
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Art in World History (Full Color Edition) by Ralph Croizier (General Editor)
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 1933782919
Publication Date: 2011-07-09
Art That Changed the World by DK
Call Number: CCC & Giles REF N5300 .A698 2013
ISBN: 9781465414359
Publication Date: 2013-08-19
Symbols and Allegories in Art by Matilde Battistini
Call Number: Giles Stacks N7740 .B2913 2005
ISBN: 0892368187
Publication Date: 2005-05-01

A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art by Babette Bohn; James M. Saslow
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 1118391470
Impressionism by Nathalia Brodskaya
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 178042213X
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Modern Art by David Cottington
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780192803641
Publication Date: 2005-05-26
Pop Art and the Origins Post-Modernism. Contemporary Artists and Their Critics by Sylvia Harrison
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 1280429976
Publication Date: 2001-01-01

Artists by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; Andrew Graham-Dixon (Foreword by)
Call Number: Giles Ref N40 .A83 2017
ISBN: 024122618X
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Encyclopedia of Native American Artists by Deborah Everett; Elayne Zorn
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 1282419951
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Women Artists of the American West by Susan R. Ressler (Editor)
Call Number: Giles Stacks N8354 .W657 2003
ISBN: 078641054X
Publication Date: 2003-04-11
African American Art and Artists by Samella S. Lewis; Floyd Coleman (Foreword by); Mary Jane Hewitt (Introduction by)
Call Number: Giles Stacks N6538 .N5 L38 2003
ISBN: 0520239296
Publication Date: 2003-03-18

Symbols of Power in Art by Paola Rapelli; Nicole Garnier-Pelle
Call Number: Giles Stacks N8219 .K5 R3613 2011
ISBN: 9781606060667
Publication Date: 2011-04-12
The Art of Medicine by Julie Anderson; Emm Barnes; Nadine Monem (Editor); Emma Shackleton
Call Number: Giles Ref N8223 .A53 2011
ISBN: 0226749363
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Food and Feasting in Art by Sylvia Malaguzzi; Brian Phillips (Translator)
Call Number: Giles Stacks N8217 .F64 M2513 2008
ISBN: 9780892369140
Publication Date: 2008-03-03
Music in Art by Alberto Ausoni
Call Number: Giles Stacks - Circulating ML85.A9713 2009
ISBN: 9780892369652
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
History of the Church in Art by Rosa Giorgi
Call Number: Giles Stacks - Circulating N7830.G5313 2008
ISBN: 9780892369362
Publication Date: 2009-01-09
Gods and Heroes in Art by Lucia Impelluso
Call Number: Giles Stacks - Circulating N7760.I4713 2002
ISBN: 0892367024
Publication Date: 2003-04-03
Gardens in Art by Lucia Impelluso
Call Number: Giles Stacks - Circulating ND1460.G37 I4713 2007
ISBN: 9780892368853
Publication Date: 2007-04-16
Saints in Art by Rosa Giorgi
Call Number: Giles Stacks - Circulating ND1430.G5513 2003
ISBN: 0892367172
Publication Date: 2003-04-03

The Art of the Con by Anthony M. Amore
Call Number: Giles Stacks N8790 .A46 2015
ISBN: 1137279877
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
Beyond Rosie the Riveter by Donna B. Knaff
Call Number: Giles Stacks NE962 .W65 K55 2012
ISBN: 9780700618507
Publication Date: 2012-05-17
A Companion to Modern African Art by Gitti Salami (Editor); Monica Blackmun Visona (Editor); Dana Arnold (Series edited by)
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 1118515064
Publication Date: 2013-10-22
War and Art by Joanna Bourke (Editor)
Call Number: Giles Stacks N8260 .W34 2017
ISBN: 1780238460
Publication Date: 2017-11-15

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Find More E-Books

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eBook Collection (EBSCO)
A collection of over 260,000 eBooks including a variety of subjects including history, business, social science, political science, literature, science, medical, technical subjects, etc.. Proxy Bypass
EBook Central
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A collection of over 250,000 eBooks including a variety of subjects including social science, history, literature, business/management, religion, science, medicine, fine arts, education, etc.
Gale eBooks
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Contains Reference books covering many subjects, but primarily in areas of literature and social science (including history), and also some in health and science.

Art History Essentials e-book collection in Credo Reference.

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