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Grove Art Online
Updated full text of The Dictionary of Art (34 vols., 1996) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001), with images and line drawings from the text of articles and extensive external image links. (Updated continuously, Oxford University Press)
Oxford Reference Online
Over 175 reference titles from Oxford University Press, many encyclopedic dictionaries or Oxford companions, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Art & Architecture - Oxford Reference Collection
Searches simultaneously in multiple titles grouped under Art & Architecture in Oxford Reference Online.
Biography Resource Center
Biographical articles on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all subject areas from multiple Gale reference publications, such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Dictionary of American Biography, and Directory of American Scholars. (Updated continuously, Gale)
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Abridged version of the Oxford Dictionary of Art, an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western Art from ancient Greece to the present day. (3rd ed., 2003, Oxford Reference Online)
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Explains terms used in the art world, including periods and styles throughout art history, materials, techniques, technical and foreign terms, philosophical terms, and methodologies. (2001, Oxford Reference Online)
Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Entries on architects, terms, periods, and styles, covering all periods of Western architectural history. (2nd ed., 2006, Oxford Reference Online)
Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Covers the major movements and styles of the twentieth-century, and includes entries on art schools, galleries, exhibitions, prizes, terms, techniques, collectors, critics, dealers and patrons. (2003, Oxford Reference Online)
Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia
(2004, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Middle Grades Education: A Reference Handbook
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Teacher Training: A Reference Handbook
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
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