Research Catalog

Title

Art information and the internet : how to find it, how to use it / by Lois Swan Jones.

Author

Jones, Lois Swan.

Publication

Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, ©1999.

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Details

Description

xv, 279 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

Discusses how to locate visual and textual information on the Internet and how to evaluate as a supplement that information with material from other formats.

Subject

• Art > Computer network resources
• Kunst
• Informatiebronnen
• World wide web

Genre/Form

• Reference works.
• Ouvrages de référence.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. 1. Basic information formats -- ch. 1. Electronic data and the Internet -- ch. 2. Other information formats and their publishers' web sites -- pt. 2. Types of web sites and how to find them -- ch. 3. Web sites of museums -- ch. 4. Web sites of academic institutions, corporate sponsors, and individuals -- ch. 5. Cultural, civic, and professional organizations; national trusts, and foundations -- ch. 6. Web presence of libraries: overviews, search strategies, and services -- ch. 7. Web sites of serials and indexes to art and literature -- ch. 8. Buying and selling art -- pt. 3. How to use and supplement web information -- ch. 9. Basic research methodology: finding and supplementing web data -- ch. 10. Art historical styles and periods: ancient world to modern era -- ch. 11. Documenting the lives of artists and art collectors -- ch. 12. Studying works of art -- ch. 13. Resources for architecture, decorative arts, fashion, graphic arts, photography, and sculpture -- ch. 14. North American (U.S.), Canadian, and Native American studies -- ch. 15. Non-European cultures -- ch. 16. Additional art information.

ISBN

• 1573561622
• 9781573561624

LCCN

98034061

OCLC

• ocm39477954
• 39477954
• SCSB-570364

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library