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ART EDUCATION RESOURCES

This is a guide to finding materials on art education in the Greenfield Library at The University of the Arts. Reference materials are listed first, followed by a list of suggested subject headings for searching library catalogs. Information on periodical indexes to magazine articles and newspapers is next, followed by style manuals and finally Web sites.

If you have questions about this topic please see the librarian's e-mail address at the end of this document. The librarians are happy to schedule appointments with students to discuss and review research topics.

If you're interested in art education, you may also want to look at the Art Terms & Materials subject guide or the Museum Studies subject guide.

The first place to look when beginning research on a topic is in reference material: specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias or handbooks. These allow you to check names, dates and places, find additional information, look up unknown terms, and check for the proper spelling of words. They are particularly helpful for finding basic background information on a topic, and are often the only place many students may need to look to find answers to their questions. They may include bibliographies (lists of additional materials on a topic, usually considered by the author to be the best materials on that topic or at least the material that author used) that you can use to find other materials.

All quoted material in the annotations is from American Reference Book Annual (ARBA) series, Greenfield REFERENCE 011.02 Am35, unless otherwise stated.

RESEARCH GUIDES/GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE

Best, John W. Research in Education. 7th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1993. Greenfield 370.78 B46 1993

Bunch, Clarence. Art Education: A Guide to Information Sources. (Art and Architecture Information Guide) Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1978. Greenfield Reference 707.016 B881a 1978

Buttlar, Lois J. Education: A Guide to References and Information Sources. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1989. Greenfield Reference 016.37 B979e

Katz, William A. Your Library: A Reference Guide. 2nd ed. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1984. Greenfield 025.56 K159y 1984

Kennedy, James R. Library Research Guide to Education: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources. (Library Research Guides; no. 3) Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1979. Greenfield Reference 370.78 K383L 1979

Freed, Melvyn N. The Educator's Desk Reference: A Sourcebook of Educational Information and Research. NY: American Council on Education ; Macmillan, 1989.
Greenfield Reference 370.78 F875e

Guide to Reference Books. 10th ed., edited by Eugene P. Sheehy. Chicago IL: American Library Association, 1986. Greenfield Reference 016 Sh3 1986

A classic in the field of librarianship, this tome attempts to list and describe reference books and materials in all fields of knowledge, arranged in fairly broad categories.

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Barrow, Robin and Geoffrey Milburn. A Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts : An Appraisal of Selected Ideas and Issues in Educational Theory and Practice. Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1990.
Greenfield Reference 370.3 B279c 1990

Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts : What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts : National Standards for Arts Education / developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations. Reston, VA : Music Educators National Conference, c1994.
Greenfield Reference 700.7073 D195c also in the Music Library: MT 3 .U58C6 1994

Encyclopedia of Aesthetics / editor in chief, Michael Kelly. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Greenfield Reference 111.8503 En19k v. 1-4
What is "ut pictora poesis"? What is aesthetic education? What is materialism? Check the index in volume 4 for your topic.

Encyclopedia of American Social History / Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, Peter W. Williams, editors. New York : Scribner ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993.
Greenfield Reference 301.0973 En19 v.1-3

Encyclopedia of Creativity / editors in chief, Mark A. Runco, Steven R. Pritzker. San Diego, CA : Academic Press, 1999.
Greenfield Reference 153.35 En19r v.1-2

Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed. James W. Guthrie, editor in chief. Macmillan Reference USA, c2003.
Greenfield Reference 370.3 En195 2003 v.1-8
"Covers the field of education broadly, treating institutions, people, processes, roles, and philosophies in language suitable for university students and general readers."--Library Journal review, May 1, 2003.

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education / Bruce M. Mitchell and Robert E. Salsbury. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Greenfield Reference 370.11703 M692e

Learning Theories A to Z / David C. Leonard. Oryx Press, 2002.
Greenfield Reference 370.3 L552L

The Quick Reference Guide to Educational Innovations : Practices, Programs, Policies, and Philosophies / Carolyn Orange. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2002.
Greenfield Reference 370.14 Or1q

Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools. 72nd ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Greenfield Reference 371 R299 2007-2008