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Art History (Avery Library): Resources for research
Literature Guides and Research Methods



1. LITERATURE GUIDES AND RESEARCH METHODS

General

Balay, Robert. Guide to Reference Books. 11th ed. (1996)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 34 Sh3511]
Annotated bibliography useful for interdisciplinary research, e.g., philosophy, religion, anthropology, ethnology, history, mythology, paleography, etc. Arranged by subject. Author/title/subject index. Also consult earlier editions and supplements, as they are not always cumulative.

Art History

Freitag, W. Art Books: a Basic Bibliography of Monographs on Artists. (1997)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 35 F881] 
Notes existence of catalogues raisonnés with a CR.

Jones, L.S. Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It. (1999)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N59 J71]
Could be considered a revision of 1.5, except that it replaces much material with tips for searching for materials on art and art history on the Internet.

Jones, L.S. Art Information Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed.(1990)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 35 J7211]
Good introduction to art resources. Two sections: research methodology and annotated bibliography. Includes definitions of corpora and festschriften
(p. 49-50), and catalogues raisonnés and oeuvre catalogues (p. 23-24).  Author/title/profession index.

Marmor, Max and Alex Ross.  Guide to the literature of art history 2. (2005)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N35 M34]
The standard annotated bibliographic guide in art history. 
Please note that this is a supplement to: Arntzen, E. and R. Rainwater. Guide to the Literature of Art History. (1980)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 35 Ar664]