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Oxford Art Online
Integrated searchable access to Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and more.

Yale Art & Architecture Portal
Authoritative scholarly eBooks by academic and museum publishers as well as unique peer-reviewed content, covering art history, architecture, decorative art, photography, and design. Includes searchable images along with supplemental audio and video.

Artifex
Digital catalogue raisonnés, comprehensive and annotated compilations of all known works by an artist. These works also contain videos and digital archives.

Art 21: Art in the 21st Century
An intimate view of artists' lives, creative processes, and sources of inspiration. Each program profiles three to five artists, from painters, photographers, and sculptors to performance and video artists.
Seasons 1-9 available on DVD. Some seasons streaming online.

PBS Art21
Art21 showcases today's contemporary visual artists and their groundbreaking creations. (Seasons 1-9, streaming on PBS.org)

Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art
Call Number: Access Online
Important artists, styles, and movements of the past 70 yearsincluding more than 900 cross-referenced entries on important artists, styles, terms, and movements.
50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know
Call Number: N40 .F56 2012
Contemporary Artists
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference N6490 .C6567 2002
Contemporary Art in North America
Call Number: N6512.7 .C668 2011
A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference N6490 .C5317 2009
In print & Online
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artist's Writings
Call Number: N6490 .T492 2012

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