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Art History

This guide provides an introduction to resources that support research in the field of art history. You'll find helpful tips and tools to find and access art journals, films, images, exhibition catalogs and reviews, and more!

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Finding & Using Books

Books are valuable resources in the humanities, offering in-depth perspectives on emerging issues and scholarly debates. Academic books may be monographs—written by one author on a focused topic—or edited volumes with multiple scholars contributing different viewpoints. Most are published by university or independent academic presses and go through peer review. For undergraduate research, you don’t need to read an entire book—start with the Table of Contents to find relevant chapters. Bibliographies are also useful for discovering additional sources.

This tab of the Art History Research Guide includes: