Heather Gendron
Art Librarian
hgendron@email.unc.edu
919-962-1061

Can't find the article, book, or report you need at our library? You can request it from another library through interlibrary loan.

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts
Abstracts of the international literature of conservation and heritage management. Indexes journals, some of which are held by the UNC Libraries, such as Restauro, as well as monographs, periodical literature, conference proceedings and preprints, occasional papers, relevant electronic resources, audio visual resources, and dissertations and theses.

Conservation OnLine: Resources for Conservation Professionals (CoOL)
Maintained by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation, CoOL is one of the most comprehensive conservation gateways on the web, with information covering a wide spectrum of topics related to the conservation of material cultural heritage.

Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN) (publicly available)
Provides access to over 190,000 bibliographic citations for conservation literature, including technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books and audiovisual and unpublished materials.

UNC Libraries' online catalog can be searched by author, title, subject, keyword, and call number. Here are a few examples:

Author search: Getty Conservation Institute

Title search: Art, Biology, and Conservation

Subject search: Art objects -- Conservation and restoration

Subject search: painting--conservation and restoration

Keyword search: medieval sculpture conservation

Search Worldcat to see what books and other materials related to a particular artist are owned by libraries around the country. Request materials not owned by UNC Libraries via Interlibrary Services.