ART264: Modern Art (2023): Find Books
OneSearch: Books, Articles & Films / Google Scholar
This search combines the Hollins + Roanoke College collections.
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Worldcat: Find books in libraries worldwide, and order them via Inter-Library Loan if Hollins does not have them.
TIPS:
- Using www.worldcat.org will sort your results by relevance; using hollins.worldcat.org will put our books first.
- When searching for a person in Worldcat, it helps to add a search term (or two) about who they are/what they do - to sort them out from other people with the same name. Try the following formula for artists, for example:
Kathryn Clark and art*
or use the advanced search:
- keyword: "kathryn clark"
- subject: art*
Google Books contains full text for books in the public domain (pre-1923); partial text for books under copyright.
Very useful for finding out which books contain information on your topic; then you can order them via inter-library loan if Hollins doesn't have them.
Where are the....
Art Books
HU - General Collection:
"N" call numbers are on the 3rd floor
HU - Folio:
Ground floor
HU Annex
use the "request" function in the online catalog
Art Journals
*shelved alphabetically*
current issues:
Lewis Reading Room, 1st floor
older issues:
selected titles are shelved on the 3rd floor in the "Arts Periodicals" section, next to the books with "NX" call numbers
Sample Subject Terms
Basic (+ time period);
- Art, modern - 20th century
- Art, modern - 21st century
Artist names (+)
- Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
- Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 - Catalogs
- Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 - Criticism and interpretation
- Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 - Exhibitions
Specific Genres:
- Abstract Expressionism
- Cubism
- Minimalism
- Pop art
- Surrealism
Specific Media:
- Drawing
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
"Art and" OR "Art in":
- Art and globalization
- Art and religion
- Art and war
- Birds in art
- Death in art
- Sex in art
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Doing keyword searches, you can combine terms in any way you like.
NOTE: This is only a starting point. Use all the terms you can think of that describe your topic in your searches.
Other Useful terms in the online catalog:
- History
- Social life and customs (as in "United States -- Social life and customs")
- Social aspects
Use the *
Use the * (asterisk) to truncate your search terms, to search several terms at once.
Example: paint* = "paint"+ ""+ "painter" + "painting" + "paintings", etc.