Visual Arts & Photography: Books

Books can provide you with an overview, background, and major theories in depth.

Finding books by different authors will often allow you to have many different points of view about the same subject.

Search for books in Millikin Library Discovery.

Browse the following areas of the library's stacks (third floor) in the following call number ranges:

N      Visual Arts in General

NA    Architecture

NB    Sculpture

NC    Drawing; Design

ND    Painting

NE    Print Media

NK    Decorative Arts

NX    Arts in General

TR    Photography

TT    Handicrafts; Arts & Crafts

For a more complete description of the 'N' call numbers, visit the Library of Congress Catalog Directory.

For a more complete description of the 'T' class numbers, visit the Library of Congress Catalog Directory.

Sometimes one of the best ways to find books on your topic is to do some subject browsing in Millikin Library Discovery.

There are two ways to do this easily:

Option #1

• Do a keyword search for your topic and find a book that is good for your research.
• Click on the title of the book so that you can the full record of information about it.
• Navigate to the "Details" section of the page and look for the "Subject" section.
• This list of the subjects describes the content of the book. If one of these subject headings looks useful for your topic, click on it.
• Once you click on one of the topics, Millikin Library Discovery will do a new search to show you all of the items that have that topic listed.

Option #2

• Choose the "Advanced Search" link next to the search box at the top of the page.
• Change the "Any field" drop down to "Subject" and enter your subject.
• Click "Search." This brings up the list off books categorized for that subject.

• architecture
• art appreciation
• art history
• ceramics
• drawing
• jewelry
• painting
• photography
• pottery
• prints
• sculpture

You can also do a search for the artist's name: last name, first

• architectural design
• art- study and teaching
• color in design
• drawing- 20th century
• jewelry making
• painting - name of country
• painting- American- exhibitions
• paper, handmade
• phography - artistic
• photography - handbooks manuals
• sculpture - name of country
• sculpture - modern
• sculpture - technique