Library Resource Review for AH188
This review is submitted for the proposed new course:
AH 188 Applied Research: Community Service (1 unit)
Prepared by Elise Wong, Cataloging and Reference Librarian, October 2013
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Library collection development budget allocation
The library acquisition budget for Art supports three majors in the Art and Art History program:
Art Practice, History of Art, and Art Theory and Criticism (beginning fall 2013). The budget
allocation varies from year to year. The 2013-2014 allocation for Art is $5557. The annual
budget allocation for Art is primarily determined by statistics, such as, number of students in
the Art program, number of Art reference questions, circulation of Art related library materials,
and the number of library instruction for Art classes.
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Library resources
The library collection (print and electronic) has 8049 titles (8497 volumes) on Art materials, 8
subscription databases on Art and Art-related interdisciplinary topics, and 742 periodical titles
listed under Art and Architecture. Additional resources outside the library collection are
accessible thru LINK+ and ILLiad, the library’s Inter-library loan services. A list of core and
supplementary of library resources are posted on the Art and Art History library subject page
(http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/art-and-art-history).
Below is the breakdown of the various library resources available to support AH188
Reference
There are 141 titles designated as Art and Architecture reference (100) or electronic reference
(41). Some of the Art general reference titles are:
Biographical encyclopedia of artists (Facts on File)
Contemporary artists
Encyclopedia of Art (Facts on File)
From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History
Handbook of research and policy in art education
Language of Art from A – Z
Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
Styles, schools and movements: the essential encyclopaedic guide to modern art
In addition to print reference titles, the library also subscribes to electronic reference databases
to support the Art and Art interdisciplinary curriculum:
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Oxford Art Online/Grove Art Online, which includes:
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
The Oxford Companion to Western Art
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Oxford Reference Online, which includes:
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art
A Dictionary of Modern Design
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Arts and Humanities through the Eras
Books
Books on Art and Art History in the library are located on second floor stack, and third floor
oversize, in 700-779 Dewey classification. Print books in the library (5441 titles), as well as
those in Datasafe (1144 titles) can be found in Albert, the online library catalog. Electronic
books on Art (1475 titles and growing) are mostly accessible via the ebrary Academic Complete
Collection. Books on Applied Research: Community Service in art can be searched in library
catalogs using the following subject headings:
Art—Philosophy
Art—Research—Methodology
Art—Historiography
Art(s)—Political aspects
Art criticism
Art(s) and society
Artists—Interviews
Artists—Political activity
Artists and community
Politics in art
Social change in art
Social movements in art
Social problems in art
Named Art collection (searchable in the library catalog):
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Barbour-Rodriguez Collection
Ritamarie Sustek Art Research Collection
Rusnak-Cassell Women Artists Archive
Therese Annette Schoofs Asian Art Collection
Periodicals
The Art, Architecture, & Applied Arts journals are listed in the library periodical list by the subsubjects:
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Architecture (127)
Arts & Crafts (42)
Fine Arts - General (85)
Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Parks (31)
Visual Arts
o Decorative Arts (60)
o Drawing, Design & Illustration (12)
o Painting (3)
o Photography (56)
o Sculpture (3)
o Visual Arts - General (323)
The core full-text journals are also featured in the periodical reading room on the library Art
and Art history page:
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Art Book
Art Bulletin
Art Journal
Art History
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Journal of Visual Culture
Oxford Art Journal
Public Art Review
Word and Image
Media
In addition to the 229 DVD and VHS titles on Art in the media collection, the library subscribes
to two streaming video databases: VAST Academic Video Online and Films on demand. Both
databases are searchable with filters for “Art and Architecture” discipline.
Databases
In addition to Oxford Art Online/Grove Art Online and Oxford Reference Online, the Art and Art
History curriculum is supported by databases that are Art specific and multi-disciplinary:
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Academic Search Complete
ARTbibliographies Modern
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Bibliography of the History of Art (free online)
Art Museum Image Gallery
OmniFile Full Text Mega (includes Art Full Text content)
Academic OneFile
Project Muse
JSTOR
Recommendations
Library instruction on information literacy
The purpose of library instruction sessions on information literacy is to help students familiarize
with various library resources available for their research. During the fall semester, I visited
three class sessions (two on Art History, one on Art Theory and Criticism) to introduce myself as
a “resource,” and give students a brief orientation of the Art resources listed on the Art library
subject page. The brief library sessions received positive feedback from faculty members and
students. AH188 professor is encouraged to contact the Art subject librarian to schedule a
library session to provide students with an orientation of the appropriate library resources for
this class.
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Additional library resources needed
The required textbook for this course: Will Bradley and Charles Esche, eds., Art and Social
Change: A Critical Reader is currently not available in the library. The Art subject librarian will
try to obtain a copy from out of print market. The professor is advised to recommend resources
on the core reading list (if any) for library future purchases.