Encyclopedias are great tools for gaining background information, putting your topic in context and identifying key terms, people and core resources. In addition to those above, you can search the catalog for your topic and add the word encyclopedias, for example: art encyclopedias.
Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon
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Art books : a basic bibliography of monographs on artists
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Art in theory 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas
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Art in theory, 1815-1900 : an anthology of changing ideas
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Art in theory, 1900-2000 : an anthology of changing ideas
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Artist's handbook of materials and techniques
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
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Guide to the Literature of Art History 2
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Modern arts criticism : a biographical and critical guide to painters, sculptors, photographers and architects from the beginning of the modern era to the present
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Rhizome* is a resource for new media art. It is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology.
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