Art Subject Guide

Books

 

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

Searchable collection of over one million digital images representing a
cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs
Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress. The
Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a
contribution to education and scholarship.

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Classic Library Catalog open access

WMU's Classic online catalog (also known as WestCat), is used to identify books (including electronic books), government documents, journals, audio and video, slides, music scores, and other items in the University Libraries' collections. The catalog can be searched by title, author, subject heading, keyword, call number, and more.

Librarian's Comment: Try using the following general subject headings:

Art American
Art Ancient
Art Baroque
Art Medieval
Art Modern
Architecture Ancient
Architecture Baroque
Architecture Medieval
Architecture Modern
Artist name (or name of movement)
Art China
Art Japan
Art Mexico
Art Peru


For more help in subject searching consult a reference librarian.

WorldCat restricted

Comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world. Contains millions of records in hundreds of languages. Non-book materials include (among other publication formats) the titles of journals and magazines, manuscripts, maps, electronic resources, websites, computer programs, music scores, films, slides, sound recordings, conference proceedings, and videotapes. Items located through WorldCat must be requested through Interlibrary Loan unless they are also listed in the WMU Libraries catalog.

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Miranda Howard is the subject librarian for this guide and may be contacted for research consultations, instruction, curricular support & purchase requests.

Miranda Howard
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miranda.howard@wmich.edu