Reference Resources

Japanese Art
Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. [R.R. N7350 .B448]
Dictionary of Japanese Artists. [R.R. N7358 .R6]
Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975. [N1323 .M47 1992]

Art Encyclopedias
Dictionary of Art. 34v. [R.R. N31 .D5 1996] (use index in vol. 34)
Artists of the World: Bio-bibliographical Index, A-Z. [R.R. N40 .A63 1999]
Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 14v. [R.R. N40 .D5213 2006]
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World. 3v. [R.R. NA208 .E53 1997]
The Encyclopedia of Sculpture. 3v. [R.R. NB198 .E53 2004]
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. 2v. [R.R. NK28 .G76 2006]

Japan
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. [R.R. DS805 .K633]
Kodansha Bilingual Encyclopedia of Japan. 9v. + supp. [R.R. DS805 .K6323 1998]
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. [R.R. DS822.5 .E516 2002]

Japanese Religion
Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions. [R.R. BL2210.5 .N36 2006]
The A to Z of Shinto. [R.R. BL2216.1 .P53 2006]
Encyclopedia of Buddhism. 2v. [R.R. BQ128 .E62 2004]
Encyclopedia of Buddhism. [R.R. BQ128 .E53 2007]
Buddhism. (Flammarion Iconographic Guides) [R.R. BQ5100 .L68 1995]
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. [R.R. BQ9259 .B37 2002]
Encyclopedia of Buddhist Deities, Demigods, Godlings, Saints and Demons. 2v. [R.R. BQ130 .B88 1994]

Library Catalogs

Search the rich collections of St. Olaf and Carleton with . Search either by official Library of Congress Subject Headings or by Keyword. Once you find a relevant source, make sure you follow the subject heading links.

. If you'd like to search outside of Northfield, use WorldCat. If you use the advanced search page you'll be able to limit by language, format and date.

Books in the Art section of the library (books beginning with the letter "N") are organized by media, and then by artist or culture. The following table is a broad outline:

Finding Scholarly Journal Articles

Subject Specific Indexes

Art Index -- Indexes English-language art periodicals, plus museum bulletins, bibliographies, film reviews, and conference reports. Covers 1984 to the present.

ATLA Religion Database -- ATLA Religion Database is an index to religion journals, book reviews, and chapters of books. Covers 1949 to the present.

Historical Abstracts -- An index to history journals, books, and dissertations. Excludes articles on North America (see its companion, America History & Life). Covers material published from 1955 to the present written about the time period 1450 to the present.

Bibliography of Asian Studies -- An index to scholarly, western-language publications on East, South, and Southeast Asia in the fields of history, the humanities, and the social sciences. Indexes journal articles, monographs, government documents, and conference proceedings. Covers 1971-present.

Full Text Collections

Jstor -- An index to and full text of select, academic journals.

Project Muse -- An index to and full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other scholarly publishers.

Multidisciplinary Journal Index

Academic Search Premier -- This database provides access to over 8040 multi-disciplinary publications, many in full-text. Covers 1975 to present.

Web Sites

There are many ways to access the web. You have all done Google searches by now but the results are often overwhelming or unsatisfying. There's a better way to start -- by following time honored routes applied to new technologies:

Librarian's Catalogs of web sites:

Infomine - web sites collected by academic librarians -- full descriptions and subject headings
Librarian's Internet Index - Aimed more at public library patrons but still useful for many topics
Scout Report - Reviews of web sites; searchable by keyword and Library of Congress Subject Headings

Individual web sites recommended by librarians or your professor:

Timeline of Art History - (sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York)
Asian Art History - Japan -- a portal to Japanese art resources on the web.

Digital Image Collections

ARTstor -- A "repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data." Covers architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design from many cultures.

IDEAS -- Image Database to Enhance Asian Studies
Asian Takeout -- St. Olaf's own collection of images from Asia (log on with St. Olaf ID)