LibGuides: Art Resources: Where to Start

Library Search

Research Starters

Research Starters: A-Z list
Explore / browse topics by subject area, or search by a keyword - Art, The Arts, Classicism, Art therapy, Realism (arts), and more.

SCC Library Print Collection

Classic Catalog
Use these classifications to browse the stacks for arts-related materials

Fine Arts are Classification N

- N -- Visual Arts (including Art History, Exhibitions, and Galleries and Museums)
- NA -- Architecture
- NB -- Sculpture
- NC -- Drawing, Design, Illustration
- ND -- Painting
- NE -- Print Media
- NK -- Decorative Arts
  
  Technology (Classification T) also has arts-related material
TP -- Chemical Technology
- Especially TP785-945 which covers ceramics, glass, textiles, and paints
TR -- Photography
TT -- Handicrafts. Arts and Crafts.
- Especially TT180-927 which covers woodworking, metalworking, painting, furniture making, furnishings, dressmaking, tailoring, and home crafts (including sewing, embroidery, and decorative crafts)
You may wish to also consider these related subjects:
PN1560-3300- Performing Arts, Drama, Theatre, Film
ML- Music History and Criticism
GV1580-1799.4- Dance

SUBJECT HEADINGS

For more precise results you may use any of these subject headings when searching the catalog:

Art

Art -- Ancient

Art -- History

Art -- Medieval

Art -- Modern

Art and technology

Art appreciation

Art criticism

Art objects

Commercial art

Decorative arts

Drawing

Folk art

Graphic arts

Painting

Painting -- History

Photography, Artistic

Public art

Women artists

Women artists --Biography

Women in art

Head to the Databases!

The library offers you access to a number of databases, here are a few ideally suited to those interested in art.

Oxford Art Online
Grove Art Online
ARTstor
Digital library of over 300,000 images and related data. View, zoom and compare images.
Academic Search Premier
Scholarly/peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources.
Art Magazine Collection Archives
Art Magazine Collection Archives contains indexing and full text (including covers and advertisements) for Magazine Antiques (1922-2016), ARTnews (1902-2006) and Art in America (1913-2015).

Art Dictionaries

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Use your college credentials to access this dictionary.
Tate Gallery: ART Terms (open access)
Featured Art Terms - 461 terms explained in context

Art Journals @ the Library

Below is a sampling or magazines and journals the library provides access to, either in print or through one of our many databases.

Aperture
Available in PRINT in the library.
"Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online."
The Art Bulletin
"The Art Bulletin publishes leading scholarship in the English language in all aspects of art history as practiced in the academy, museums, and other institutions."
Artforum International
"Special features on art, motion pictures and actors, motion picture reviews, book reviews and exhibition reviews with an international scope." FULL TEXT DELAY: 1 year
Art in America
"Since 1913, Art in America has published groundbreaking critical insights about contemporary art and culture. Each monthly issue features exhibition reviews, interviews with leading artists, and in-depth essays by critics, curators, and scholars at the forefront of their fields." Available in PRINT in the library: current 5 years.
Art Journal
"a unique voice in the field as a peer-reviewed, professionally mediated forum for the arts" - published by College Art Association
Ceramics Monthly
"Articles, information and resources for and about ceramics and pottery."
Communication Arts
Available only in PRINT in the library.
"Communication Arts is the premier source of inspiration for graphic designers, art directors, design firms, corporate design departments, advertising agencies, interactive designers, illustrators and photographers—everyone involved in visual communication."
Design Issues
"The first American academic journal to examine design history, theory, and criticism, Design Issues provokes inquiry into the cultural and intellectual issues surrounding design." FULL TEXT DELAY: 1 year
Textile History
"Concerned with the history of textiles in all their aspects: economic, social, and technological." FULL TEXT DELAY: 1 year

Recently Acquired Titles

Black, brown + Latinx design educators : conversations on design and race

A black gaze : artists changing how we see

The Flowering : the autobiography of Judy Chicago

How design makes us think : and feel and do things

Last light : how six great artists made old age a time of triumph

Making it modern : essays on the art of the now

Modern : genius, madness, and one tumultuous decade that changed art forever

The unforgettables : expanding the history of American art

eBooks

Interested in eBooks? We have an impressive collection of them you can access from home!

Some of our eBook titles come from OverDrive.

To access them you will login with your college ID# followed by the letters SC
(this is the number on your ID card or in the corner of your course schedule, not the number in your email address - it will look like this example: 0123456sc)

For easier access, download the Libby app.

Here's just a taste of what we have on hand...