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Sponsored by ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America)Lois Swan Jones has updated and expanded the methodology of her 1990 work, Art Information, to reflect the recent explosive growth in electronic resources. In this new work, Jones shows researchers how to locate art information online and how to supplement it with information in other formats to produce the best possible research results. This work describes the methodology and resources that art researchers need to find and use information on the Internet.
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Explains how to locate art-related visual and text information on the Internet and how to evaluate and supplement that information with material from other formats, such as print sources, CD-ROMs, and microfiche sets. Contains sections on basic information formats, types of web sites and how to find them, and how to use and supplement web information. The core of the book discusses research methodology for studying art styles, artists working in various media, individual works of art, and non-Western cultures. Useful for students, librarians, curators, and collectors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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