The Arts and Cultural Diversity
Reference Works | Library Catalogs | Indexes | Internet Sites | Writing | Citing Sources
Reference Works
Specialized reference works like the ones listed below are very useful for research. Specialized encyclopedias can provide useful overviews or convenient explanations. Specialized dictionaries give a more precise defination of terms as they are used by a particular field of study. The print titles here are located on the first floor of the Library. Browse around the same areas to find other useful titles. To access online sources, just click on the title.
Art and Architecture
- African Americans in the Visual Arts
Reference N 6538 .N5 O86 2004
- Contemporary Photographers
Reference TR 139 .C664 1995
- Contemporary Women Artists
Reference N 8354 .C66 1999
- Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
Reference N 7560 .E53
- Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture
Reference NA 680 .E495 2004
- Encyclopedia of World Art
Reference N 31 .W6
- (Grove's) Dictionary Of Art
Reference N 31 .D5 1996
Full-text of scholarly articles covering the visual arts from prehistory through the 1990s. Links to images of artistic works and to selected Web sites.
- Modern Art Criticism
Reference N 40 .M63
- New York Times Guide to the Arts of the Twentieth Century
Reference NX 456 .N49
- Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990
Reference NX 650 .M9 R45
- St. James Guide to Black Artists
Reference N 40 .S78 1997
- Who's Who in American Art
Reference N 6536 .W5
Dance
- International Dictionary of Modern Dance
Reference GV 1585 .B46 1998
- International Encyclopedia of Dance
Reference GV 1585 .I586 1998
Ethnicity
- African Americans
- African American Almanac
Reference E 185.5 .Ar 2003
- Black Women in America
Reference E 185.86 .B542 2005
- Black Women in America
Reference E 185.96 .F2 1997
- Contemporary Black Biography
Reference E 185.96 .C66
- Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
Reference E 185 .E54
- Notable Black American Women
Reference E 185.96 .N68
- Asian Americans
- Asian American Almanac
Reference E 184 .O6 A824 1995
- Asian American Encyclopedia
Reference E184.O6 A827 1995
- Hispanic/Latino Americans
- Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture
Reference E 184 .S75 E59 2004
- Handbook of Hisanic Cultures in the United States: Literature and Art
Reference E 184 .S75 H365 1993
- Hispanic American Almanac
Reference E 184 .S75 H557 2003
- Latino Encyclopedia
Reference E 184 .S75 L357 1996
- Mexican American Experience
Reference E 184 .M5 M4535
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas
Reference E 184 .S75 O97 2005
- Native Americans
- Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World
Reference E 54.5 .k46
- Native American Almanac
Reference E 77 .N37
Film and Television
- African American Video Guide
Reference PN 1995.9 .N4 O44 1994
- Blacks in American Film and Television
Reference PN 1995.9 .N4 B58 1988
- Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood
Reference PN 1995.9 .M56 M85 2003
- Encyclopedia of Television
Reference PN 1992.18 .E53 2004
- Guide to Latin-American, Caribbean and U. S. Latino-Made Film and Video
Reference PN 1995.9 .L37 G85
- Multicultural Films
Reference PN 1995.9 .M56 W45 2005
Literature
- African American Writers
Reference PS 153 .N5 A344 2001
- Asian American Literature
Reference PS 153 .A84 A82 1999
- Asian Pacific American Heritage
Reference PS 153 .A84 A87 1999
- Black Literature Criticism
Reference PS 153 .N5 B556
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
Reference PN 451 .D5
- Hispanic Literature Criticism
PQ 7081 .A1 H573
- Hispanic Writers
Reference PQ 7081.3 .H58
- Identities and Issues in Literature
Reference PS 153 .M56 I34 1997
Library Catalogs
Use the catalogs below to locate print and audio-visual materials.
You may search for particular forms of art such as Hip-Hop or Sculpture or names of individual artists. If you are searching for a particular artist, you should first search them as a subject: i.e. Saar, Betye; then as an author, i.e Saar, Betye; then as a keyword, i.e. Saar and Betye.
If you would like to search for information on ethnic groups, here are some subject headings to try. All these examples use African Americans, but you can just substitute the ethnic group you are interested in. Remember that Asian Americans may also be Chinese Americans or Japanese Americans or Korean Americans among others. Latino is not used; use Hispanic Americans or Mexican Americans. Native American in also not used; the term used for this group is Indians of North America.
African Americans...
| biography |
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in mass media |
| history |
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in motion pictures |
| race identity |
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in popular culture |
| social conditions |
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in the motion picture industry |
| in art |
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in the performing arts |
| in literature |
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on television |
or African American.... or African American Women...
| actors |
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entertainers |
| art |
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motion picture actors and actresses |
| artists |
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painting |
| arts |
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painters |
| authors |
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photographers |
| dance |
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sculptors |
| dancers |
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sculpture |
Indexes
Although the College of DuPage Library has no online indexes specifically for topics in the humanities, many of these general sources cover the topic well. In many cases, the databases will have the full text article available online. If you are using these databases from off-campus, please be sure to have your library card available.
- Online Indexes
- Includes literary, scholarly and creative journals.
- Index to sources of biographical information.
(Available in the Library and C.O.D. Network only)
- Essay and General Literature Index (1985-present)
Indexes chapters or essays in books.
Indexes over 3,000 journals and magazines..
- Expanded Academic Index (1980-present)
Indexes over 2500 journals and magazines.
- Historical New York Times (1851-2001)
Full text of the New York Times, excellent for reviews of film, theatre, and art exhibits.
- JSTOR
JSTOR is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
- Literature Online
- More than 350,000 works plus biographies, criticism and reference.
- New York Times (1995-present)
Full text of the New York Times, excellent for reviews of film, theatre, and art exhibits.
- Print Indexes
- Art Index (1929-present)
Indexes articles in art magazines and journals.
- Humanities Index (1974-present)
Indexes articles in journals. Earlier titles are Social Sciences and Humanities Index and The International Index.
- Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (1890-present)
Indexes magazine articles. Particularly good for film and theatre reviews.
Internet Sites
- Architecture
- Art
- Museums
- Sculpture
Writing Help
Citing Sources
The MLA format (Modern Language Association) is commonly used to create bibliographies or works cited pages. The sources below may help you.
Marianne Berger
630.942.2338
berger@cdnet.cod.edu
8 September 2005
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