Synopses & Reviews
Sponsored by ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America)Lois Swan Jones has updated and expanded the methodology of her 1990 work, ^LArt Information, to reflect the recent explosive growth in electronic resources. In this new work, Jones shows researchers how to locate art information online and how to supplement it with information in other formats to produce the best possible research results. This work describes the methodology and resources that art researchers need to find and use information on the Internet.
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The internet holds innumerable answers to art questions, provided you can unlock its secrets, and Lois Swan Jones does as much as anyone to provide a key....Art Information and the Internet:How to Find it, How to Use it by Lois Swan Jones is a guide to the ferreting out of art information on the Internet, but it takes care also to include supplementary information resources as well. On both counts it cannot miss being helpful.The Art Book
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This singular volume is highly recommended for those interested in a variety of objectives--conducting art Internet research, learning how to conduct art research, and those compiling art-related Internet resource directories. Whether one's Internet background is at the elementary or advanced level, this well-written and structured resource will serve as an excellent guide to art-related research on the Internet.Internet Reference Services Quarterly
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Presents a comprehensive guide to the level and variety of art information available on the Internet.ART bibliographies
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...highly recommended for all types of art libraries as ready-reference. Students and novices to the Internet and digital technologies will find this book invaluable, and educators will want to incorporate it into their bibliographic instruction programs.Visual Resources
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This is a rich and valuable book for seriou art researchers....the techniques she advances for integrating the Internet with traditional sources can be applied to other subjects: consequently I recommend the book to all scholars.CIDER
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This pioneering book is essential to finding and using art information resources on the Internet....The book skillfully brings together an impressive amount of information and helps the reader make sense of it through the development of effective information-seeking and analysis skills....the reader will be very impressed with the extensive amount of information, so clearly presented, well-written and edited....it is highly recommended to librarians, students, educators, and other art professionals. All types of art libraries - academic, musuem, art and design school, and public - will want at least one copy of this important contribution to the literature of art.Art Documentation
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Lois Swan deserves a virtual round of applause for her efforts in logically arranging art information on the Internet in a usable format....The reference source is truly a work of art itself, through its structure and attention to detail. ...the book is practical in conception and design....every reader will learn something new from this rich resource....This book is heartily recommended for all art libraries (museum, public and academic) and to general academic library collections that support art curricula....Jones is to be applauded for her work.Info Arts Art Libraries Journal
About the Author
LOIS SWAN JONES, Ph.D., is a professor emeritus in the School of Visual Arts at the University of North Texas, where she was coordinator of the art history program.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Caroline H. Backlund
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Basic Information Formats
Electronic Data and the Internet
Other Information Formats and Their Publishers' Web Sites
Types of Web Sites and How to Find Them
Web Sites of Museums
Web Sites of Academic Institutions, Corporate Sponsors, and Individuals
Cultural, Civic, and Professional Organizations; National Trusts; and Foundations
Web Presence of Libraries: Overviews, Search Strategies, and Services
Web Sites of Serials and Indexes to Art and Literature
Buying and Selling Art
How to Use and Supplement Web Information
Basic Research Methodology: Finding and Supplementing Web Data
Art Historical Styles and Periods: Ancient World to Modern Era
Documenting the Lives of Artists and Art Collectors
Studying Works of Art
Resources for Architecture, Decorative Arts, Fashion, Graphic Arts, Photography, and Sculpture
North Amrican (U.S.), Canadian, and Native American Studies
Non-European Cultures
Additional Art Information
Appendixes
Index