Art Education

Bob Gorman
Reference Librarian
Winthrop University
June, 2008

Dacus Online Catalog (DOC)

• To find books in the library on your topic, do a search under "Subject".  Search by artist's name (last name first), topic (i.e. "Art-Study and Teaching"; "Art Therapy"; "Art History"; etc. ), style, medium, etc.
• Art books for children are found in the "Juvenile Collection" on the ground floor in the 700's and the biography section.
• DOC also lists the journals, magazines, and videos that Dacus Library owns.

Selected Reference Works on Art

• The Dictionary of Art (Ref. N31 .D5 1996) - Volume 34 of this set is the index.
• Encyclopedia of World Art (Ref. N31 .E533) - Volume 15 of this set is the index.
• Dictionary of Artists (Ref. N40 .D5213 2006)

Art Index  (on Dacus Library Online)

• Indexes hundreds of journals in all aspects of art, including art education and art instruction.
• Can limit to "peer-reviewed" publications.
• Includes foreign-language publications.
• Coverage is from 1984 to the present.
• Can use an * for plurals and as a truncation symbol to find all variations of a search term.
• Click on "Help" for search hints and additional information.
• Provides citations only; it is not full-text.  Use (Web-Bridge) as a link for checking library holdings quickly.
• Can print, email, or download results.

ARTStor (on Dacus Library Online)

• Contains over 300,000 digital images of world art and architecture

ERIC (on Dacus Library Online)

• ERIC is the Educational Resources Information Center, a federally-funded national information system, providing a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related topics.
• Containing over one million records, ERIC indexes over 2000 journal titles covering the entire field of education; including adult education, assessment and evaluation, curriculum, urban education and more.
• Includes indexing for both nonjournal material listed in RIE, Resources in Education (the ERIC Documents or ED's) and journal articles listed in CIJE, Current Index to Journals in Education (EJ's)
  • ED's; available on microfiche on the top floor of Dacus Library; ED's since 1993 are available full-text on ERIC.
  • EJ's; check DOC to determine which ones are available in Dacus Library; the others can be ordered on interlibrary loan.
• The ERIC database provides abstracts of citations , but not full text.  It does have links to full-text. Also use (Web-Bridge) as a link for checking library holdings quickly.
• Searches can limited by year, language or document type.
• Use a + after a term to find both the singular and plural forms or an * as a truncation symbol to find all variations of a search term.
• Click on the "Help" button for search hints and additional information.
• You can print, email, or download results.

Academic Search Premier (on Dacus Library Online)

• A multidisciplinary database that provides full-text of nearly 4,700 publications.
• Includes journals in art and in education.
• Click on "Help" for help using the database.
• Can limit search to full-text articles only or to peer reviewed for scholarly journals.
• Use the truncation symbol * to find all variations of a search term.
• You can print, e-mail or download results.

Academic OneFile (on Dacus Library Online)

• A multidisciplinary database that provides full-text of over 4,300 publications.
• Includes journals in art and in education.
• Click on "Help" for help using the database.
• Can limit search to full-text articles only or to peer reviewed for scholarly journals.
• Use the truncation symbol * to find all variations of a search term.
• Can print, e-mail, or download results.