PORTLAND AREA RESOURCES

• Marylhurst College Shoen Library
• Multnomah County Library
• Oregon Historical Society
• Pacific Northwest College of Art Library
• PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art):
• Portland Art Museum
• Portland Community College Libraries
• Portland State University Millar Library
• Reed College Library

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

• American Craft Council
• Artcyclopedia : Text/images on more than 8,400 artists.
• Art History Resources on the Web  : Text and images on art throughout the ages. Organized by art historical time periods and cultures.
• ArtLex : Definitions for over 3,600 terms used in visual culture, along with illustrations, pronunciation notes, quotations, and links to web resources.
• Artsource : Online links to art and architecture resources submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians.
• Askart :Extensive information on approximately  52,000 North American artists.
• Bartleby.com : Most comprehensive public reference library ever published on the web.
• Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison : Excellent resource for documents, images, and primary and secondary sources.
• J. Paul Getty Museum Research Library
• The Online Books Page :Access to over 25,000 freely available books online.
• Virtual Library Museums Pages : Links to thousands of museum sites. Allows access to online exhibits and texts worldwide.
• The Virtual Reference Desk :Thousands of internet sites compiled by Christopher Brown,  reference librarian at the University of Denver, Colorado.
• ARTstor* : Art image database offering access to over 300,000 images.
• Design and Applied Arts Index* : International periodical index to design and craft journals.
• Grove Art Online* : Visual art resource offering access to biographical information
• on over 21,000 artists, plus articles, bibliographies and images.
• H. W. Wilson Art Full Text Periodical index*  : offering access to abstracts and full text articles (since 1997).
• Westaf Artjob* : The source for professional opportunities and key information
• in all areas of the arts.

*CONTACT book librarian for access