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Biography Reference Source
A collection of more than 461,000 full-text biographies. Find biographies of interest by searching or browsing 30+ genre categories, including actors, authors, composers, explorers, figures relevant to U.S. & world history, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, current world leaders and many others.
Biography Reference Bank
Contains biographical full text articles, page images and abstracts from today’s leading magazines and journals—providing the most current coverage of an individual’s life and work.

W.A.R. Women Art Revolution ( video on YouTube )

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Books in the Library Building

University libraries are organized differently than public libraries. In a university library browsing will not be the best way for you to find books on your topic. Example: You are looking for a book on Modernism. You will find books in N (Fine Art), NK (Decorative Arts), NA (Architecture), etc. Within each of those there are subclasses of information. It's complex! It is best to search the library catalog and write down the call number and title of the books that you think best meet your needs.

Millersville University Library Catalog

If you are unsure how to find books in a university library, then watch this video. It explains how to search the library catalog to identiy a book to help with an assignment. The second part shows how to locate that book once you have the call number.

NOTE: If you view on YouTube there are timestamps to allow you to jump to spectific sections of the video.

Using Library Search

Library Search

"Library Search" will search almost all of the library's databases. While it will search Jstor, from time to time you may need to search that database seperately.

This video describes how to effectively use Library Search using the advanced search features and filters. It also covers saving and cition information. This video explains how to access the article from PDF, "Find It at Millersville", and "Request It" options.

Databases Providing Access to Primary & Secondary Sources

Primary Sources Related to Art

ARTstor
ARTstor is the ultimate image collection, containing hundreds of thousands of images covering art, architecture, archeology, and history. Useful for research not only in the arts, but in social history, sociology, and history.

Archives of American Art
A huge collection of primary source materials (diaries, letters, photos, audio & video recordings, etc.) documenting American culture for the past 200+ years.

Art & Architecture Complete
Includes thousands of images and full-text articles from an array of journals, books and more. International in scope, Art Source includes periodicals published in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch and is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers. Includes full text from 630+ journals; 220+ books; and 63,000+ images.
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Gender Studies Database
The Gender Studies Database is a full-text collection of more than 500 publications including journals, books, magazines, newsletters, dissertations, special reports, working papers and conference proceedings. Coverage for a quarter of the publications included starts prior to 1970. GSD combines NISC's popular Women's Studies International, Men's Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies databases with relevant contributions from the Child Development & Adolescent Studies as well as Family & Society Studies Worldwide databases. Links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the web are included where available.
Oxford Scholarship Online
Access 16,000+ academic works from Oxford University Press, covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
US Newsstream
US Newsstream searches current US news content, and archives back into the 1980s. Features top newspapers, wires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, and news sites in full-text format. US Newsstream provides key national and regional news sources from the U.S. and includes exclusive and preferred access to top titles, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune.
Women and the Law ( HeinOnline )
Contains books, biographies, and periodicals dedicated to the role of women in society and the law. Covers the progression of women's roles and rights in society over the past 200 years.

How to Identify and Read Scholarly Articles

The first part of this video explains scholalry sources. About halfway through there will be a review of the parts that make up a scholarly article, making it easier to identify one when searching the library databases.

Video Tutorial: How to Read Scholarly Materials

Resources that May Assist in Analysis of a Work of Art

Understanding Formal Analysis
J. Paul Getty Museum provides a simple explanation to help students understand formal analysis of a work of art.
How to Analyze an Artwork: A Step by Step Guide
While written for high school students, this guide provides very good guidance and excellent guiding questions.

ART 305 - Women in Art

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Instagram Account Highlights Contemporary Women Artists

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Annotated Bibliographies

Chicago Style - Referencing & Citing Resources

The resources below can guide you when you need to cite a source or create a bibliography.

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