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To find BOOKS, use the SCOTTY Catalog  

Start with a keyword search to find materials on a particular topic. 

To retrieve variations of a word, use *   
For example: exhibit* will retrieve exhibit, exhibits, exhibition, and exhibitions

Remember, a "subject" search must use official "subject headings"    Examples:

• Art museums
• Women Collectors
• Museum techniques
• World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
• Museum Exhibits
• Museums -- Social Aspects
• J. Paul Getty Museum
• Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

To Find Books outside UC Riverisde

• Melvyl
• Worldcat

From the Reference Section

• Official Museum Directory - Ref AM11 O44 2003
• International Directory of Arts - Ref N50 I54 2003
• Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions - Ref T395 F56 2008
• Grove Dictionary of Art online

Article Databases

• Academic Search Complete  (general interest articles, many full-text)
• Academic via LexisNexis  (newspaper articles, most full-text)
• Local Newspaper Databases(Orange County Register, Press-Enterprise, and San Bernardino Sun)
• Los Angeles Times(1985-present)
• Los Angeles Times - Historical(1881-1985)
• America History and Life
• Anthropology Plus
• ART Fulltext 
• Bibliography of the History of Art via the Getty 
• International Bibliography of Art
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index
• Historical Abstracts (History database excluding US & Canada)

Additional Online Resources

• Museology Bibliography (BMUSE)
• Bibliographies of Museum Studies
• Southern California Museums and Historical Sites
• NYU Museum Studies Guide

Image Databases

• ARTstor
• MOAC (Museums in the Online Archive of California)
• Accunet/AP Multimedia Archive