1) Search these two encyclopedia databases for overviews and basic information about your artist and/or artwork.
2) Then, find books and articles with the "Start Your Research" search box below.
To borrow print books, sign in to the library's search box using your college username/password to get full access.
Request to borrow print books from the library's search box page by clicking on a print book link and fill in the Request for pickup at Library Circulation Desk.
The staff will bring the book to the circulation desk. Make sure to bring a photo ID when you pick it up.
For articles from magazines and newspapers, click Advanced Search and add a second concept to narrow your search.
Use these books for up to two hours in the library. You'll need a photo ID.
This well-known book lists the detailed lives of 2,565 saints:
Butler, Alban, et al. Lives of the Saints.
Call number: BX 4654 .B8 1956 Vol. 1-4.
If you are searching for a particular artist, enter the artist’s name in the search box. More ideas are below.
Art History
Painting, Modern 20th century
Sculpture
Architecture United States
Art, Italian
Painting, Dutch
Art, Renaissance Italy
Persia (or, use: Iran History)
Painting History
Middle Ages
Modernism Art
Avant-garde
Art, Greek History
Art, Egyptian
Art, Ancient Egypt
Dada
Biography Renaissance
Egypt Antiquities
Drawing
Abstract Expressionism
This database lists the works in the SUNY Adirondack campus art collection: