HSTEU 403 / ART H 400
Culture and Society in the Baroque World Library Research Tools & Strategies

Background Sources | Catalogs | Indexes | Microfilm | Web Sites

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Dictionary of Art	Suzzallo Reference Art Reference	N31 .D5 1996
Dictionary of Scientific Biography	Natural Science Reference Undergraduate Reference	Q141 .D5
Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000	Suzzallo Reference Undergraduate Reference	HN373 .E63 2000
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance	Suzzallo Reference	CB361 .E52 1999
Grove Dictionary of Art Online	www.groveart.com/	[UW Only]
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians	www.grovemusic.com/grovemusic/home/index.html	[UW Only]
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation	Suzzallo Reference Undergraduate Reference	BR302.8 .O93 1996

Catalogs
Use the following databases to locate books in the UW Libraries and in other libraries around the region, nation and world. Books unavailable at the UW can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.

UW Libraries Catalog

A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available at the University of Washington Libraries.

Cascade

A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available in the 6 public university library systems in Washington state. Books can be requested online and sent to the UW.

OCLC WorldCat [UW only]

A listing of books, journal subscriptions and other material available in hundreds of major libraries in the U.S. and abroad.

OhioLINK

Use OhioLink to access chapters of recent books, use the "Words" search option.

Indexes
Use indexes to find articles (and sometimes books, dissertations, etc.) on a topic. Most indexes are arranged by subject or include a subject index. There are indexes covering all sorts of subjects, use those which best fit your research topic. For a complete list of electronic indexes see Databases & Catalogs on the Information Gateway.
Once you identify articles you need make sure you have the complete citation (author, title, journal name, volume, pages and year), then look in the UW Libraries Catalog for the journal name (do a title search for the journal name to see if the UW subscribes) to see if and where the journal is kept (library location and call number).
Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.

Art Abstracts/Art Index Retrospective [UW only]

Major index to art journals published from 1929 to the present.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index [UW only]

Multidisciplinary database indexing journal articles in the arts and humanities. Part of the Web of Science.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals [UW only]

Index to articles in architecture including architectual history published from 1934 to the present.

Bibliography of the History of Art [CD Network]

Index to the history of post-classical Western art including: fine arts; decorative and applied arts; industrial design and architecture; popular and folk art; and material culture.

Expanded Academic Index [UW only]

General index to magazine and journal articles in all subjects, includes some full-text.

Historical Abstracts [UW only]

Major index to articles in world history from the period 1450 on.

History of Science and Technology [UW only]

Index to articles and books in the history of science and medicine.

Iter gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance [UW only]

Index to articles and books pertaining to all aspects of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Also check the International Medieval Bibliography [CD Network]

MLA [UW only]

Index to articles and books dealing with literature and folklore.

Research Library [UW only]

General index to magazine and journal articles in all subjects, includes some full-text.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature [UW only]

Index to articles and books dealing with international music published from 1969 to the present.

Microfilm Sets
These collections of primary sources are housed in the Microforms and Newspapers Collection on the first floor of Suzzallo. Printed guides are also located there under the microfilm number if available.

Bibliothek der deutschen Literatur - M-3108

Guide available in Microforms Newspapers under the M-3108 call number. Includes 15,000 German works by 2,500 authors published between 1650 and 1900.

Early English Books, 1475-1640 and Early English Books, 1641-1700 - A9600 and A2791

Access provided through the UW Libraries Catalog and the English Short Title Catalogue. Covers all books printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the seventeenth century, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period.

Eighteenth Century - A7173

Access provided through the UW Libraries Catalog and the English Short Title Catalogue. Ongoing attempt to microfilm all materials printed in any language between 1701 and 1800 in Great Britain and its then colonies in North America, the Caribbean, and India, or printed in English elsewhere in the world.

German Baroque Literature, Jantz Collection - A7492

Access provided through the UW Libraries Catalog plus printed guide in Suzzallo Reference Z7040 G47. The main body of 3169 clearly Baroque (1615-1745) works is supplemented by 317 from the Renaissance and 144 later works. Along with works of primarily literary importance, there is a large representation of prose works of a scientific, political, religious, and ethnographic nature. (611 reels)

German Baroque Literature, Yale Collection - A5271

Access provided through the UW Libraries Catalog plus printed guide in Suzzallo Reference Z2231.Y3. Reproduces 2263 titles in 3087 volumes. The German Baroque era here is assigned the dates 1575-1740. (656 reels)

Web Sites
This is a short selection of web sites dealing with European history and art history sites. For other sites see the European History webpage or the Early Modern History page.

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

Selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations of historical documents. Documents range from medieval to contemporary. EuroDocs also includes regional sections such as French Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies and Dutch Studies. Also see the Internet Modern History Sourcebook

Art History Resources on the Web

Extensive collection of links dealing with art history from prehistoric to present. Includes links to museums. Includes an extensive section on Baroque art arranged primarily by artist. Also see Mother of All Art History Links.

Art Museum Network

Links to major art museums and a searchable database of collections. Also see the CODART list of museums with significant collections of Dutch and Flemish art and the Virtual Library Museums pages.