Finding books
Browsing for books
Art books are found in the N's, beginning around shelf range 109 on the first floor of Jerome Library.
For contemporary printmaking, browse in NE490-NE1000.
Searching for books (at BGSU)
Click on the catalog tab on the Libraries Home Page and type an artist's name or medium as a keyword search. For a more sophisticated search, use the subject search.
Subject headings are in the description of each book. Looking at them is a good way to identify words to use to find more books like the one you're looking at. Searching by subject is especially helpful in very large catalogs like OhioLINK and WorldCat.
Searching for books at OhioLINK
You should never limit your searches to just this library! As a BGSU student, you can borrow books from almost any academic library in Ohio through the OhioLINK catalog. Choose the OhioLINK Catalog link from the Catalog tab of our home page.
Types of art books
Find books by searching in the:
Look for the following types of publications: each has something unique to offer.
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Catalogue Raisonne A catalogue raisonne is the most comprehensive kind of publication about a single artist. It tries to include and contextualize all the artist's works from the entire length of his or her career. |
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Exhibition Catalog: Themed Exhibit Published in conjunction with an exhibition, exhibition catalogs often contain images of most or all of the works included, but in a themed or group show these may only be one or two works per artist. Exhibition catalogs usually include one or more introductory essays and, sometimes, extensive descriptive text about each work of art. |
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Exhibition Catalog: One Artist The most useful of these will span the artist's entire career, called a retrospective. Others may only focus on a single period or type of work. More comprehensive catalogs will include lengthy essays contextualizing the artist's work. |
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Scholarly Monograph A scholarly book about a single subject, by a single author. Often more focused on ideas than the work of a single artist. |
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Museum Publication Different from an exhibition catalog, a museum publication is focused on the collection or works within the collection of one museum, and usually includes text written by the museum's curatorial staff. |
Books to browse
The following books feature a range of contemporary artists and their work.
Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting by Call Number: ND195 .V55 2011ISBN: 9780714861609Publication Date: 2011-10-24
A Brush with the Real: Figurative Painting Today by Call Number: ND196.4.F54 V35 2014ISBN: 9781780672830Publication Date: 2014-04-08
Photorealism in the Digital Age by Call Number: OVERSIZE ND196.4.P4 M45 2013ISBN: 9781419708282Publication Date: 2013-11-12
Make Your Mark: The New Urban Artists by Call Number: OVERSIZE N6497 .M36 2016ISBN: 9780500292181Publication Date: 2016-04-18
Postdigital Artisans: Craftsmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture by Call Number: OVERSIZE NK1397 .O64 2015ISBN: 9789491727610Publication Date: 2015-09-15
The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium by Call Number: N8354.H43 R43x 2013ISBN: 9783791347592Publication Date: 2013-09-23
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings by Call Number: N6490 .T492 2012ISBN: 9780520253742Publication Date: 2012-09-25
Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant-Gardes by Call Number: N6497 .A783 2013ISBN: 9780714865362Publication Date: 2013-09-23
50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know by Call Number: N40 .F5613 2011ISBN: 9783791345307Publication Date: 2011-05-01
Cream 3: Contemporary Art in Culture: 10 Curators, 100 Contemporary Artists, 10 Source Artists by Call Number: N6490 .C742 2003ISBN: 9780714843117Publication Date: 2003-06-23
