Information Sources in Art, Art History and Design [Reprint 2015 ed.] 9783110954500, 9783598244384

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GUIDES TO INFORMATION

A series under the General Editorship

SOURCES

of

la C. Mcllwaine, M . W . Hill and Nancy J . Williamson

Other titles available

include:

Information Sources in Architecture and Construction (Second edition) edited by Valerie J . N u r c o m b e Information Sources in Cartography edited by C . R . Perkins and R . B . Barry Information Sources in Chemistry (Fourth edition) edited by R . T . Bottle and J . F . B . R o w l a n d Information Sources in Development Studies edited by Sheila Allcock Information Sources in Engineering edited by Ken Mildren and Peter Hicks Information Sources in Environmental Protection edited by Selwyn Eagle and Judith Deschamps Information Sources in Finance and Banking by R a y Lester Information Sources in Grey Literature (Third edition) C.P. Auger Information Sources in Information Technology edited by David Haynes Information Sources in Law (Second edition) edited by Jules Winterton and Elizabeth M . M o y s Information Sources in Metallic Materials edited by M . N . Patten Information Sources in Official Publications edited by Valerie J . N u r c o m b e Information Sources in Patents edited by C.P. Auger Information Sources in Physics (Third edition) edited by Dennis F. Shaw Information Sources in Polymers and Plastics edited by R . T . Adkins Information Sources in Sport and Leisure edited by Michele Shoebridge Information Sources in the Earth Sciences (Second edition) edited by David N . W o o d , J o a n E. Hardy and Anthony P. Harvey Information Sources in the Life Sciences (Fourth edition) edited by H . V . Wyatt Information Sources for the Press and Broadcast Media edited by Sarah Adair

GUIDES T O INFORMATION SOURCES

Information Sources in

Art, A r t History and Design

Editor Simon Ford

K- G Saur München 2001

Die Deutsche Bibliothek

-

CIP-Einheitsaufnahme

Information sources in art, art history and design / ed. Simon Ford. - München : Saur, 2001 (Guides to information sources) ISBN 3-598-24438-X ©

Printed on acid-free paper © 2001 K . G . Saur Verlag GmbH, München All Rights Strictly Reserved No part o f this publication may b e reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publisher Cover design by Pollett and Cole Typesetting by Florence Production Ltd., Stoodleigh, Devon Printed and Bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd., Chippenham, Wiltshire ISBN 3 - 5 9 8 - 2 4 4 3 8 - X

Contents

Series editors' foreword About the contributors

vii xi

Foreword

xv

Deborah

Shorley, Chair, ARLIS/UK & Ireland

Preface

xvii

Simon Ford 1

General reference sources

1

Simon Ford and Sue Price 2

Academic libraries

16

Sue Price 3

Public libraries

Heather 4

Museum and gallery libraries

Geert-Jan 5

6 7

9

77

Mittelstaedt

Auction catalogues

Lynda

60

Holman

Periodicals, abstracts and indexes

Lilah J. 8

50

Glew

The art book

Valerie

34

Koot

Archives

Adrian

22

Rowland

90

McLeod

Visual resources

Christine L. Sundt

103