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Art's Agency and Art History by Robin Osborne (Editor); Jeremy Tanner (Editor)
Call Number: N 72.A56 ART
ISBN: 9781405135375
Publication Date: 2007-06-11
Art's Agency and Art History re-articulates the relationship of the anthropology of art to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics. Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art.
Art and Its Publics by Andrew McClellan (Editor)
Call Number: N 430 ART
ISBN: 9780631230465
Publication Date: 2003-04-21
Bringing together essays by museum professionals and academics from both sides of the Atlantic, Art and its Publics tackles current issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice around the most pressing of contemporary concerns.
Chasing Sound by Susan Schmidt Horning
Call Number: ML 3790 SCH
ISBN: 9781421410227
Publication Date: 2013-10-14
In Chasing Sound, Susan Schmidt Horning traces the cultural and technological evolution of recording studios in the United States from the first practical devices to the modern multi-track studios of the analog era.

The Library has an important electronic journal subscription to the Oxford suite of resources, aimed at the Arts and Social Sciences disciplines.

The links to the databases are located at:

A carefully selected list of Resource links for students and staff....

Incredible Art!
An Online Resource For Art Students and Teachers!
International Arts And Artists
International Arts & Artists is a nonprofit arts service organization that informs, educates, and inspires the public through enriching experiences in the arts.
IFAR
International Foundation For Arts Research
Encycloplaedia Of South African Theatre And Performance
Open Access resources Dealing With South African Drama, Theatre and Performance
Indiana University Centre for The History of Music Theory And Literature
The primary mission of the Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature is to carry out basic research, making available essential musical texts and other scholarly materials from the Medieval and later periods to scholars worldwide, without membership or access fees in a manner consistent with the principles of free humanistic exchange of information that are central to scholarly research.
Gramaphone Archive
The world's authority on classical music since 1923!
World Digital Library
A Very Useful Database for Locating Drawings and Images...a steadily growing online repository of images!
Open Library
Full Text Books Available to Read Online or Download From Shakespeare to Melville to Mark Twain to.....

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Artstor
A Nonprofit Digital Image Library for Education And Scholarship
Bibliography On The History Of Art
A bibliographic database sponsored by the J Paul Getty Trust
Britannica Image Quest
Access approximately three million rights-cleared images from the best collections in the world!
Filmmakers Library Online
Film documentary clips that cover a wide array of subjects!
Grove Music Online
Oxford Music Online is the gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location!
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online offers access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today!