Library Database Spotlight: Grove Art Online (Oxford University Press)

A little reminder as the new term begins that Grove Art Online is a great starting point for research and learning about a topic!

Look to Grove Art Online for:

• Definitive and peer-reviewed reference articles about an art movement (e.g. Arte Madí), a period (e.g. 1000-1100 CE), a medium (e.g. Advertising photography), artists, locations, and more

• Timelines of World Art by region

• Bibliographies to guide your research and help you dig deeper

• Thousands of searchable images, also embedded in articles
  
• Pronunciation guide for Artist names
  

• Teaching resources for instructors on the history of modern art; GAO-specific subject guides, etc.

Subject coverage is broad and diverse:

• Regions: From Latin America and the Caribbean to Southeast Asia, and Europe to Africa, and North America, of course

• Period coverage: 10,000 BCE - now

• Mediums: e.g. Art Materials and Techniques; Ceramics and Pottery; Interior Design and Furniture; Vernacular and Folk Art, and more.

• Articles are also grouped together thematically by field, e.g. Art of the Middle-East/North Africa; Pre-Columbian Art; Religious Art

Accessing Grove Art Online

• Articles from Grove Art Online will show up as results in General Search

• Search and browse Grove Art Online directly from the A-Z link