Photography (2025)
A guide for students in photography classes- created by librarian Maryke Barber
Encyclopedias in the Library
Use these books (and other reference books), found in the Reference Collection on the ground floor of the library, as a starting place for your research. They are a good place to:
- find background information on your photographers
- get book lists ("bibliography" or "references")
- research country, period, style, contemporaries: what was/is their life like?
Contemporary photographersCall Number: TR 139.C66 1988
Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century PhotographyCall Number: TR 9.H25 2008
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century PhotographyCall Number: TR 642.E5 2006
Oxford Dictionary of American Art and ArtistsCall Number: N6505.M59 2007 (Request from Annex location)- Contemporary Women ArtistsCall Number: N8354.C66 1999
A to Z of American Women in the Visual ArtsCall Number: N6505.K59 2002
Encyclopedia of African American artistsCall Number: N6538.N5 J44 2009
Encyclopedia of Arab American ArtistsCall Number: N6538.A73 O94 2008
Encyclopedia of Asian American artistsCall Number: N6538.A83 H35 2007
Encyclopedia of Jewish American ArtistsCall Number: N6538.J4 B37 2007
Encyclopedia of Native American ArtistsCall Number: N6538.A4 E94 2008- St. James guide to native North American artistsCall Number: N6538.A4 S8 1998
Credo Online Encyclopedias
Credo is a large collection of encyclopedias and dictionaries on all subjects; it also contains core titles such as the Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art & Artists
To browse, check out: