Artists' books
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
| Artlex | Artlex contains definitions for more than 3,600 terms. |
Use the catalogue
to search for more dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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,
+artist +books
- 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, +artist +books +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
Databases and journal articles for Artists' books
Use databases to search for journal articles, book chapters, conference papers or
research reports
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Databases |
Notes |
Help |
| Art Abstracts | Art Abstract database 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 |
| Art Bibliographies Modern | 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. Photography is covered from its invention in 1839 to the present. | Help and tips are available from the CSA art Bibliographies Modern search screen and the CSA Quick guide |
| Design and Applied Arts Index | Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design | Help and tips are available from the CSA Design and Applied Arts Index search screen and the CSA Quick guide |
| JSTOR | 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. | Help and tips are available from the JSTOR search screen. |
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 Artists and books
- Make a list of keywords for each concept
For example
artists, artisans
books, bookworks
- 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
artists or artisans
and
books or bookworks
- Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of
a word, for example art? finds art, arts, artist, artists, artisan, artistic, artistically 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
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
- Artists’ book information resource Provides access to information and resources on artists’ books. This site is organised by Jae Jennifer Rossman.
- Book arts web Features links to a large selection of book arts related sites, including galleries with images. By Peter Verheyen of the US.
- Book information website Covers all aspects of books, bookarts, book history, letterpress printing, fine printing, book schools, book- and paper restoration and conservation, paper and papermaking, book artists, bookbinding and bookbinders.
- Victorian Bookbinders Guild Aims to maintain and foster the art, craft and practice of bookbinding, both contemporary and historical. Victoria, Australia.
- Center for Book Arts Founded in 1974, this US site is dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of bookmaking as well as exploring and encouraging contemporary interpretations of the books as an art object.
- Calligraphy Society of Victoria Publishes a journal entitled Postscript which promotes both traditional and evolving forms of calligraphy. Victoria, Australia.
- Colophon Gallery Has links to events, galleries, publishers, artists book suppliers, a forum for discussion and a search facility.
For further information about any of these resources please contact the
Ask the Library service or ask at the library desk
Coordinated by: EASS Academic Library Services Team