VAH 3660G Hollywood Cinema and Contemporary Art

Reference works (dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.)

• Oxford Art Online
• background information, key works, search terms

AND, OR, NOT, "phrase", truncation*

• Putting Together Your Search Terms
• Searching with Boolean Operators

Books

• Library catalogue
• background information

Journal article databases

Visual Arts databases

• Art (Index) Full Text (1984- )
• Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984)

Film databases

• Screen Studies Collection
• MLA International Bibliography

Broader/combined Arts & Humanities databases

• Academic Search Complete (Arts & Humanities Combined Databases Search)
• ProQuest Arts and Humanities

Broader databases

• Google Scholar

Style guides

• Western Libraries' quick guide to Chicago Manual of Style
• Chicago Manual of Style Online

Items not available from Western Libraries

• e.g., loan of books, copies of journal articles
• can be ordered from another institution through the library catalogue