If you are having trouble finding an older book or publication electronically, check both Hathi Trust and Internet Archive. Each of these databases has digitized books and other types of publications that have been made available from member institutions. There is a wealth of information in each that may help you in your research.
The Documents of Contemporary Art series has been published by Whitechapel Gallery and MIT Press since 2006. Each book in the series explores a different theme through the lens of contemporary art. The Fine Arts Library owns 35 books from the series, which can be found in the library catalog.
What is this searching? The OSU Library Catalog searches for print, electronic and other formats in the OSU Libraries collections. More Search Options >>
What is this searching? The OhioLINK catalog allows searching and requesting of scholarly materials located in the 90+ college and university member libraries around Ohio, plus the State Library of Ohio. More Search Options >>
What is this searching? WorldCat@OSU searches across 7 key databases for books, articles, and more. More Search Options >>
What is this searching? The SearchOhio Catalog allows searching and requesting of popular books, DVDs, CDs and other materials from 20+ public library systems throughout the state of Ohio. More Search Options >>
Ebooks are available via the library's main catalog search. Below are some of the individual ebook platforms you can use with your OSU credentials. This list is not exhaustive.
The Library of Congress call number system designates that the letter 'N' represent the subject 'art', hence most of the books at the Fine Arts Library have call numbers beginning with N. But we have many other subjects in our stacks, such as AMs for museum studies, Cs for archeology, Gs for fashion, Ps for literature/film, TRs for photography, Zs for book studies, and more!
AM: Museum Studies
N: Visual Arts
NA Architecture
NB Sculpture
NC: Drawing, Design, Illustration
ND: Painting
NE Printmaking
NK: Decorative arts
NX: Arts in general, Mixed Media, Performance Art
PN: Art and Literature/Film
TR: Photography
Z: Books (General), Writing, Paleography, Book Industries and Trade, Libraries, Bibliography (This section also contains typography and history of the book).
Hover over the title of each link to see a description of contents. These are publications available online, including exhibition catalogues and monographs.
Finding information on artists can seem easy by using Google, which provides a wealth of art world blogs and images. While looking online, make sure that information is authentic. That is, sources online should have been created and maintained by: Museums, scholars, online peer-edited journals and institutions of higher learning. Blogs and crowd-sourced sites can contain sources that are biased or in accurate.
Great sites to look at online include:
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