Resources for Art and Art History

Printed materials

The main collection of printed material e.g. books, journals, reference and quick reference for Art and Art History can be found in the Hugh Owen Library on level F (top floor):

N Visual Arts general
NA Architecture
NB Sculpture
NC Drawing, Design & Illustration
ND Painting
NE Print Media
NK Decorative Arts
NX General Art by movement/period
Z Printed bibliographies
Printed journals
There is also a photography section at TR on level E (Middle floor).

Electronic resources

All the electronic resources for Art and Art History can be found through Primo where you can discover individual resources or cross-search a number of them at once. Primo includes key resources such as citation databases, e-journals and e-books, selected websites, subject gateways, data and media resources, news, reference materials and library catalogues.

Visit http://primo.aber.ac.uk/ and Sign In, then click on Databases A-Z and select Art  from the Category menu to find important e-resources such as the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), Art Collections Online, and JSTOR.  Information about each resource is available by clicking on the Show Info button next to it which includes essential information on access on and off-campus.

Find a summary of browsing and searching Primo here: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/primo/

Information skills

See our Information Skills pages for information on:

• finding printed materials in the library
• finding and evaluating electronic information
• keeping up to date in your subject of study
• effective study and bibliographic referencing
• library induction and skills training

There are also useful online tutorials for your subject covering key online information skills - try the tutorials for Art and Design and Digital Photography

Collections

The University's collections contain a wide range of materials, including theses and past papers. You can find details of all our collections here.

The following may be of particular interest to Art and Art History students:

• Private Press books
• Horton Collection

Services for academic staff

Your subject librarian can provide skills training for students and staff, resource evaluation and more. For full details see this page

Your subject support librarian is: