ENG101:019 English Composition & Rhetoric - Art Unit

Writing & Citing

Writing About Art (Sayre)

Citing Information Tutorial

Images of Art: Locating & Citing

Chicago Manual of Style in Art Reference [Z253 .U69 2003 Art Reference]

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Heather Gendron, Art Librarian
Phone: 919-962-1061

Sloane Art Library
(919)962-2397

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Locate articles 

Quick Guide - How to Locate Articles (pdf)

Suggested Databases - Art & Art History

Art Full Text
Indexing of articles about art and related topics from 1984-present. Full text from 1997-present.

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Indexing of articles about the East, Southeast Asia and South Asia published worldwide from 1971-present. A great resource for researching artworks from Asia.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
Indexing of articles about art and related topics from 1973-present.

JSTOR
Provides full text articles in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the sciences. This is an excellent resource for locating articles about art and architecture of the classical period.

More Article Databases |  How Do I Find Articles? | How Do I Find an Article if it is not Full-Text?  | How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals?

Search the Library Catalog

You'll find these useful

The World Painting Index (ND45 .H38), Sculpture Index (NB36 .C55), etc., index where a work has been published. These are located in the Ready Reference section of the Art Library.

Art Museums

Ackland Art Museum

North Carolina Museum of Art

NC Art Museums Mashup

Find images

A guide to Locating & Citing Images

Search this database of over 300,000 images for works of art you can use in your class presentations and papers.

CAMIO: Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
Another database of high-quality images of works of art that you can use for class assignments.

Find Background Info

Oxford Art Online
Provides general introductions to a variety of art-related topics discussed in this course.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art)