General Collection

The following subject headings are useful to find items:

Search for items on the catalogue - Type keywords in the search window.

Textbooks & Recommended Readings

Course texts and selected recommended readings are held in the restricted loan collection.
Please ask for them at the front service desk. Your tutors should provide you with a full list of readings.

Course texts - two hour loan. Selected recommended readings - three day loan.

The Reference Collection

• Located by the front service desk.
• Contains materials such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories and yearbook.
• Provides concise, factual information which help you to define your subject area.
• Check out other reference resources online by clicking on the hotlink Reference Tools.

Journals

Journals in print:

• Provide current ideas and information on a subject.
• The catalogue states what volumes/issues we hold. It cannot tell you what articles are inside of each journal.
• Use a database to find articles.

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ASCI - Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. - www.asci.org
Raises public awareness about artists & scientists using science & technology to explore new forms of creative expression.

CCD.net - www.ccd.net
An in-depth guide to community cultural development.

Digital Art Source - www.digitalartsource.com
A resource for students and professionals interested in the field of digital art.

e-flux - www.e-flux.com
A New York-based artist-run company dedicated to worldwide distribution of information for contemporary visual arts institutions via the Internet.

frAme - trace.ntu.ac.uk/frame/index.htm
The frAme Journal of Culture & Technology is published by the trAce Online Writing Centre at The Nottingham Trent University, England. It appears twice a year.

Image & Narrative - www.imageandnarrative.be
A peer-reviewed e-journal on visual narratology in the broadest sense of the term. Besides tackling theoretical issues, it is a platform for reviews of real world examples.

Parkett - www.parkett.com
"A Small Museum and a Large Library on Contemporary Art".

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Databases

A great way to find journal articles is to use an electronic database. Type keywords in the database search window:

Art Full Text from Wilson Web
A database of journal articles from international art magazines. Some articles are available full-text, while others only have a citation and abstract only.

Index New Zealand from the National Library
Index New Zealand is the best place to search for periodical literature about NZ artists. It has citations and abstracts from selected New Zealand magazines and journals, such as Art AsiaPacific, Art New Zealand, Art News, Journal of New Zealand Art History, Pacific Arts, etc.

Search all Ebscohost databases:

(off campus password required)

EbscoHost Suite of databases - Click here to go to the full Choose database selection page, or click on individual databases below.

(Password required off campus)

• Academic Search Elite
  Academic Search Elite offers full text for more than 2,000 serials, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 100 journals have PDF images back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCO host . (Password required off campus).
• Business Source Premier
  Provides full text access to over 2,470 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more.

Gale Cengage Suite of databases (formerly Thomson Gale) - Gale PowerSearch: Click here to search across all Gale databases at once.

Fine Arts and Music Collection
With more than 150 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

General OneFile 1980 - JUN, 2008
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

AbsoluteArts.com - www.absolutearts.com
Serving dealers, art buyers & artists, AbsoluteArts represents artists from around the world.

AHDS Visual Arts - vads.ahds.ac.uk
AHDS Visual Arts mission is to support research, learning and teaching, by providing visual arts digital resources through robust systems for Internet access and long term preservation; and to encourage, support and facilitate engagement with visual arts digital resources, through collaborative and creative endeavour, primarily within UK Higher and Further Education.

The Big Idea - www.thebigidea.co.nz
A huge online community, offering work opportunities for creative people in the creative industries.

Getty Images - www.gettyimages.com
A huge collection of purchasable photographic images. Includes the Hulton Archive.

Visual Collections - Images of Art, History and Culture - www.davidrumsey.com/collections
Has links to several collections of collections of images from Fine Arts, Photography, etc.

Words of Art
A glossary of art terminology.