Visual Arts Research Guide: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Based in the Department of Art History at Concordia University in Montreal, this resource contains content about women’s contributions to the cultural and material history of Canada.

Clarke, Michael, and Deborah Clarke. New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. Also available in hardcover on the 4th floor of the Archer Library, call # N 33 C575 2001

Curl, James Stevens. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

"A biographical and methodological database intended as a beginning point to learning the background of major art historians of western art history. A free, copyrighted, scholarly database for the use of researchers, students and the public."

Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB) is a bilingual dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Canada. The DCB was first published in 1966 and is a collaboration between the University of Toronto, Laval University and the Government of Canada.

This resource is available through the library in hard copy and online.

Contains several full-text e-books.

Lenman, Robin, ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Brigstocke, Hugh, ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. Also available in hardcover on the 1st floor of the Archer Library, Reference Collection, call # N 33 O923 2001

Morgan, Ann Lee. New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. Also available in hardcover on the 4th floor of the Archer Library, call # N 6505 M59 2007

Chilvers, Ian. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Chilvers, Ian. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. Also available in hardcover on the 4th floor of the Archer Library, call # N 33 O93 2009