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This guide is intended to connect you to our library resources and reliable websites to assist you in your research. Click the tabs above for information on how to find books, articles, streaming videos, citation assistance, and more. Contact your librarian with any questions.

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New Art Books

Check out some of our newer titles. Click on the cover to view the book in the catalog.

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The Creature Garden An Illustrator’s Guide to Beautiful Beasts and Fictional Fauna

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The Artists Who Will Change the World

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Saving Mona Lisa The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from the Nazis

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Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece

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Richard Filipowski Art and Design Beyond the Bauhaus

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Painting the Dream From the Biblical Dream to Surrealism

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Outliers and American Vanguard Art

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On Color

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Odd is Art

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Nocturne Night in American Art, 1890-1917

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Michelangelo Divine Draftsman and Designer

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London Art Worlds Mobile, Contingent, and Ephemeral Networks, 1960-1980

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Living with Leonardo Fifty Years of Sanity and Insanity in the Art World and Beyond

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Georgia O’Keeffe Visions of Hawai’i

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Foursome Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury

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Charles White A Retrospective

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Bestiary Animals in Art from the Ice Age to Our Age

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Art in Chicago A History From the Fire to Now

Book Recommendation

Do you have a book recommendation? Send us an email and let us know.

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Fine Arts-Studio Art pathway (AA)

Fine Arts – Studio Art (AA)

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Books

Library Catalog

Find books, DVDs, government documents, and more from any of the 5 CAC Libraries and all of the Pinal County Public Libraries.

If the book you want is at a different campus or one of the public libraries, hit the request button and enter your login information. Your barcode is found on your ID (not your 880 number) and your password is the last 4 numbers of your phone number.

Your student or staff ID is your library card. Twenty items can be checked out at one time, books for 3 weeks and DVDs for 10 days.

Use the call number to find items on the shelf.

  • N – Fine Arts
    • N (subclass) – Visual Arts
    • NA – Architecture
    • NB – Sculpture
    • NC – Drawing. Design. Illustration
    • ND – Painting
    • NE – Print Media
    • NK – Decorative arts
    • NX – Arts in General

WorldCat

Lists materials from libraries worldwide and can be checked out through InterLibrary Loan. Come and speak to a library staff member to request books.

Instructional Videos

Here are some instructional videos on using your library account online and accessing the library’s eBooks. You can view more of our instructional videos on our YouTube page.

eBooks*

eBook Collection (EBSCO)

A growing collection of books covering a wide range of topics. Search by keyword(s), or select Arts & Architecture or Crafts & Collectibles under Browse by Category.

Gale eBooks

Complete, full-text eBooks covering most topics including subject-specific encyclopedias. Search by keyword(s), or select Arts from Browse Collection.

*Article, eBooks, and streaming videos access through our databases are available only to CAC students, faculty, and staff. For this reason, authorized users who are off-campus must log in through Blackboard. Once in Blackboard, select CAC Library Page under Your Institution or Student Library Resources under Organizations, and then select Databases: Articles, eBooks, and Streaming Videos.

Journal Articles*

Academic Onefile

Enter your keyword(s) into the search box at the top of the homepage. In addition to using search terms in a keyword search, Academic OneFile provides a type of search that gives you a good overview of the number of material available for a search term.  For example: click on Subject Guide Search and enter Art as a search term. Click on the link for Subdivisions to find articles on specific topics within the overall subject or click on Related Subjects to find broader, narrower, and related terms.

OmniFile

Access journal articles by entering your keyword(s) into the Search box.  OmniFile also lets you search by subject. Click the Advanced Search link and select SU Subject from the drop-down Select a Field (optional) menu to the right of the search box.

Biography in Context

Search by keyword(s), view People of Interest, or Browse People by categories such as Artists or Singers.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Enter your term(s) as a keyword search.

Fine Arts Collection

Search by keyword(s) for information on drama, music, art history, and film-making.

Gale Power Search

Search all available Gale databases and modules from just one place or select specific ones to search, such as Fine Arts Collection and Pop Culture Collection. Search by keyword(s).

Pop Culture Universe

In addition to having a Quick Search feature, Pop Culture Universe lets you browse topics. Most topics have a Visual Arts link located at the bottom of the alphabetical list.

Streaming Videos*

Films on Demand

Find full length streaming videos by entering a keyword in the Search box. Click on the triple bar symbol to find the subjects Art & Architecture and Music & Dance under View All Subjects.

Digital Magazines

Artist’s Magazine

Artist’s Magazine features artists and art in all types of media and styles.

Bead & Button

Bead & Button is a beading magazine that showcases projects that include bead stitching, wirework, kumihimo, stringing, and other jewelry-making techniques.

*Article, eBooks, and streaming videos access through our databases are available only to CAC students, faculty, and staff. For this reason, authorized users who are off-campus must log in through Blackboard. Once in Blackboard, select CAC Library Page under Your Institution or Student Library Resources under Organizations, and then select Databases: Articles, eBooks, and Streaming Videos.

Suggested Search Terms

Art, Art and Society, Artist, Art History or Historian, Art Technique, Art Basics, Artists’ Materials, Art Gallery, Visual Arts, Art Museums, Modern Art, Arts Organizations, Art and Life, Art Therapy, Art Education, Abstract Art, Art Movements, Art Exhibition

Art Theory and Appreciation

Art Theory, Art Criticism, Art Interpretation, Art Evaluation, Art Methods, Art Materials, Theory of Art, Art Appreciation

Art History

Art History, History of Art, Art Historians, Art and History, 16th Century AD, 17th Century AD, 18th Century AD, 1920s AD, Ancient Art, Art -19th Century, Art – 21st Century, Art – 20th Century, Exhibition History

You can also search by the specific style of art, for example: “surrealism” or “modern art” or “art history expressionism.”

Instructional Videos

Scroll through to view our research and database instructional videos or check them out on our YouTube page.

Selecting and Narrowing a Research Topic

Scholarly vs Popular Articles

Plagiarism

Database Overview

Academic OneFile (Gale)

OmniFile (EBSCO)

Opposing Viewpoints

Films on Demand

Websites

Artcyclopedia An online fine art search engine that includes the ability to find artists by name, medium, subject, nationality, etc.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Online Museum Collections

The Guggenheim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Museum of Modern Art

The National Gallery of Art

Online Image Collections

Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art

The Web Gallery of Art

Here are some helpful and reliable websites. Remember that anyone can put information online so it is always important to verify that what you find is accurate and unbiased.

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MLA 9th ed.

Books

Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Title of Book. Edition if needed, Publisher, Publication Date.

Example:

Haenfler, Ross. Goths, Gamers, and Grrrls: Deviance and Youth Subculture. 3rd ed., Oxford UP, 2016.

Journal Articles from a Library Database

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Publication Date, Page Range (p. for 1 page, pp. for multiple). Title of Container, URL (without the https://).

Example:

McDermott, Jim. “My Inner Zombie: Living with ‘The Walking Dead.” America, vol. 213, no. 12, 26 Oct. 2015, p. 29. Academic OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA436232268&v=2.1&u=cazc_main&it=r&p=AONE&sw=
w&asid=259323757322497d07e6671fa5267b47.

Here are handouts with additional examples and further assistance can also be found on our Citation Guide.

MLA 9th ed. Handout (PDF)

APA 7th ed.

Books and eBooks

Author, A. A., Second, B. B., & Third, C. C. (Year of publication). Title of book: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI or URL if available.

Example:

Wilson, F. (1998). The hand: How its use shapes the brain, language, and human culture. Pantheon.

Print and Electronic Journal Article

Author(s), A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year of Publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), pages. DOI or URL if available.

Example:

Craner, P. M. (1991). New tool for an ancient art: The computer and music. Computers and the Humanities, 25(3), 303-313.

Here are handouts with additional examples and further assistance can also be found on our Citation Guide.

APA 7th ed. Handout (PDF)

Purdue Owl

The Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) is a very respected website that can provide guidance on many of the finer points of citing in MLA or APA.

RefWorks

RefWorks is an easy to use citation manager that can help you…

  • Access and manage research information online, from any browser.
  • Import references from CAC Library databases and websites.
  • Generate and format bibliographies in virtually any style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) in seconds.

RefWorks is offered free to all CAC students and you can set up your account any time you are ready.  Simply follow the link below and create your account using your campus e-mail address.  After you create your account, RefWorks offers an easy tutorial when you get started.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact a librarian or the Learning Center staff with any other questions you might have.
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Showcasing

Phoenix Art Museum

Current Exhibits:

 

Museums

Phoenix Metro Area

Arizona Capital Museum
Arizona Museum of Natural History
Arizona Science Center
ASU Art Museum
Chandler Museum
Children’s Museum of Phoenix
Hall of Flame Museum
Heard Museum
Mesa Arts Center
Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix Police Museum
Pioneer Living History Museum
Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Tempe History Museum
Wells Fargo Museum
Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West

Pinal County

Dwarf Car Museum
Museum of Casa Grande
Oracle Historical Society & Acadia Ranch Museum
Pinal County Historical Society & Museum
Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum

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Tucson Area

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum
Arizona History Museum
Arizona State Museum
Center for Creative Photography
Children’s Museum Tucson
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun
Fort Lowell Museum
Franklin Auto Museum
International Wildlife Museum
Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center
Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson
Pima Air & Space Museum
Tohono Chul
Tucson Museum of Art
Tucson Museum of Miniatures
Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum
University of Arizona Museum of Art

Art Festivals & Art Walks

Phoenix Metro Area

2nd Friday Night Out
Downtown Mesa art walk every second Friday of the month.

First Fridays
Downtown Phoenix art walk every first Friday of the month rain or shine.

Fountain Hills Festival of Arts & Crafts

Scottsdale Art Festival

Tempe Festival of the Arts
Huge art festival in downtown Tempe on Mill Ave twice a year in the spring and fall

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Pinal County

Agri-County Bluegrass Festival
Casa Grande Street Fair and Car Show
Gourd Festival

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Tucson Area

Agave Heritage Festival
The Best 23 Miles of Mexican Food Festival
Tucson Gem & Mineral Show
Tucson Poetry Festival

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