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Sponsored by ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America)Lois Swan Jones has updated and expanded the methodology of her 1990 work, ^LArt Information, to reflect the recent explosive growth in electronic resources. In this new work, Jones shows researchers how to locate art information online and how to supplement it with information in other formats to produce the best possible research results. This work describes the methodology and resources that art researchers need to find and use information on the Internet.
List of contents
Foreword by Caroline H. Backlund
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Basic Information FormatsElectronic Data and the Internet
Other Information Formats and Their Publishers' Web Sites
Types of Web Sites and How to Find ThemWeb Sites of Museums
Web Sites of Academic Institutions, Corporate Sponsors, and Individuals
Cultural, Civic, and Professional Organizations; National Trusts; and Foundations
Web Presence of Libraries: Overviews, Search Strategies, and Services
Web Sites of Serials and Indexes to Art and Literature
Buying and Selling Art
How to Use and Supplement Web InformationBasic Research Methodology: Finding and Supplementing Web Data
Art Historical Styles and Periods: Ancient World to Modern Era
Documenting the Lives of Artists and Art Collectors
Studying Works of Art
Resources for Architecture, Decorative Arts, Fashion, Graphic Arts, Photography, and Sculpture
North Amrican (U.S.), Canadian, and Native American Studies
Non-European Cultures
Additional Art Information
Appendixes
Index
About the author
Lois S. Jones
Summary
This guide shows Internet users how to locate online art information and images, and how to supplement these materials with information in other formats to produce the best research results.
