Research

Charles Wilson Peale
The Peale Family 1773
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Starting Points: Reference Materials

• Grove Art Online
• Oxford Reference Online: Art & Architecture
• ArtSTOR
• American Women Artists from Early Indian Times to the Present
  DEN Ref N6505 .R8
• American Women Artists: A Bibliography
  DEN Ref N6505 .T84 1984

William Matthew Prior
Three Sisters of the Coplan Family 1854
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Digging Deeper: Searching OhioLINK

Use the OhioLINK Catalog to find monographs, exhibition catalogs, and videos.

Search Tips:

• KEYWORD Searching:
  AND = fewer results
  OR = more results (use between similar terms)
  * = truncation (use to search all forms of a word)
  " " = quote marks (use to search a phrase)
  ( ) = parentheses (use to nest complex searches)


• SUBJECT Searching:
  Artist's Name: Lastname, Firstname
  Thematic/geographic: painting united states


• AUTHOR Searching:
  Search an artist's name (lastname, firstname) to find exhibition catalogs featuring the artist.

William H. Johnson
Folk Family 1939-1940
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Finishing Up: Finding Articles

• Art Full Text
• Bibliography of the History of Art
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
• America: History & Life
• JSTOR