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Writer's Workshop at HC
- Writer's WorkshopThe Writer’s Workshop provides an opportunity to meet with trained, peer consultants to discuss assignments, brainstorm ideas, develop outlines for your papers, improve and further polish your paper drafts, and more. The workshop is located on the 2nd floor of Dinand, next to the Debate Room. You can walk-in or, book an appointment here!
CrossSearch
Visit the Libraries' homepage to use our discovery tool, CrossSearch.
CrossSearch provides a single starting point for your research by collecting most of our research resources -- the catalog, research databases, open-access journals and more -- behind a single search box. Once you have begun to search CrossSearch, you can fine tune your results to focus on specific types of resources, publication dates, subject areas, and more.
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to learn more about using CrossSearch. Or, visit our CrossSearch Guide.
Finding Books - The Visual Arts Wing
The Visual Arts Wing is located in the Dinand Library on the same floor as the Reading Room. It contains all art and photography books -- call numbers that begin with N or TR, respectively -- as well as current print magazines and journals related to art and photography.
Art Ebooks
- National Gallery (USA) Online EditionsScroll down to the NGA Online Editions heading.
- British Museum PublicationsNote the areas labeled "Online Research Catalogues" and "Online Journals"
- Getty Research PortalThe Getty Research Portal™ is a free online search platform providing worldwide access to an extensive collection of digitized art history texts from a range of institutions. This multilingual and multicultural union catalog affords art historians and other researchers the ability to search and download complete digital copies of publications devoted to art, architecture, material culture, and related fields.
Research art
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art Historya great starting point to place your object in its culture and time period
- Newspaper and magazine resources available online through the HC LibrariesA subset of our A-Z database list, the Newspapers & Magazines page lists all content available online through the HC Libraries. Some databases relate to one publication (ex. Boston Globe) while others represent collections (ex. Catholic Newspapers Online)
- CrossSearch - The HC Library Discovery InterfaceFind books in the Worcester Art Museum Library here too
- Art & Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, magazines, and book chapters about art, art history, architecture, and design.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Library of images relating to art and architecture, humanities, and social sciences.
- Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) This link opens in a new window
Citations and summaries for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and exhibit catalogs about art, published 1975-2007.
- Grove Art Online This link opens in a new window
A collection of important reference works in the visual arts, including The Concise Dictionary of Oxford Art Terms, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. **Limited to 5 users at one time. Please click "Sign out" and close the website when you are done.
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in almost every subject area, including some historical articles back to the 18th century.
- Oxford Reference Books: Art & Architecture This link opens in a new window
Art and architecture encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books, published by Oxford University Press. Some books limited to 5 users at one time. Please close the website when you are done.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new window
A world-wide catalog of books, journals, audiovisual materials, and other sources available in libraries worldwide. Includes direct links to request items on Interlibrary Loan.
Art21
- PBS Art21from their website:
Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time. A nonprofit organization, Art21’s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists.
Interlibrary Loan
- Illiad Interlibrary LoanCreate your account and manage requests. You will be able to conveniently place requests for books from directly within WorldCat
- WorldCat This link opens in a new window
A world-wide catalog of books, journals, audiovisual materials, and other sources available in libraries worldwide. Includes direct links to request items on Interlibrary Loan.
Bibliography, citations, & footnote guidance
The Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.)Call Number: Z253 .U69 2017Publication Date: 2017Dinand Reference; Music Reference; Science Reference
- RefWorks This link opens in a new window
Citation manager; collect, organize and format citations and footnotes in hundreds of styles. Available to current students, faculty and staff as well as alumni!
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