How do I Start My Research???
Ricker Library of Architecture & Art

Step 3: LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR TOPIC

1. Use encyclopedias (see list below) to find "quick" information on subject.
2. Use Biographical Dictionaries (see list below) to find "quick" information on artists.

Use this "quick" information to develop a list of "keywords" (Step 4) that will be used to find scholarly resources on your topic.

Encyclopedias
Contemporary Artists . Detroit: St. James Press, 2001. 2 volumes

Encyclopedia of World Art . New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959-1987. 17 volumes

Xrefer Art and Architecture Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.

Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering and Construction. New York : Wiley, 1988-1990. 5 volumes

Encyclopedia of American Architecture New York : McGraw-Hill, 1995.

Dictionaries
Vinson, James. International Dictionary of Art and Artists . Chicago: St. James, 1990. 2 volumes

The Dictionary of Art , ed. by Jane Turner. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996. 34 volumes. (Full-Text available via Grove Dictionary of Art )

Walker, John A. Glossary of Art Architecture & Design since 1945 . Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1992.

Oxford Art and Architecture Dictionaries

Xrefer Art and Architecture Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.

International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. Detroit : St. James Press, 1993