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Glass art

• Starting point
  • Key online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
  • Key print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
• Catalogue searching
• Databases and journal articles
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• Key internet sites
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  • Australian artists
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Starting point for Glass art

Starting point contains definitions, facts, figures and overviews

• Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
• Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
• Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts

Key online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

Glass Encyclopedia	Reference source on glass (NZ)
Glass: a pocket dictionary of terms commonly used to describe glass and glass making	produced by the Corning Museum of glass

Key print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

Glass notes :a reference for the glass artist
Dictionary of glass : materials and techniques
Sotheby's concise encyclopedia of glass
Looking at glass : a guide to terms, styles and techniques

Use the catalogue to search for more dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

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Catalogue searching

You can search the Library Catalogue to find books, DVDs, journals and other materials

If you know the exact title in the New catalogue

• At the search screen select a Title search
• Type in the exact title. You can use double quotes around phrases, for example, “room with a view”
• Link to online material or take note of the collection, call number and status to find items in the Library

If you are searching for a topic in the New catalogue

• Type in keywords from your topic to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
  For example,  +glass +art
• Use + before a word to indicate that the word must be included
• Another way of doing this is to combine keywords with AND (the AND must be in upper case)
• If a keyword search gives you too many results, you could add another keyword with +
  For example, +glass +art +Australia

Truncation is generally not needed as entering any version of a word will retrieve many variations.

More information

• For more information select the catalogue Help button

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Databases and journal articles for Glass art

Use databases to search for journal articles, book chapters, conference papers or research reports

Key databases for Glass art

Databases	Notes	Help
ARTbibliographies modern	Provides abstracting and indexing of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews. The database covers the period from Impressionism in the late 19th century up to the most recent works and trends of the late 20th century. A particular emphasis is placed upon adding new and lesser-known artists.	A guide is available from the ARTbibliographies modern database access page. Help is available from the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts search screen.
Design and applied arts index	In addition to the periodicals index, contains four directories: periodicals database, education database, organisations database, and museums/archives database.	A guide is available from the Design and applied arts index database access page. Help is available from the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts search screen.
JSTOR Arts & sciences I-IV collection	Provides page images of back issues of the core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Users may browse by journal title or discipline, or may search the full-text or citations/abstracts.	Help is available from the JSTOR search screen.
Art Abstracts	Provides abstracting and indexing for over 400 international art publications, including periodicals, conference proceedings, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.	Help and tips are available from the Art Abstracts search screen and the EbscoHost Database Guide

Complete list of Art databases. Also check the multidisciplinary databases as they cover a wide range of academic topics. You can select other subjects from the database subject list

Full text not available?

When the full text is not available, search for the journal title in the Library catalogue to discover if print or online copies are available

Database search tips

• Define your topic and identify the main concepts involved
  For example glass AND safety
  • Make a list of keywords for each concept
    For example
    glass, artist materials
    safety, health
    
  • Think about how you can combine these keywords in your search using OR, AND or NOT
    Keywords on the same concept combine with an OR
    Combine different concepts with an AND
    For example
    glass OR artist materials
    and
    safety OR health*
    
  • Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of a word, for example health* finds health, healthcare, healthy, healthiness and so on

For help with searching databases see Connecting and Combining Search Terms or Truncation/Wildcards/Phrase searching: Basic or Online training or Ask the Library

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Key internet sites for Glass art

It is important to critically evaluate all information you find particularly information found on the web.

This is a starting list of internet sites. You may want to do your own searches using search engines

Useful starters

• Glassonline a brief history of glass Gives an overview of the history of glass
• How glass is made This site gives an overview of how glass is constructed
• ArtsACT canberra Glassworks Canberra Glassworks is a working Glassworks that provides access to glassmaking facilities for glass artists.
• Corpus Vitearum Medii Aevi The searchable picture archive of the CMA has over 18,000 images of medieval stained glass in the UK

Professional organisations

• American craft council A national non profit educational organisation dedicated to fostering craft in America (US)

• Association of clay and glass artists of California Aims to establish and maintain high standards of craftsmanship and design in clay and glass to encourage research and innovation. It provides a forum for members to exhibit and sell their works (US)

• Crafts council Promotes contemporary crafts in Great Britain. It is an independent organisation providing services to crafts people and the public (UK)

• Glass art society An international non profit organisation to advance the understanding of glass arts (US)

• Ausglass Australian association of glass artists limited established to contribute to the advancement of Australian glass

• Contemporary glass society Aims to encourage excellence in glass

• Worshipful Company of Glaziers & Painters of Glass Provides technical and financial support for the restoration and conservation of historic and otherwise important stained glass. (UK)

Methods and materials

• Bullseye glass Started in 1974 in Portland Oregon, US. This company aims to continually involve artists in exploration and new product development (US)

• Glass notes A site maintained by Henry Halem, author of the book 'Glass Notes'

• Kersey's glass works An American art glass studio specialising in sand carved and kiln textured glass

• Scientific glassblowing basics Designed to give the reader experience in performing a series of basic glassblowing seals that can be used in the fabrication and repair of simple to complex glass apparatus and glass systems. Site maintained by the East Carolina University (US)

• Vetreria Artistica Colleoni Dedicated to technology and tradition in Murano (Italy) glass making

• Learn about glassblowing a short video on the techniques of glass blowing

Museums

• Corning museum of glass This site in New York State educates the world about the art and history of glass and glass making (US)

• Historical glass museum Open since 1985 and has displays of American glassware dating from the early 1800's. Links to other sites (US)

• Museum of glass: International center for contemporary art Includes exhibitions of work by internationally known glass artists. Washington State (US)

• National liberty museum A highlight of this museum is the extraordinary collection of glass art by sculptors from all over the world. Philadelphia (US)

• Museum of Glass Tacoma exhibitions focus on world renowned contemporary glass artists

• Stained glass museum covers the history of stained glass in Britain

• Burrell collection in the Glasgow Museum This collection is within the Glasgow Museums website and provides information about the history of one of the finest collections of stained glass in Britain

Australian artists

• Clare Belfrage Axia modern art gallery profiles Belfrage's history and works.

• Giles Bettison Axia modern art gallery profiles Bettison's work. Includes images and details of galleries where his works are held.

• Scott Chaseling Contains images and a brief profile of artist Scott Chaseling.

• Neil Roberts Provides information about Roberts, including exhibitions and a catalogue of his works.

• Klaus Moje Contains images and information relating to Moje

• Nick Mount Profiles of Mount's work and biographical details

• Gabriella Bisetto contains images and profile of Bisetto

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