- ProQuest.
- Full text and summaries of articles on various topics.
- InfoTrac Academic Search ASAP.
- Abstracts and some full text of scholarly journals and periodicals.
Finding Books
If you want to visit the library and browse though the art collection, head up to the third floor. Fine Arts Call number range: N, Architecture NA, Sculpture NC, Painting ND. If you find an entire book on one artist, chances are s/he is not considered obsure. Try to find collected works of art such as the following items that are at information desk 1 on reserve for your class:
N6757.B65 Art nouveau, 1870-1914 / by Jean-Paul Bouillon ND450 .F64 European paintings before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum : a summary catalogue including paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum / Edgar Peters Bowron N6450 .E374 Nineteenth century art : a critical history / Stephen F. Eisenman ND457 .E38 An outline of 19th century European painting : from David through Cezanne : text and plates / Lorenz Eitner N6757.5 .M63 H36 Painting and sculpture in Europe, 1880-1940 / George Heard Hamilton ND467 .C45 Painting women : Victorian women artists / Deborah Cherry ND547.5.I4 S4713 Phaidon encyclopedia of impressionism / Maurice Serullaz ND547.5.I4 G37 Women impressionists / Tamar Garb
Use the WEBnet online library catalog to find books and other library materials available at the Horn Library and the Bentley, Olin, Pine Manor, and Regis College libraries. You can use your Babson OneCard to check out materials at these libraries, or stop at the Information Desk and request that the books be delivered to Babson. It usually takes 2-3 business days to get books from other WEBnet libraries. Try FirstSearch, the WorldCat database, or even bn.com or amazon.com to find out if there are any books that may be useful. If you find titles of interest, request them through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). ILL may take a few weeks so start your research early.
Interlibrary Loan
You may have to use Interlibrary Loan to order articles that Babson does not own. It's a simple process and free of charge! Copy & paste your article citation into the online cut & paste form that you get to by clicking on Books, Etc, Interlibrary Loan from web site. It may take two weeks to receive the article(s) or books so make sure you don't wait until the last minute! Local Art Resources
Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA
Fogg Art Museum - Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Worcester Art Museum - Worcester, MA
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