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Library online catalog, http://catalog.princeton.edu/
Find Articles and Databases, http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php
TIP #1: You will not find articles in the online catalog, only journal titles. For articles look in databases like the Art Index or the Bibliography of the History of Art.
TIP #2: When doing keyword seaches you must use AND, OR, NOT logic. See below for details.
TIP #3: If Princeton doesn't have everything you need, search large online catalogs such as RLIN or WorldCat. You can request items through the Borrow Direct service or interlibrary loan.
Keyword Searching
Try to think of words that are specific to your topic and not too general. Think of multiple ways to describe what you want. A keyword search requires Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) or quotes.
Use quotes for exact phrases, such as "museum exhibitions" or "avant-garde"
Combine keywords to narrow your search
photographs and "zaha hadid"
"new york" and stieglitz
(photography and belgium) not antwerp
You can also use truncation. For example, photograph? picks up words like "photography" and "photographers"
Subject Searching
When you search by subject, you can search by a very broad concept (photography) to a very narrow one (exhibitions of 19th century photography in Italy). You must put your search words in a particular order, and you cannot use AND, OR, NOT.
photography, artistic
photography 19th century italy exhibitions
moholy-nagy
moholy-nagy, laszlo, 1895-1946 criticism and interpretation congresses
Limiting Searches
The "Set Limits" button takes you to a screen where you can set limits which will narrow your search results. These limits only work with keyword searches. They stay in effect for subsequent searches unless you clear them.
You can limit by:
Date (year item was published)
Language
Item type (such as archival collection or music score)
Medium (such as a soundrecording or visual material)
Location (a specific Princeton library)
Place of publication (country, US state, Canadian province)
TIP #1: As in the main catalog, both keyword and subject searching will work in databases like the Avery Index.
TIP #2: To find the actual article in the library after finding the citation, you have to search the online catalog for the title of the journal. For instance, to find the following article:
Carol Squiers, "Walker Evans: an expansive vision." American Photo, v. 11 no. 3 (May/June 2000) p. 88-94.
Do a journal title search in the online catalog for American Photo.
TIP #3: Many databases support Find it @PUL, which searches for the article in full text sources and in our online catalog.
ArtBibliographies Modern
Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art, with approximately 12-13,000 new entries being added each year.
Art Index
Good, all purpose index to periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, and film reviews. Covers all the arts, including architecture.
Historical Abstracts
Indexes books and journal articles on the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Humanities Full Text
Indexes articles in the fields of archaeology and classical studies, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, communications, language, literature, literary and political criticism, performing arts, philosophy, religion, etc.
Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals
Index to art periodicals published in the United States during the 19th century. Indexes the entire contents of each journal, including advertisements and illustrations.
Periodical Contents Index
Index to millions of articles published in 4,547 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, beginning in the late 18th century.
TIP #1: Primary sources come in all shapes and forms, such as photographs, diaries, correspondence, physical objects, autobiographies, and contemporary newspaper articles. Manuscript and archival collections are a rich source of original material.
TIP #2: You can search in our main catalog for primary source material by including a keyword such as "diaries" or "correspondence".
ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Provides access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database. Dissertations written from 1997 forward are available full text. The database includes citations to dissertations from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Citations for dissertations and master's theses published from 1980 forward have abstracts.
Historical Newspapers Online
Includes indexes to the Times of London (1790-1980) and the New York Times (1851-1922) as well as the full text of the Times of London (1785-1870).
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at Princeton
A master author index for more than 1200 archival collections in all units of the Princeton University Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, with entries for more than 23,000 individuals and corporate bodies. This database is maintained locally.
Access to Archives (UK)
Search and browse for information about archives in England, dating from the 900s to the present day.
ArchivesUSA
Contains the entire holdings in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC). This is a current directory of 5,500 repositories and 141,178 collections of primary source materials across the United States.
TIP #1: Use both print and electronic resources for finding images.
TIP #2: Often journal articles will contain images. Citations in Art Index will indicate if there are reproductions of plans, elevations, etc.
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
The AP Archive is a digital library containing the AP's current photos, plus a selection from their 50 million photojournalism print and negative library.
Almagest
Contains digitized images for study and class use, accessible throughout the campus.
Artcyclopedia
A commercial site useful for locating images.
ARTstor
Funded by a Mellon grant, includes more than 100,000 digital images of art works for the study of art, architecture, and other fields in the humanities.
CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
Online collection documenting more than 115,000 works of art from around the world. Images, text and multimedia represent a broad range of works of art from the collections of the members of the Art Museum Image Consortium.
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