Researching
the History of Photography in the CSUS Library
This guide will assist you in locating library
materials including books and scholarly articles from journals on the subject
of the history of photography. This
guide is meant to be introductory.
Please consult the Reference Desk staff if you have additional
questions.
Using
Electronic
Databases
The CSUS Library offers a number of different
databases that are useful for finding articles on the topic of
Photography. You can be assured that the
information you find in these databases is of high quality and
reliability. The databases listed below
are available ONLY to CSUS users. You can access them through any computer on
campus. You can also use your home computer by following the instructions from
the Databases and Periodicals page, when you click on “Off-Campus Access to Library
E-Resources.” You MUST have
a Saclink account and password to access these databases from off-campus.
- CSUS
Library Databases and Periodical Indexes:
Use this page to access the databases available to CSUS
students and faculty. You can also
access specific information for photography by pulling the drop-down menu to design,
under “Specific Subjects.” http://library.csus.edu/databases/
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Grove Art Online is an electronic version of the Grove
Dictionary of Art and includes access to images through ArtResource, Bridgeman
Art Library, and links to museums and galleries. You can search Grove Art Online for artists,
techniques, styles, and periods. Access
is restricted to a small number of CSUS users.
- InfoTrac
SearchBank is a
service that provides electronic access to databases on a variety of
topics. This database covers a wide variety of topics, but includes
many scholarly journals on Design.
Many of the articles included are full-text and can be printed or
emailed and include graphics. Expanded
Academic ASAP covers
1980 - present.
- EBSCOHost:
EBSCOHost provides indexing and abstracting for over 3,000 periodicals
including full-text for about 1,000.
Some newspapers are included.
This database also covers a broad variety of subjects. Graphics are also included for many of
the articles, which can be printed or emailed.
- Lexis-Nexis:
Academic Universe: Lexis Academic
Universe - Lexis delivers full text coverage of national and international
news from hundreds of newspapers and newswires. Full-Text of the New York
Times is accessed through this database.
Also available are medical abstracts (Medline), biographical
information, reference and directory resources, and country profiles.
Using
Print Indexes
Most electronic
resources only cover back to the 1980s.
Therefore, if you need to do research on historical topics, you may need
to consult a print index. Also,
we only have access to the Art Index, an important resource, in
paper. The following sources will help.
Art Index. 1929-Current. 2
North Index Area NZ 5937 .A78
ARTbibliographies MODERN. 1970-1999. 2
North Index Area NZ 5935 .A7
Bibliography of the History of Art:
B.H.A. 1991-Current.
Lower Level NZ 5937 .B53
R.I.L.A.: International Repertory of the
Literature of Art. 1975-1989. Lower Level NZ 5931 .R2
Selected Websites
- Library
Homepage: http://library.csus.edu
- Style
Guides: http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/general/style.html
- How
to cite online resources:
http://library.csus.edu/guides/bradleya/eography.htm
- Design: Selected
Resources for Graphic Design, Interior Design, & Photography:
http://library.csus.edu/guides/alicia/design.htm
- Center for Creative Photography: http://www.library.arizona.edu/branches/ccp/home/home.html
- Infomine: This collection of scholarly Internet resources contains resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. http://library.csus.edu/infomine/
Selected Print
Resources
American Women Photographers: A Selected and
Annotated Bibliography.
2 North Reference
TRZ 7134 .K74 1999
Art Information and the Internet: How to Find
it, How to Use it.
2
North Reference N 59 .J66 1999
A Bibliography of Writings
by and about Women in Photography, 1850-1950. 2 North Reference Z 7963 .P57 P17 1994
Burning with Desire: The
Conception of Photography. 4 North TR15 .B37 1997
Contemporary
Photographers. 2 North Reference TR 139 .C664 1995
The Focal Encyclopedia of
Photography. 2 North Reference TR 9 .F6 1993
A History of Women Photographers.
4 North TR139 .R67 2000
Index to American Photographic Collections:
Compiled at the
2
North Reference TR 12 .M4 1990
An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black
Photographers, 1940-1988.
2 North
Reference TR139 .W55 1989
International Guide to Nineteenth-Century
Photographers and Their Works: Based on Catalogues of Auction Houses and
Dealers.
2
North Reference TR 15 .E48 1988
International Photography:
George Eastman House Index to Photographers, Collections, and Exhibitions.
2 North Reference TR 12 .E85 1998
Photographers: A Sourcebook
for Historical Research: Featuring Richard Rudisill's Directories of
Photographers: An Annotated Bibliography.
2
North Reference TR 15 .P477 2000
Photography: A Cultural History.
4 North TR15 .M273 2002
The Photography Encyclopedia.
2 North Reference TR 9 .M39 1999
Photography index: A
Guide to Reproductions. 2 North Reference TR 199 .P37
Photography and Literature: An International
Bibliography of Monographs.
2 North
Reference Z 1023 .L33 1992
Specimens and Marvels: William Henry Fox Talbot and the
Invention of Photography. 4 North TR651 .T34 2000
A World History of Photography.
4 North TR15 .R67 1997
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