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Ask Clarence


Ask Clarence is a collection of 350+ web sites, indexes, dictionaries, and other reference tools identified by Oberlin College Art Library staff as the best places to start art research. Ask Clarence searches OBIS using special keywords that identify research resources by period/culture, medium, and tool type.

For best results, choose a selection from each column below.

Examples: For symbols in Japanese art, choose "Japan", "Art", and "Iconography". To find articles about Gothic cathedrals choose "Medieval", "Architecture", and "Periodical Indexes". For sources that contain images of paintings by Picasso choose "Modern", "Painting", and "Reproductions".

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Period/Culture

  • Any Period/Culture
  • East Asian
    • Chinese
    • Japanese
  • Western European
    • Greek
    • Roman
    • Medieval
    • Renaissance / Baroque
    • 1750-1850
    • Modern (1850 — 1970)
    • 1970 — Present

Medium

  • Any Medium
  • Architecture
  • Art
    • Painting
    • Photography
    • Prints
    • Sculpture

Reference Tool

  • Any Tool Type
  • Art Collection Index
  • Biographical Dictionaries
  • Databases & Indexes
  • Dictionaries / Encyclopedias
  • Handbooks
  • Iconography
  • Images
  • Overviews
  • Primary Sources

 

Definitions of Reference Tools

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Note: Ask Clarence can only search a fraction of the OBIS catalog and it does not search the contents of the sources (e.g. Art Abstracts, Grove Art Online).

Ask Clarence is available any time you need help getting started on an art research project.

Need more help? Contact our friendly staff.

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Last updated:
February 22, 2008
  
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