Research, Citation, & Class Guides: Art History 202: Survey of Art: 1400 to 1900 CE: Home

What is This Guide? Art History 202

This guide is a collection of Library resources that will help students in Ashley Dimmig's Art History 202 class with their research project. It will guide you towards finding books, scholarly articles, and other sources of information on artworks. Resources listed are not the only ones that can be used for completing your project. They are instead suggested starting points for your research.

General Resources

Ready to jump right in to your research? Start with these:

Research@UWW
- A discovery tool for most of the UWW libraries' articles, books, multimedia, and digital repositories
- Covers a wide variety of subject areas so is useful for starting research
-To only find books and non-article sources at or through the UWW libraries, change "Everything (Articles, Books, & More)" to "Books, Media, & More (UW-Whitewater)"
-To only find articles, run a search, then select "Articles" on the left side.
- - To only find articles in peer-reviewed journals, next click on "Peer-Reviewed Journals"
Databases by Subject
Online research databases (collections) available through the UWW Libraries. Choose a broad subject area related to your topic, and then choose a database to search for information from articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers; ebooks; business data and more.
Google Scholar
- Identifies scholarly articles and books
- Links are provided to free open access sources
- When properly configured, links are provided to full text in the UWWs subscription databases. You will be prompted to enter your Net-ID and password to gain access.
- - Campus computers are configured this way
- - To configure your personal device's Google Scholar settings go to the UWW Google Scholar guide
Journal Search
Search for any periodical (journal, magazine, newspaper, etc.) to see whether and where the UWW libraries have it in any format. Links provided to online content when available.
The Journal Search is also accessible via the "Journals" button on the Libraries homepage.